56 IAS, 60 IPS officers shifted in Uttar Pradesh

The major administrative reshuffle includes several district magistrates also

In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 56 IAS and 60 IPS officers, including several district magistrates and police chiefs, in the state.

While Rajnish Dubey has been given Public Work Department from Kumar Arvind Singh Dev, who has been put on wait list, Hardoi District Magistrate Anil Kumar has been made Director of Social Welfare department, an official release said.

The state government had passed the orders yesterday.

CDO Hardoi Anand Kumar Dwivedi will take the place of Anil Kumar.

While Meerut District Magistrate Vikas Gotwal has been made Mission Director Skill Development and special secretary professional education, Bulandshahr DM Navdeep Rinva has been sent to Meerut in the same capacity. DM Varanasi Saurabh Babu has been put on wait list.

DM Azamgarh Pranjal Yadav has been made Additional Commissioner Rural Development and MNREGS, Vice-Chairman of Mathura Development Authority Vinod Kumar Pawar has been made DM Amroha while DM Lakhimpur Kheri Manish Chauhan has been put on waitlist.

DM Jalaun, Minish Trigitia has been sent to Lakhimpur Kheri in the same capacity, it said.

Additional Registrar Stamps Satya Narain Srivastava has been made DM Ballia while DM Bagpat Amrita Soni has been made special secretary Basic education and Director of Sarv Siksha Abhiyan, the release added.

The state government also transferred 60 IPS officers, including 17 district police chiefs.

Among those transferred included Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Muzaffgar Nagar Virendra Bahadur Singh, who has been sent to Sitapur in the same capacity, SP Sultanpur Alankrita Singh and SP Shravasti V K Dixit have been made SP Amethi and SP Jalaun, respectively.

SP Fatehgarh Nilabaja Chowdhury has been made SSP Moradabad, SP Sitapur Deepak Kumar has been made SSP Meerut, SP Mainpuri Shalabh Mathur has been made SP Gautam Buddh Nagar, ASP in DGP office Rakesh Kumar Singh has been made SP Firozabad, ASP Bulandshahr Srikant Singh has been made SP Mainpuiri.

SP of Special Task Force, Amit Pathak has been made SSP Aligarh, ASP Mathura Anil Kumar Rai has been made SP Pratapgarh, SP Kushinagar has been made SSP Gorakhpur, ASP Bareilly Vinay Kumar Yadav has been made SP Bahraich.

SSP Gautam Buddha Nagar Pravin Kumar and SSP Varanai BD Palson have been attached to the DGP office, the release said.