In a major administrative reshuffle, the Allahabad High Court has transferred 710 judicial officers across various district courts and outlying courts in Uttar Pradesh. The annual transfers include officers at multiple levels, with clear deadlines for vacating current postings.
Key Figures in the Transfer
According to the notification issued by Registrar General Manjeet Singh Shyoran:
- 265 Officers – Additional District & Sessions Judges
- 169 Officers – Civil Judges (Senior Division)
- 276 Officers – Civil Judges (Junior Division)
All transferred officers have been asked to vacate their current positions by 15th April 2026.
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Transfers of Additional District & Sessions Judges
Prominent transfers among Additional District & Sessions Judges include:
- Ram Pratap Singh Rana from Prayagraj → Sultanpur
- Ravikant II → Agra
- Anita I → Badaun
- Manoj Kumar Mishra II → Fatehpur
- Pradeep Kumar IV → Agra
- Aparna Tripathi II → Mahoba
- Dinesh Kumar Gautam → Mohammadi (Lakhimpur)
Other notable postings include Rajiv Ranjan (Commercial Tax Tribunal) → Pratapgarh, and high court registrars Prashant Bitgaiya → Lucknow, Sandeep Chaudhary and ADJ Seema Singh I → Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Judicial Officers Posted to Prayagraj
Several officers from other districts have been transferred to Prayagraj:
- Kumar Mayank (Bareilly) → Prayagraj
- Pankaj Srivastav (Gorakhpur) → Prayagraj
- Shailendra Mani Tripathi (Kushi Nagar) → Prayagraj
- Neeraj Kumar Upadhyay (Lucknow) → Prayagraj
- Abhay Pratap Singh, Anuradha Pundir, Pankaj Kumar Srivastav (Shahjahanpur) → Prayagraj
High Court appointments include:
- Nishant Sangta (Muzaffarnagar) → Joint Registrar, Allahabad High Court
- Varun Mohit Nigam (Bulandshahr) → Registrar, Allahabad High Court
- Gyan Prakash Tiwari (Ballia) → Registrar, Allahabad High Court
Civil Judges (Senior Division) Transfers
Significant transfers at the Civil Judge (Senior Division) level:
- Shashi Kumar (Prayagraj) → Etawah
- Diksha Shri → Gautam Buddh Nagar
- Neelam Verma → Ambedkar Nagar
- Prem Bahadur Singh → Kasia (Kushi Nagar)
Notable officers posted to Prayagraj:
- Diksha Bharti (Agra), Kamayani Dubey (Etah), Ram Gopal Yadav (Garotha, Jhansi), Shailja Mishra (Deoria)
Other district transfers include:
- Somya Giri (Kaushambi) → Banda
- Arpita Yadav → Ghaziabad
- Abhishek Tripathi II (Aligarh) → Kaushambi
- Deepti Yadav (Meerut) → Kaushambi
Civil Judges (Junior Division) Transfers
Prominent transfers at the Civil Judge (Junior Division) level:
- Shikha Chaudhary (Prayagraj) → Firozabad
- Priyambada Priyadarshini → Siddharth Nagar
- Digvijay Singh → Behat (Saharanpur)
- Sandeep Singh II → Meerut
- Hemlata → Kanpur Nagar
- Akanksha Jaiswal → Milkipur (Ayodhya)
Prayagraj also receives several officers:
- Anukriti Singh (Pilibhit), Ramesh Kumar Pandey (Shahjahanpur), Rashmi Singh (Mainpuri), Pushpendra Kumar Gautam (Ramabai Nagar), Prateek Gupta (Hansrajpur, Unnao), Sonakshi Singhal (Muzaffarnagar)
Objective and Administration
These transfers aim to ensure effective judicial administration across the state and improve the efficiency of courts. Officers have been directed to assume their new responsibilities promptly to maintain the smooth functioning of justice delivery in Uttar Pradesh.
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