In a late night rejig, Yogi government transferred 33 IAS officers including 11 district collectors.
District Collectors of Varanasi, Hapur, Azamgarh, Bareilly, Ambedkar Nagar, Ghazipur, Jhansi, Mahoba, Kushinagar, Sant Kabir Nagar and Bhadohi and Divisional Commissioner of Varanasi have been given new responsibility.
CM Yogi Adityanath has appointed Kaushal Raj Sharma as his secretary. He was serving as commissioner of Varanasi division, He has been replaced by S Rajalingam, who was serving as district collector of Varanasi.
Shishir, who was posted as Information Director for a long time, has been made special secretary and sent to the MSME Department. Vishal Singh, who was collector of Bhadohi, has replaced Shishir.
Vishal Singh is counted among the officers who was responsible for development of Kashi and Ayodhya.
Apart from that, L Venkateswarlu, principal secretary Transport and chairman Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation has been transferred to Social Welfare and Sainik Welfare Department.
Amit Gupta, who was principal secretary stamp and registration has replaced Venkateswarlu. Satyendar Kumar Special Secretary to Chief Minister has been made District Magistrate Varanasi.
Abhishek Pandey made DM Hapur
Abhishek Pandey, who was serving as Vice Chairman of the Meerut Development Authority, has now been posted as the District Magistrate of Hapur. Sanjay Kumar Meena, Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Gorakhpur, has taken over Pandey's role in Meerut. Additionally, Aligarh's Joint Magistrate Shashwat Tripurari has been appointed CDO of Gorakhpur.
Ravindra Kumar appointed as Azamgarh DM
Ravindra Kumar-2, previously DM of Bareilly, has been transferred to Azamgarh as the new DM, replacing Navneet Singh Chahal, who has now been appointed Special Secretary to the Chief Minister. Avinash Singh, former DM of Ambedkar Nagar, will now take charge in Bareilly.
Other key IAS appointments
The reshuffle also brought new responsibilities to several other officers. Anupam Shukla, Special Secretary (Energy), has been appointed DM of Ambedkar Nagar. Indrajit Singh, former Municipal Commissioner, will now serve as Special Secretary (Energy). Gaurav Kumar, Development Officer of Prayagraj, has been appointed as the new Municipal Commissioner of Lucknow. Additionally, Chandauli's Joint Magistrate Harshika Singh will now serve as the CDO of Prayagraj.
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