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Major IAS and IPS Reshuffle in AGMUT Cadre, 49 Officers Transferred Across Multiple UTs; Yashpal Garg Moved from Arunachal to Delhi

Centre Orders Large-Scale IAS, IPS Transfers Across Delhi, J&K, Ladakh and UTs
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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

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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.

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