On 19th October 2020, Monday, the Himachal Pradesh government transferred 22 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service (HPAS) officers in a major reshuffle that took place.
In the reshuffle, IAS Aditya Negi was appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Shimla. Mr. Negi, a 2013 batch IAS officer from Himachal Pradesh had been serving his duty as the Member Secretary of HP State Pollution Control Board.
Other than him, officers that have been transferred from the state include, Dr. SS Guleria, Amit Kashyap, Hans Raj Chauhan, Manasi Sahay Thakur, Sudesh Kumar Mokhta, Sandeep Kumar, Vivek Bhatia, Gopal Chand, Harikesh Meena, Rajeshwar Goel, Debasweta Banik, Raghav Sharma, Hemraj Bairwa, Kamal Kant Saroch.
On the recommendation of the Civil Services Board, HPAS officer of 2006 batch, Mr. Manoj Kumar has also been ordered to transfer by the Governor.