6 DMs among 18 IAS officers shifted

LUCKNOW: In a major reshuffle in the state bureaucracy, the state government transferred 18 IAS officers including district magistrates of six districts on Thursday- Friday night.

Manoj Singh has been made the additional chief secretary (forest), MVS Rami Reddy the additional chief secretary (horticulture), Sudhir Garg the principal secretary (animal husbandry) and BL Meena the principal secretary (cooperatives).

NG Ravi has been made the Gorakhpur divisional commissioner, replacing Jayant Narlikar who has been sent to his original cadre Assam. K Ravindra Nayak has been made principal secretary (social welfare). Mukesh Meshram has been given additional charge of director general (tourism). Subhash Chandra Sharma has been made principal secretary (higher education). Ajay Shankar Pandey has been made the divisional commissioner of Jhansi.

RK Singh has been made Ghaziabad district magistrate and Ankit Agarwal the Etah DM.

Bal Krishan Tripathi has been made Amroha DM, Shailendra Singh Moradabad DM, Arvind Chaurasiya Lakhimpur Kheri DM and Umesh Mishra Bijnor DM. RK Pandey has been posted as special secretary (excise) and Vibha Chahal has been made additional director (ICDS).