New Delhi: In a significant administrative move, the competent authority has effected a major reshuffle of IAS and IPS officers belonging to the AGMUT cadre, transferring 49 officers of various batches across Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Goa, Arunachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Mizoram, Chandigarh, Lakshadweep and Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (DNH&DD).
The reshuffle includes 33 IAS officers and 16 IPS officers, reflecting a wide-ranging reallocation aimed at administrative balancing and cadre management across Union Territories and states under the AGMUT framework.
IAS Officers Transferred to and From Delhi, J&K, Ladakh and UTs
Several senior IAS officers have been transferred to Delhi, strengthening the central administrative setup:
- Sanjeev Khirwar (1994) from Ladakh to Delhi
- Santosh D Vaidya (1998) from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Padma Jaiswal (2003) from Puducherry to Delhi
- Yashpal Garg (2008) from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Sanjeev Ahuja (2008) from Goa to Delhi
- Niraj Kumar (2010) from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Satyendra Singh Dursawat (2012) from Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Aman Gupta (2013) from Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Rahul Singh (2013) from Lakshadweep to Delhi
- Arjun Sharma (2015) from Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Saloni Rai (2016) from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Hari Kallikkat (2018) from Chandigarh to Delhi
- Vishakha Yadav (2020) from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Azharuddin Zahiruddin Qazi (2020) from Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Cheemala Shiva Gopal Reddy (2020) from Mizoram to Delhi
IAS Officers Posted to Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh
Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh witnessed several inward postings:
- Ashwani Kumar (1992) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- R Alice Vaz (2005) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Anjali Sehrawat (2013) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Sagar D Dattatray (2014) from DNH&DD to Jammu & Kashmir
- Akriti Sagar (2016) from Arunachal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir
- Kumar Abhishek (2016) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
Transfers involving Ladakh include:
- Shurbir Singh (2004) from Delhi to Ladakh
- Baseer Ul Hag Chaudhary (2015) from Jammu & Kashmir to Ladakh
- Goa, Puducherry, Mizoram and Andaman & Nicobar See IAS Movements
- Michael M D’Souza (2015) from Ladakh to Goa
- Nikhil U Dessai (2016) from DNH&DD to Goa
- Ankita Mishra (2018) from Goa to Arunachal Pradesh
- Kinny Singh (2014) from Delhi to Puducherry
- Ravi Dadhich (2014) from Delhi to Mizoram
- Hemant Kumar (2013) and Vandana Rao (2015) from Delhi to Andaman & Nicobar
IPS Officers Transferred in Major Policing Reallocation
The reshuffle also includes a significant reallocation of IPS officers across multiple regions:
- Ajit Kumar Singla (2004) from Puducherry to Delhi
- RP Meena (2013) from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Rahool Alwal (2014) from Mizoram to Delhi
- Shobhit D Saksena (2015) from Jammu & Kashmir to Delhi
- Niharika Bhatt (2015) from Andaman & Nicobar to Delhi
- Sachin Kumar Singhal (2017) from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi
- Isha Singh (2021) from Puducherry to Delhi
- IPS Officers Posted to Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal and Goa
- Prashant Priya Gautam (2013) from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir
- Sudhanshu Dhama (2016) from Arunachal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir
- Sunny Gupta (2020) from Andaman & Nicobar to Jammu & Kashmir
Postings to Arunachal Pradesh include:
- Mangesh Kashyap (2009) from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Sandhya Swamy (2016) from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Achin Garg (2019) from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh
- Akshat Kaushal (2018) from Goa to Arunachal Pradesh
Postings to Goa include:
- SM Prabhudessai (2014) from Arunachal Pradesh to Goa
- Shruti Arora (2018) from Ladakh to Goa
- Other IPS movements include:
- Rajiv Ranjan Singh (2010) from Delhi to Chandigarh
- Rajinder Kumar Gupta (2014) from Jammu & Kashmir to Puducherry
Routine Cadre Management Exercise
Officials indicated that the reshuffle forms part of a routine cadre management exercise within the AGMUT framework, aimed at ensuring balanced administrative experience, efficient governance, and optimal deployment of officers across sensitive and strategic regions.
