The Uttar Pradesh government has transferred 38 IAS officers, including the district magistrates of five districts, in a major administrative reshuffle that also changes leadership across development authorities and municipal corporations in Lucknow, Noida, Greater Noida, Ghaziabad, Meerut and Varanasi, according to a report by Live Hindustan.
The districts receiving new district magistrates are Muzaffarnagar, Sitapur, Maharajganj, Bijnor and Siddharthnagar. The changes were announced late on Friday, with several officers moved between district administration, urban development bodies, municipal corporations and state infrastructure agencies.
Sitapur district magistrate Rajagapati R. has been appointed director of the State Urban Development Agency, while Lucknow Development Authority vice-chairperson Prathamesh Kumar has been made the new district magistrate of Sitapur. The district magistrates of Maharajganj and Siddharthnagar have exchanged positions. Gaurav Singh Sog arwal, previously Maharajganj district magistrate, has been posted to Siddharthnagar, while Shivasharanappa G.N. has been appointed district magistrate of Maharajganj.
In Muzaffarnagar, district magistrate Umesh Mishra has been shifted to the post of special secretary in the Urban Development Department. Greater Noida’s additional chief executive officer Sunil Kumar Singh will take over as the new district magistrate of Muzaffarnagar. Bijnor district magistrate Umesh Pratap Singh has been posted as special secretary in the Public Works Department, while Namami Gange special secretary Joginder Singh has been appointed the new district magistrate of Bijnor.
The reshuffle also affects key urban institutions. Chief Minister’s special secretary Anuj Singh has been appointed vice-chairperson of the Lucknow Development Authority. Ghaziabad municipal commissioner Vikramaditya Singh Malik will become vice-chairperson of the Meerut Development Authority and divisional food controller for Meerut. Varanasi municipal commissioner Himanshu Nagpal has been transferred as Ghaziabad municipal commissioner, while Shashwat Tripathi, chief development officer of Gorakhpur, has been appointed municipal commissioner of Varanasi.
Abhishek Kumar, special secretary in the Information Technology Department, will become chief development officer of Gorakhpur. Sanjay Kumar Meena, vice-chairperson of the Meerut Development Authority, has been appointed additional chief executive officer of the Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority. The changes also include senior appointments in the Noida, Greater Noida and Bundelkhand industrial development authorities.
Vandana Tripathi, additional chief executive officer of Noida, has been appointed additional commissioner of the Saharanpur division. Preeti Jaiswal, additional commissioner of the Bareilly division, will move to Noida as additional chief executive officer. Meerut chief development officer Nupur Goyal and Bundelkhand Industrial Development Authority additional chief executive officer Praveen Verma have both been appointed additional chief executive officers of Greater Noida.
Several other officers have been reassigned to roles involving urban water supply, industrial development, district administration and municipal coordination. Nitin Madan, previously additional chief executive officer of the Yamuna authority, has been appointed joint managing director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban). Mahendra Bahadur Singh, special secretary in the Urban Development Department, will serve as director of the State Urban Development Agency and joint managing director of Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban).
The reshuffle extends to divisional and district-level administration. Rajesh Kumar, additional chief executive officer of the Yamuna authority, has been appointed chief development officer of Ayodhya, while Ayodhya chief development officer Krishna Kumar Singh will move to the Yamuna authority. Other appointments include new chief development officers for Meerut, Fatehpur, Shravasti, Aligarh and Firozabad, along with changes among divisional commissioners and additional municipal commissioners.
The new assignments will place senior officers at institutions responsible for land development, municipal services, industrial corridors, urban water supply and district-level project implementation. The next administrative step will be for the transferred officers to assume charge in their respective departments, districts and urban authorities.
