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23 State Forest Officers Transferred in Uttar Pradesh; 20 Appointed as In-Charge DFOs

Transfers effective from July 1 and August 1 in phased manner; Postings made across Forest Divisions, PCF Office, Corporation, and Training Institutes
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Lucknow: In a major reshuffle in the Uttar Pradesh Forest Department, the state government has transferred 23 officers of the State Forest Service. Among them, 20 Assistant Forest Conservator Officers have been given charge as Divisional Forest Officers (DFOs) in various districts across the state.

The transfer orders have been issued with immediate effect for most officers, while a few will assume charge from July 1 and August 1. This move is seen as part of the state’s strategy to strengthen forest governance and improve field-level efficiency in environmental and conservation work.

List of Newly Appointed In-Charge DFOs

Mainpuri: Sanjay Kumar Mall

Farrukhabad: Rajiv Kumar

Kasganj: Sanjeev Kumar

Badaun: Pradeep Kumar Verma

Sultanpur: Amit Singh

Ambedkarnagar: Umesh Tiwari

Obra: Dilip Kumar Tiwari

Firozabad: Bhanendra Singh

Sant Kabir Nagar: Harikesh Narayan Yadav

Jaunpur: Promila

Sambhal: Preeti Yadav

Hapur: Arshi Malik

Basti: Shirin

Hathras: Rakesh Chandra Yadav

Renukoot (Sonbhadra): Kamal Kumar

Shahjahanpur: Vinod Kumar

Auraiya: Chandra Pratap Singh (effective from July 1)

Mirzapur: Rakesh Kumar (effective from July 1)

Amroha: Vinita Singh (effective from August 1)

Bulandshahr: Harendra Singh (effective from August 1)

Additional Departmental Postings

Three officers have been posted to key institutional roles-

Atul Kant Shukla – Posted to PCF Office

Tafiq Ahmad – Transferred to Forest Corporation

Ashutosh Pandey – Appointed to the Forest Training Institute, Kanpur

These postings are intended to support training, planning, and administrative reforms in the forest sector.

Policy Direction and Administrative Restructuring
Officials say the reshuffle is part of a broader effort to revamp the field-level forest administration, ensuring responsive leadership in forest divisions, especially ahead of the monsoon plantation drive and wildlife management season. The deployment of Assistant Forest Conservators as DFOs in-charge is also expected to provide hands-on administrative experience to mid-level officers.


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