The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 38 IAS officers, appointing new district magistrates in five districts and changing senior leadership at the Lucknow Development Authority, municipal corporations and major development agencies, according to a report by Live Hindustan – Lucknow.
The changes, announced late on Friday, affect Sitapur, Muzaffarnagar, Siddharthnagar, Bijnor and Maharajganj. The government has appointed Prathamesh Kumar as the new district magistrate of Sitapur, Joginder Singh as district magistrate of Bijnor, Gaurav Singh Sograwal as district magistrate of Siddharthnagar, Shivshankarappa as district magistrate of Maharajganj and Sunil Kumar Singh as district magistrate of Muzaffarnagar.
Anuj Singh, who was serving as special secretary to the chief minister, has been appointed the new vice-chairperson of the Lucknow Development Authority. Prathamesh Kumar, who was serving as LDA vice-chairperson, has been moved to the Sitapur district magistrate’s post. The LDA is responsible for planning and development functions in Lucknow, making the change relevant to land use, urban expansion and development authority administration in the state capital.
The order also includes appointments in municipal corporations and development authorities. Shashwat Tripathi, chief development officer of Gorakhpur, has been appointed municipal commissioner of Varanasi. Himanshu Nagpal has been appointed municipal commissioner of Ghaziabad, while Vikramaditya Malik has been appointed vice-chairperson of the Meerut Development Authority.
The Yamuna Expressway Authority and Greater Noida have also seen changes. Sanjay Kumar has been appointed additional chief executive officer of the Yamuna Expressway Authority, while Praveen Verma has been appointed additional chief executive officer of the Greater Noida authority. The report also lists Shatrohan Vaishya and Krishna Kumar Singh for additional chief executive officer responsibilities at the Yamuna Expressway Authority, and Nupur Goyal as additional chief executive officer of Greater Noida. Saumya Srivastava has been relieved of the charge of officer on special duty at Greater Noida.
Other appointments include Abhishek Kumar as chief development officer of Gorakhpur, Rajaganapati R. as director of the State Urban Development Agency, and Rajesh Kumar as chief development officer of Ayodhya. Sandeep Kumar has been appointed chief development officer of Meerut, Poonam Nigam chief development officer of Fatehpur, Shishir Kumar Singh chief development officer of Shravasti, Shailendra Kumar Singh chief development officer of Aligarh and Yogendra Kumar chief development officer of Firozabad.
The reshuffle also covers water, public works, urban development and welfare departments. Pawan Kumar Meena has been appointed special secretary for Namami Gange, while Nitin Madan has been appointed joint managing director of the urban wing of the Jal Nigam. Umesh Pratap Singh has been appointed special secretary in the Public Works Department and Umesh Mishra special secretary in the Urban Development Department. Srilakshmi V.S. has been appointed special secretary in the Women and Child Welfare Department.
Further appointments include Mahendra Bahadur Singh and Rajaganapati R. as directors of the State Urban Development Agency at different points in the order, Shahid Ahmad as additional director of the Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Administrative Academy, and Preeti Jaiswal as additional chief executive officer of Noida. The order also names officials for divisional commissioner, additional municipal commissioner, land management and Mandi Parishad responsibilities.
The transfers place new officers in charge of district administration, municipal services, development authorities and urban infrastructure-linked institutions. The report does not specify the implementation dates for each appointment or provide further details on the government’s reasons for the reshuffle.
