Lucknow: As many as 32 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the Uttar Pradesh cadre are listed as scheduled to retire during 2026, with the retirements spread across almost every month of the year.
The retirements are expected to lead to a series of vacancies at senior levels of the Uttar Pradesh administration and may require the state government to make fresh appointments and additional-charge arrangements in several departments and field-level positions.
A previously published 2026 retirement assessment had identified 31 senior UP-cadre IAS officers as due to retire during the year and had specifically listed Archana Agarwal, IAS (1990 batch), for retirement in September. However, the month-wise list provided here contains 32 names. The discrepancy appears to arise from differences between the assessment and the detailed list, and the two figures should therefore not be treated as identical without reference to the underlying official retirement records.
January: Five IAS Officers Due to Retire
The year began with five UP-cadre IAS officers listed for retirement in January.
The officers are Narendra Prasad Pandey, Amarnath Upadhyay, Narendra Singh, Shailendra Kumar Singh and Ram Singh Verma.
Their retirement marked the first set of senior-level exits from the Uttar Pradesh administrative cadre during 2026.
February: Four Officers Scheduled to Retire
Four IAS officers are listed for retirement in February.
The February retirees are Atal Kumar Rai, Chandrabhooshan Singh, Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi and Subhash Chandra Sharma.
With the January and February retirements combined, nine officers from the supplied assessment are scheduled to leave service during the first two months of the year.
March: Venkateshwar Lu
Only one officer, Venkateshwar Lu, is listed for retirement in March.
The retirement schedule then resumes with a larger group in June.
June: Four IAS Officers
Four UP-cadre IAS officers are listed for retirement in June.
They are Anil Kumar, Markande Shahi, Dr. Dinesh Chandra and Umakant Tripathi.
The June retirements form the next significant cluster of superannuations in the state’s senior administrative cadre.
July: Two Officers
Two IAS officers are scheduled to retire in July — Ghanshyam Singh and Akhilesh Singh.
The departures will further reduce the number of officers from the senior cohorts available for administrative assignments in the state.
August: Three IAS Officers
Three officers are listed for retirement in August.
The names are Ravindra Kumar Pratham, Krishna Kumar Gupta and Dr. Vedapati Mishra.
August is followed by another significant retirement month in September.
September: Archana Agarwal Among Two Retirees
Two IAS officers are scheduled to retire in September — Archana Agarwal and Atul Singh.
Archana Agarwal, a 1990-batch IAS officer, was specifically identified in the previously published 2026 retirement assessment as being due to retire in September.
Her scheduled retirement is among the notable senior-level exits included in the assessment.
October: Five IAS Officers, Including Bimal Kumar Dubey
October is one of the busiest months in the retirement calendar, with five IAS officers listed for superannuation.
They are Bimal Kumar Dubey, Deepak Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Dvitiya, Shivprasad Pratham and Kamran Rizvi.
Bimal Kumar Dubey is specifically noted as having served as Commissioner, Jhansi, in 2008 and is scheduled to retire in October 2026.
The October retirement group is tied with January for the highest number of officers listed for retirement in any single month in the supplied schedule.
November: Two IAS Officers
Two officers are scheduled to retire in November — Sheshnath and Renu Tiwari.
Their retirements will come toward the end of a year that has already seen multiple senior officers leave the UP cadre.
December: Four Officers to Retire
The year-end retirement schedule includes four IAS officers.
They are Rajneesh Chandra, Amit Ghosh, Sanjay Kumar Yadav and Dr. Chandrabhooshan Yadav.
With these four retirements, the 2026 schedule concludes with another sizeable group of senior administrative officers reaching superannuation.
Full Month-Wise UP IAS Retirement Schedule
The complete list supplied for 2026 is:
- January: Narendra Prasad Pandey, Amarnath Upadhyay, Narendra Singh, Shailendra Kumar Singh, Ram Singh Verma
- February: Atal Kumar Rai, Chandrabhooshan Singh, Dr. Devesh Chaturvedi, Subhash Chandra Sharma
- March: Venkateshwar Lu
- June: Anil Kumar, Markande Shahi, Dr. Dinesh Chandra, Umakant Tripathi
- July: Ghanshyam Singh, Akhilesh Singh
- August: Ravindra Kumar Pratham, Krishna Kumar Gupta, Dr. Vedapati Mishra
- September: Archana Agarwal, Atul Singh
- October: Bimal Kumar Dubey, Deepak Kumar, Rajesh Kumar Dvitiya, Shivprasad Pratham, Kamran Rizvi
- November: Sheshnath, Renu Tiwari
- December: Rajneesh Chandra, Amit Ghosh, Sanjay Kumar Yadav, Dr. Chandrabhooshan Yadav
Notably, April and May do not feature any officers in the supplied retirement schedule.
Retirement Exercise Could Lead to Administrative Changes
The retirement of officers belonging to different senior batches can create vacancies in the state administration and may result in changes to existing departmental and field-level assignments.
The UP government may accordingly have to make fresh postings, promote eligible officers or entrust additional responsibilities depending on the positions falling vacant.
The retirement exercise also comes against the backdrop of broader administrative changes involving senior officers in Uttar Pradesh, where the state routinely undertakes posting and additional-charge arrangements as officers superannuate.
The supplied information also refers to a recent UP police-administrative retirement exercise involving substantial numbers of senior officers, indicating the scale of personnel changes taking place across the state’s senior bureaucracy.
31 Officers or 32? The Count Explained
There is a numerical discrepancy in the information available for the 2026 UP IAS retirement exercise.
The introductory assessment refers to 31 senior IAS officers due to retire during 2026, while the detailed month-wise schedule contains 32 names.
Counting the names in the month-wise schedule gives 32 officers: five in January, four in February, one in March, four in June, two in July, three in August, two in September, five in October, two in November and four in December.
Therefore, for publication purposes, the detailed list supports the figure of 32 officers, while the earlier assessment supports the figure of 31. The discrepancy should ideally be verified against the official cadre/DoPT retirement records before presenting either number as the definitive official count.
The retirement calendar nevertheless highlights a substantial turnover among Uttar Pradesh’s senior IAS officers during 2026, with officers scheduled to retire throughout the year and the largest clusters appearing in January and October.
