New Delhi: In a major administrative exercise, the competent authority has effected a large-scale reshuffle of officers belonging to the AGMUT cadre, involving IAS, DANICS, DANIPS, and Adhoc DANIPS officers. The reshuffle impacts 76 IAS and DANICS/DANIPS officers, along with nine Adhoc DANIPS officers, and includes several key postings across the Delhi government and its allied bodies.
The reshuffle is aimed at strengthening governance, improving administrative efficiency, and filling key vacancies across departments, districts, and statutory bodies.
Key IAS Postings and Senior-Level Appointments
Shurbir Singh (IAS:2004:AGMUT) has been appointed Secretary, Finance, with additional charge of Development Commissioner and Director, DAM.
K. Mahesh (IAS:2009:AGMUT) is appointed Managing Director, DKVIB, with additional charge of Secretary, Art & Culture, relieving Rashmi Singh.
Sanjeev Kumar Mittal (IAS:2011:AGMUT) has been placed at the disposal of Delhi Jal Board (DJB).
D. Varma (IAS:2011:AGMUT) is appointed Member, DUSIB, with additional charges of ED (DFC), Secretary (Planning) and ED (DSFDC).
G. Sudhakar (IAS:2012:AGMUT) takes charge as Deputy Commissioner/DM, Old Delhi.
A. Nedunchezhiyan (IAS:2012:AGMUT) is appointed Principal Director, Delhi Fire Service, with additional charge of CEO, DDMA, on the retirement of Krishan Kumar.
Trade, Taxes, Infrastructure and District Administration
Suneel Anchipaka (IAS:2014:AGMUT) is appointed Special Commissioner (Trade & Taxes), with additional charges of Special Secretary (PWD) and MD & CEO, DT&TDC, relieving Niharika Rai.
Ravi Dadhich (IAS:2014) becomes DM, North District.
Ranjana Deswal (IAS:2014) is appointed DM, Central District.
Vandana Rao (IAS:2015) is posted as DM, West District, with additional charge of CVO, DSIIDC.
Mekala Chaitanya Prasad (IAS:2015) takes charge as DM, South West District, with additional charge of Director, Panchayat, following the retirement of Indu Shekhar Mishra.
Kumar Abhishek (IAS:2016) is appointed DM, Outer North District.
Younger IAS Officers Given Key Field Responsibilities
- Shailendra Singh Parihar (IAS:2018) is appointed DM, Central North, with additional charges of Secretary, DCSK and Registrar, DSEU.
- Lakshay Singhal (IAS:2019) becomes DM, South District, with additional charge of Secretary, PGC and Project Director, DSACS.
SDM Postings – IAS Officers
- Ayushi (IAS:2022) – SDM, Bijwasan
- Kanika (IAS:2022) – SDM, Narela
- Anuja Trivedi (IAS:2022) – SDM, Matiala
- Jarad Pratik Anil (IAS:2023) – SDM, Bawana
- Piyush Kumar (IAS:2023) – SDM, Chhatarpur
DANICS Officers Assigned to Key Secretarial and Administrative Roles
Anand Tiwari (DANICS:2002) appointed Special Secretary (IT) with additional charges of Director, GSDL and Special Secretary (Environment), relieving Sandeep Kumar Mishra.
Lekhraj (DANICS:2008) becomes Additional Secretary, Art & Culture.
Dharmendra Kumar (DANICS:2008) appointed Administrator, DCCWS, with additional charge of Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Prashant Kumar (DANICS:2010) appointed MD, DCHFC, with additional charge of Additional Secretary (PGC), CMO.
Ramesh Chander Meena (DANICS:2010) – Director, NDMC.
Shingare Ram Chandra Mahadev (DANICS:2010) – COE, DSSSB.
Revenue, Urban Development and Trade & Taxes Assignments
Puneet Kumar Patel (DANICS:2012) – Additional Secretary (UD) with additional charge of ADM, Central.
Rahul Aggarwal (DANICS:2012) – Deputy Director (Social Welfare) with additional charge of ADM, Central North.
Gurpreet Singh (DANICS:2013) – Joint Commissioner, Trade & Taxes.
Kapil Chaudhary (DANICS:2013) – ADM, New Delhi.
Ankur Meshram (DANICS:2014) – ADM, Outer North.
Shimray Asaiwo Bellrose (DANICS:2014) – Joint Commissioner, Trade & Taxes.
Nishant Bodh (DANICS:2014) – ADM, North West.
Transport, Environment and Minority Affairs
- Dhole Aom Kashinathrao (DANICS:2015) – Additional Secretary, DSSSB with additional charge of Director, DPCC.
- Alok Kumar (DANICS:2015) – General Manager, DTC.
- Shashipal Dabas (DANICS:2016) – ADM, Old Delhi with additional charge of Secretary, Delhi Minority Commission.
Large-Scale SDM Postings of DANICS Officers
Several DANICS officers from batches 2017 to 2023 have been posted as SDMs across Delhi, including Gokalpuri, Shakur Basti, Shalimar Bagh, Mundka, Janakpuri, Sadar Bazar, Adarsh Nagar, Burari, Shahdara, Model Town, Kirari, Nangloi Jat, Yamuna Vihar, Deoli, Chandni Chowk, Vishwas Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Jangpura, Vikaspuri and multiple district headquarters.
Officers have also been posted as Deputy Secretary (Home), DRCS, Assistant Commissioner (Excise/F&S), Deputy CEO, Deputy Director (DSW), and Administrative Officer (Education).
Adhoc DANIPS Officers: New Assignments
Nine Adhoc DANIPS officers have also been given fresh postings –
- Manju Singh Kalshain – Admin Officer, Higher Education
- Ajay Chaturvedi – Admin Officer, GNEC
- Rajeev Kumar Sinha – Deputy Secretary, DBOCWWB
- Abhineet – Office of CEO
- Tapan Kumar Jha – Deputy Director, TTE
- Arun Gupta – Deputy Secretary, Finance
- Yogesh Pal Singh – SDM, Badarpur (Revenue)
- Pankaj Roy Gupta – SDM, Dwarka (Revenue)
- Yash Pal – SDM, Patparganj (Revenue)
Administrative Significance
This wide-ranging reshuffle underscores the Delhi government’s effort to re-align administrative leadership, ensure effective district-level governance, and strengthen departments dealing with finance, revenue, urban development, social welfare, education, and public services.
