Haryana has transferred 14 IAS and HCS officers in a late-night administrative reshuffle that changes the leadership of the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) and the Gurgaon Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA), following scrutiny of civic complaints and service delivery in the city.
The orders, issued on Tuesday night, shifted seven IAS and seven HCS officers. The reshuffle followed Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini’s participation in a district grievances committee meeting in Gurgaon, where civic complaints and administrative shortcomings were discussed. The report said the Chief Minister’s Office had also warned officials the previous week over complaints related to the city’s civic administration.
The largest changes affect the two agencies responsible for key aspects of Gurgaon’s urban administration and metropolitan development. IAS officer Dusmanta Kumar Behera, who was serving as Commissioner and Secretary of the Human Resources and General Administration departments, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of GMDA and the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority. He replaces Phool Chand Meena, who has been posted as Commissioner and Secretary of the two departments.
Pankaj, a 2020-batch IAS officer who was Municipal Commissioner of Panipat, has been appointed Commissioner of MCG and District Municipal Commissioner, Gurgaon. He replaces Pradeep Dahiya, who has been posted as Managing Director of the Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills and Director of the State Audit Department.
Mohd Imran Raza has been appointed Additional CEO of GMDA, replacing Vishwajeet Chaudhary. Chaudhary will continue as CEO of Gurgaon Metropolitan City Bus Limited. Ankita Choudhary, who was Additional Commissioner of MCG, has been transferred and appointed Municipal Commissioner and District Municipal Commissioner of Panipat.
The IAS changes also include the appointment of Shakti Singh as Director of Sports and Special Secretary in the Sports Department. He will additionally hold the charge of Director, Human Resources. Among the seven HCS officers transferred, Virat has been posted as Deputy Secretary in the Haryana Public Service Commission; Manoj Khatri as Secretary of the Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran; Prashant as General Manager, Irrigation; and Jitender Kumar as District Registrar, Firms and Societies, Gurgaon, while retaining his existing responsibilities.
Other HCS postings include Anil Kumar Yadav as District Municipal Commissioner, Mahendragarh; Ranbir Singh as Joint Commissioner of the Municipal Corporation, NIT Faridabad; and Arpit Gahlawat as Deputy Secretary in the Finance Department.
The reshuffle comes amid public complaints about Gurgaon’s civic infrastructure and service delivery. Some officials cited in the report viewed the transfers as a punitive exercise and a sign that the government had lost patience with persistent grievances. Government sources, however, described the changes as a routine exercise that had been due. The new appointments place responsibility for MCG, GMDA and related urban functions under a revised administrative leadership structure.
