Lucknow, August 24 (TNA) The Uttar Pradesh government has carried out a significant administrative reshuffle, transferring 17 IAS officers across various departments. The state's Personnel Department issued the order.
According to the transfer list, Divisional Commissioner of Aligarh Sangeeta Singh has been transferred to Moradabad as Divisional Commissioner. Om Prakash Arya, who was serving as Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue, Prayagraj, has been appointed Divisional Commissioner of Aligarh in her place.
Gauri Shankar Priyadarshi, Commissioner of Rural Development and Secretary, Rural Development Department, has been moved to the post of Director General, AYUSH and Mission Director, National AYUSH Mission, Uttar Pradesh. In his place, Chaitra V., who was serving as Director General, AYUSH and Mission Director, National AYUSH Mission, has been appointed Member (Administrative), Board of Revenue, Lucknow.
Pramod Kumar Upadhyay, Secretary, Social Welfare Department, has been given charge of Commissioner, Rural Development, Uttar Pradesh. Ravindra Kumar, Secretary, Urban Development Department, and Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban), as well as State Mission Director, AMRUT, has been relieved of these posts.
Masoom Ali Sarwar, Chief Executive Officer, UP Sunni Central Waqf Board, has been given additional charge as Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban) and State Mission Director, AMRUT, and has correspondingly been relieved of his posts as Secretary, Planning Department, and Director General, Economics and Statistics.
Dr Raj Shekhar, Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural), has been appointed Secretary, Planning Department, and Director General, Economics and Statistics, Uttar Pradesh. Taking his place is Yogesh Kumar, currently Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperatives, who has been made Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Rural).
Kumar Prashant, Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission, has been appointed Commissioner and Registrar, Cooperatives, while Gurrala Srinivasulu, Secretary, Secretariat Administration Department, has been made Secretary, Uttar Pradesh State Information Commission.
Amrit Pal Kaur, an IAS officer awaiting posting, has been appointed Joint Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Cooperative Sugar Mills Federation Ltd. The officer previously holding that post, Navneet Sehra — who also held additional charge as Additional Excise Commissioner, Uttar Pradesh — has been relieved of the position.
Devendra Kumar Pandey, Special Secretary in the Agriculture Production Commissioner's wing, has been moved to Special Secretary, Consumer Affairs Department. Vivek Srivastava, Secretary, Lucknow Development Authority, has been given charge as Special Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department.
Amrit Tripathi, Secretary, Higher Education Department, has been appointed Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue, Prayagraj, while Om Prakash Rai, who previously held that post, has been made Special Secretary, Higher Education Department.