19 October 2026
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Punjab: 48 IAS, PCS Officers Transferred; IAS Nitish Kumar Jain Posted as SDM, Sardulgarh

IAS officer Akshita Gupta has been made the SDM of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar
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In an major administrative reshuffle, the Punjab Government has transferred 48 IAS and PCS officers. The officers include 4 IAS officers. IAS officer Akshita Gupta has been made the SDM of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar. Aparna MB has been made the SDM of Malerkotla, while Nitish Kumar Jain has been appointed as the SDM of Sardulgarh and Simrandeep Singh has been made the SDM of Tarn Taran.

PCS officers have also been transferred on a large scale. Swati Tiwana has been made SDM Nihal Singh Wala, Nakodar SDM Gursimran Singh Dhillon, Jai Inder Singh has been made SDM Jalandhar-1, Amarinder Singh Malhi has been appointed Deputy Secretary Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Kanu Garg has been appointed Assistant Excise and Taxation Commissioner Patiala, while getting additional charge of Assistant Commissioner State Tax Patiala.

Apart from this, Deepak Bhatia has been given the additional charge of Assistant Commissioner State Tax Ludhiana-1, Kala Ram Kansal has been given the additional charge of SDM Dharkalan, Poonam Singh has been given the additional charge of Secretary RTA Bathinda and Additional Deputy Commissioner Bathinda. Rupnagar SDM Harkirat Kaur Channe has been appointed. Shivraj Singh Bal has been made SDM Garhshankar, Manjeet Kaur has been made SDM Lopoke, Babandeep Singh Walia has been made Joint Commissioner MC Patiala, Ankur Mahindru has been made Estate Officer Greater Ludhiana Area Development Authority Ludhiana, Harpreet Singh Atwal has been made Deputy Secretary Local Body, Harbans Singh-2 has been made Estate Officer and given responsibility of Greater Mohali Area Development Authority.

Varinder Pal Singh Bajwa has been given the additional responsibility of Additional Deputy Commissioner Tarn Taran as well as Additional Deputy Commissioner Tarn Taran. Apart from RTA Secretary Jalandhar, Amit Mahajan has also been given the additional charge of Additional Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar. Gurbir Singh Kohli has been made SDM Jagraon, Ajit Pal Singh has been made SDM Gidarbaha, Manjeet Singh Rajla has been made SDM Mansa, Gurmandar Singh has been made SDM Kharar, Irwan Kaur has been made Assistant Commissioner (General) Gurdaspur, Baljeet Kaur has been made SDM Rampura Phul, Chetan Bungar has been made Joint Commissioner MC, Ludhiana, Ravinder Kumar Bansal has been given the responsibility of SDM Balachaur, Beant Singh Sidhu has been given the responsibility of SDM Fatehgarh Churian, Gagandeep Singh has been given the responsibility of SDM Budhlada, Gurdev Singh Dham has been given the responsibility of SDM Dinanagar.

Lavjit Kalsi has been given the responsibility of Additional Chief Administrator Bathinda Development Authority as well as Bathinda Additional Deputy Commissioner. Manjeet Singh Cheema has been given the responsibility of Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development) Fazilka, Navneet Kaur Bal has been given the responsibility of Joint Commissioner Municipal Corporation (MC), Ludhiana and Jashanpreet Kaur Gill has been given the responsibility of Additional Chief Administrator Patiala Development Authority.

Jashanjit Singh has been made SDM Phagwara, Sachin Pathak has been made SDM Khadur Sahib, Balkaran Singh has been made SDM Jalalabad, Rajpal Singh Sekhon has been made SDM Kalanaur, Vyom Bhardwaj has been made SDM Tanda, Sanjeev Kumar has been made SDM Bassi Pathana, Gursimranjeet Kaur has been made Assistant Commissioner (General) Amritsar, Jaspal Singh Brar has been given the responsibility of SDM Firozpur, Gurmeet Singh has been given the responsibility of SDM Zira, Sukhraj Singh Dhillon has been given the responsibility of SDM Raikot and Vikramjit Singh Panthi has been given the responsibility of SDM Banga as well as RTO Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar.


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