Uttar Pradesh transfers 38 IAS officers; Five Districts get new DMs, Anuj Singh moves to Lucknow Development Authority

The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a major administrative reshuffle involving 38 IAS officers, including five District Magistrates (DMs) and seven Chief Development Officers (CDOs). The transfers, announced on November 13, 2026, also affect several development authorities and municipal corporations.

The reshuffle comes ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections and the Special Summary Revision (SSR) of electoral rolls, in compliance with Election Commission of India (ECI) guidelines.

Five Districts Get New District Magistrates:

Five districts have received new DMs under the latest orders:

• Prathmesh Kumar: Appointed DM, Sitapur, replacing Rajaganapathi R., who moves as Director, State Urban Development Agency (SUDA).
• Gaurav Singh Sograwal: Transferred from Maharajganj to become DM, Siddharthnagar.
• Shivsharanappa G.N.: Appointed DM, Maharajganj, replacing Gaurav Singh Sograwal.
• Sunil Kumar Singh: Transferred from Greater Noida as DM, Muzaffarnagar, replacing Umesh Mishra.
• Jogendra Singh: Appointed DM, Bijnor, replacing Umesh Pratap Singh.

Major Changes in Development Authorities:

Several senior officers have been assigned new responsibilities in development authorities and municipal corporations.

• Anuj Singh: Appointed Vice-Chairman, Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).
• Vikramaditya Singh Malik: Posted as Vice-Chairman, Meerut Development Authority, with additional charge of Divisional Food Controller, Meerut.
• Himanshu Nagpal: Appointed Municipal Commissioner, Ghaziabad.
• Shashwat Tripurari: Transferred as Municipal Commissioner, Varanasi.
• Sanjay Kumar Meena: Appointed Additional CEO, YEIDA.
• Krishna Kumar Singh: Posted as Additional CEO, YEIDA.
• Nupur Goyal: Appointed Additional CEO, Greater Noida.
• Praveen Verma: Also posted as Additional CEO, Greater Noida.
• Vandana Tripathi: Transferred as Additional Commissioner, Saharanpur Division.
• Preeti Jaiswal: Appointed Additional CEO, Noida.
• Dr Nitin Madan: Posted as Joint Managing Director, Uttar Pradesh Jal Nigam (Urban).

Seven CDO-Level Changes:

The reshuffle also brings changes to several district development assignments:

• Abhishek Kumar: CDO, Gorakhpur.
• Rajesh Kumar: CDO, Ayodhya.
• Sandeep Kumar: CDO, Meerut.
• Poonam Nigam: CDO, Fatehpur.
• Shishir Kumar Singh: CDO, Shravasti.
• Shailendra Kumar Singh: CDO, Aligarh.
• Yogendra Kumar: CDO, Firozabad.

Other Important IAS Transfers:

Other notable changes include:

• Umesh Mishra: Special Secretary, Urban Development Department.
• Umesh Pratap Singh: Special Secretary, Public Works Department.
• Pawan Kumar Meena: Special Secretary, Namami Gange and Rural Water Supply Department.
• Shrilakshmi V.S.: Special Secretary, Women Welfare Department.
• Shahid Ahmad: Additional Director, RUPAAM.
• Sunil Kumar Chaudhary: Additional Land Management Commissioner, Board of Revenue.
• Shatrughan Vaishya: Additional CEO, YEIDA.
• Manoj Kumar-I: Additional Commissioner, Varanasi Division.
• Atul Kumar: Additional Commissioner, Bareilly Division.
• Manjulata: Additional Municipal Commissioner, Moradabad.
• Pratima Singh: Additional Commissioner, Kanpur Division.

Pratyush Pandey has also been assigned additional charge as Additional Director of the Uttar Pradesh State Agricultural Produce Markets Board.

ECI Guidelines Behind the Reshuffle:

The large-scale transfers follow the Election Commission of India’s directions issued on October 27. Under the guidelines, officers completing three years in a district by May 31, 2027, were required to be transferred. The directions also covered officials serving in municipal corporations and development authorities.

The Commission further instructed that officers deployed during previous Assembly elections or by-elections should not be posted again in the same Assembly constituency or district. The Chief Secretary was asked to submit a compliance report by November 30.

The latest exercise marks a significant administrative reorganisation in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the upcoming electoral process.