The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has undertaken a major administrative reshuffle, transferring 31 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 18 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers across various Union Territories and departments. The transfers involve postings in Delhi, Ladakh, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mizoram, Goa, Chandigarh, and Daman. Several experienced officers are also returning to Delhi after previous tenures elsewhere.
According to the official order, Shurveer Singh, previously serving as Finance and Power Secretary in Delhi, has been transferred to Ladakh. Meanwhile, senior IAS officers like Sanjeev Khirwar, who had been serving in Delhi during the COVID-19 period but was earlier posted to Ladakh, are returning to the national capital. Officers returning to Delhi also include Satyendra Singh, Rahul Singh, and Aman Gupta.
IPS Transfers
Among the 18 IPS officers transferred, notable postings include Ajit Kumar Singla being moved from Puducherry to Delhi; Mangesh Kashyap from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh; Rajiv Ranjan Singh from Delhi to Chandigarh; Prashant Priya Gautam from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir; and R.P. Meena from Arunachal Pradesh to Delhi.
Key IAS Transfers
| Officer | Batch | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwini Kumar | 1992 | Delhi | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Sanjeev Khirwar | 1994 | Ladakh | Delhi |
| Santosh D. Vaidya | 1998 | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi |
| Padma Jaiswal | 2003 | Puducherry | Delhi |
| Shurveer Singh | 2004 | Delhi | Ladakh |
| R. Elis Vaz | 2005 | Delhi | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Yashpal Garg | 2008 | Arunachal Pradesh | Delhi |
| Sanjeev Ahuja | 2008 | Goa | Delhi |
| Neeraj Kumar | 2010 | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi |
| Syed Abid Rashid Shah | 2012 | Jammu & Kashmir | Chandigarh |
| Satyendra Singh Dursavat | 2012 | Andaman & Nicobar | Delhi |
| Aman Gupta | 2013 | Andaman & Nicobar | Delhi |
| Rahul Singh | 2013 | Lakshadweep | Delhi |
| Anjali Sahrawat | 2013 | Delhi | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Hemant Kumar | 2013 | Delhi | Andaman & Nicobar |
| Ravi Dadhich | 2014 | Delhi | Mizoram |
| Kinny Singh | 2014 | Delhi | Puducherry |
| Sagar D. Dattatreya | 2014 | DNH & DD | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Arjun Sharma | 2015 | Andaman & Nicobar | Delhi |
| Vandana Rao | 2015 | Delhi | Andaman & Nicobar |
| Basheer ul Haq Chaudhary | 2015 | Jammu & Kashmir | Ladakh |
| Michael M. D’Souza | 2015 | Ladakh | Goa |
| Akruti Sagar | 2016 | Arunachal Pradesh | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Kumar Abhishek | 2016 | Delhi | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Saloni Rai | 2016 | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi |
| Nikhil U. Desai | 2016 | DNH & DD | Goa |
| Ankita Mishra | 2018 | Goa | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Hari Kallikat | 2018 | Chandigarh | Delhi |
| Vishakha Yadav | 2020 | Arunachal Pradesh | Delhi |
| Azharuddin Jahiruddin Qazi | 2020 | Andaman & Nicobar | Delhi |
| Chimala Shiv Gopal Reddy | 2020 | Mizoram | Delhi |
Key IPS Transfers
| Officer | Batch | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ajit Kumar Singla | 2004 | Puducherry | Delhi |
| Mangesh Kashyap | 2009 | Delhi | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Rajiv Ranjan Singh | 2010 | Delhi | Chandigarh |
| Prashant Priya Gautam | 2013 | Delhi | Jammu & Kashmir |
| R.P. Meena | 2013 | Arunachal Pradesh | Delhi |
| Rahul Alwal | 2014 | Mizoram | Delhi |
| S.M. Prabhudesai | 2014 | Arunachal Pradesh | Goa |
| Rajendra Kumar Gupta | 2014 | Jammu & Kashmir | Puducherry |
| Shobhit D. Saxena | 2015 | Jammu & Kashmir | Delhi |
| Niharika Bhatt | 2015 | Andaman & Nicobar | Delhi |
| Sudhanshu Dhama | 2016 | Arunachal Pradesh | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Sandhya Swami | 2016 | Delhi | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Sachin Kumar Singhal | 2017 | Arunachal Pradesh | Delhi |
| Akshat Kaushal | 2018 | Goa | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Shruti Arora | 2018 | Ladakh | Goa |
| Achin Garg | 2019 | Delhi | Arunachal Pradesh |
| Sunny Gupta | 2020 | Andaman & Nicobar | Jammu & Kashmir |
| Isha Singh | 2021 | Puducherry | Delhi |
The MHA has termed this reshuffle a routine administrative exercise aimed at ensuring smooth governance across Union Territories.
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