In a midnight action, the UP government shifted 64 IAS officers including 22 District Magistrates and several Divisional Commissioners, Secretaries and Special Secretaries. These transfers are seen linked to the forthcoming national election.

Transport Commissioner and Managing Director of UP State Road Transport Corporation P Guru Prasad and Excise Commissioner Dhiraj Sahu swapped places.

Commissioner of Devipatan division Sudesh Kumar Ojha was posted as Secretary in Revenue department. Secretary in Secondary Education Preeti Shukla was posted as Commissioner of Devipatan division replacing MM Lal, who was posted as Secretary of Revenue and Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue.

Formerly Member (Judicial) Board of Revenue Anand Kumar Singh was posted as Commissioner of Vindhyachal division.

Vice-chairman of Moradabad Development Authority Kanak Tripathi was posted as Secretary of Secondary Education department.

District Magistrate of Bulandshahr Anuj Kumar Jha was posted as DM of Ayodhya while DM, Etawah, Selva Kumar J was made the new DM of Firozabad. Special Secretary (Home) Jitendra Bahadur Singh was posted as DM of Etawah. MD of Pradesh Cooperative Federation Pramod Kumar Upadhyay was posted as the new DM of Mainpuri. Special Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Sanjeev Singh was posted as DM of Fatehpur.

DM and Municipal Commissioner of Ferozabad Neha Sharma was made the new DM of Rae Bareli.

DM of Pratapgarh Shambhu Kumar was posted as DM, Bahraich replacing AK Singh, who was made DM of Rampur. Awaiting posting, Abhay was posted as DM of Bulandshahr.

Special Secretary (Home) Markenday Shahi was posted as DM of Pratapgarh. Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue, Sujit Kumar was made the DM of Bijnor.

Special Secretary of Industry and Infrastructure AK Agarwal was posted as DM of Sonebhadra, while Special Secretary, Industry, GP Tripathi was made the DM of Mau. Special Secretary of MSME Pawan Kumar was posted as DM of Baghpat while Special Secretary of Medical and Health Umesh Mishra was made the new DM of Amroha.

Municipal Commissioner of Ghaziabad CP Singh was made the DM of Kasganj, while Special Secretary of MSME Ravish Gupta was posted as DM of Sant Kabir Nagar. Municipal Commissioner of Varanasi Nitin Bansal was made the DM of Gonda.

Special Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies, Abhishek Singh was posted as DM of Auraiya. Mission Director of Skill Development Mission Pranjal Yadav was posted as Special Secretary of National Integration.

Similarly, Special Secretary of MSME RM Mishra was posted as DM of Amethi while Special Secretary, Minority Affairs, DP Giri was made the DM of Sultanpur.

Awaiting posting, Ajay Shankar Pandey and RS Prem were posted as DM of Muzaffarnagar and Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue respectively. Another officer, awaiting posting, Radhey Shyam was made Additional MD of UPSRTC. Similarly, RK Tyagi was made Special Secretary (Home).

Another officer awaiting posting, Manoj Kumar was posted as Regional Food Controller in Moradabad. Municipal Commissioner of Ayodhya, Ravi Shankar Gupta was posted as Special Secretary of Medical and Health.

Awaiting posting, AK Chaurasia was posted as MD of PCF. DM of Rae Bareli SK Khatri was posted as Special Secretary (Home). DM of Mainpuri Pradeep Kumar was posted as Special Secretary, MSME. DM of Sultanpur Vivek was posted as Mission Director of Skill Development Mission.

DM of Bahraich Mala Srivastava was posted as Special Secretary in the Housing department, Lucknow. DM of Rampur MB Singh was made Special Secretary of Housing department. DM of Bijnor AK Rai was posted as Special Secretary (Home).

DM of Sonebhadra AK Singh was posted as Special Secretary, MSME, while DM of Mau Prakash Bindu was made Special Secretary of Finance department.

DM of Bagpat R Kumar was posted as Special Secretary, Rural Development while DM of Amroha Hemant Kumar was made Special Secretary of Medical and Health.

DM of Kasganj RP Singh and DM of Sant Kabir Nagar BS Chaudhary were posted as Special Secretary (Home).

DM of Amethi Shakuntla Gautam was posted as Special Secretary in Women’s Welfare department while DM of Auraiya Srikant Mishra was posted as Special Secretary in the Housing department.

Vice-chairman of Varanasi Development Authority Rajesh Kumar was made Special Secretary, Food and Civil Supplies.

Meanwhile, the transfer orders of Joint Magistrate of Mathura Rajendra Pesia as Chief Development Officer (CDO), Deoria, was canceled and Joint Magistrate of Ghazipur Shivsharangappa will be the new CDO of Deoria. DM of Muzaffarnagar Rajiv Sharma was posted as Special Secretary, Urban Development department.

DM of Gonda PK Srivastava was posted as Special Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development. DM of Ayodhya Anil Kumar was posted as Special Secretary, Infrastructure and Industrial Development department.

Secretary of LDA MP Singh was posted as Vice-chairman of Varanasi Development Authority. Special Secretary in Rural Development TK Shibu was made the new Vice -Chairman of Moradabad Development Authority.

Joint MD of UPSIDC Divya Mittal was posted as Vice-Chairman of Bareilly Development Authority while Special Secretary, Housing, RK Pandey was made Vice-Chairman of Meerut Development Authority.

Awaiting posting, Samuel Pal N was made Municipal Commissioner of Bareilly Nagar Nigam. Special Secretary, Medical and Health, Neeraj Shukla was posted as Municipal Commissioner of Ayodhya.

Vice-Chairman of Bareilly Development Authority Surendra Kumar was posted as Special Secretary, Secondary Education, while Meerut Development Authority Vice-Chairman Sahab Singh was made the new Additional Commissioner of Chitrakoot division.