Uttar Pradesh’s bureaucracy witnessed a nocturnal shake-up on April 20 as the Yogi government reshuffled 40 IAS officers. The late-night orders, directly from the CM’s office, touched 15 DMs, 5 CDOs, transport commissioner, two divisional commissioners, a principal secretary, and four special secretaries, signaling a push for efficiency.
Key moves: Gaurang Rathi from Unnao to Jhansi DM; Indrajeet Singh, ex-Special Secretary Energy, now Sultanpur DM; Kumar Harsh from Sultanpur to Bulandshahr. Annapurna Garg, Special Secretary Personnel, posted as Shravasti DM. Alok Yadav from Jhansi Dev Authority to Shamli DM; Arvind Chauhan from Shamli to Saharanpur. Nitin Gaur from Hapur authority to Amroha DM.
Abhishek Goyal to Hamirpur; Sarneet Kaur Broka to Raebareli; Nidhi Gupta Vats from Amroha to Fatehpur. Ghanshyam Meena to Unnao; Anjani Singh to Lakhimpur Kheri; Dr. Indramani Tripathi to Mainpuri; Brijesh Kumar, CM aide, to Auraiya. Manish Bansal from Saharanpur to Agra; Arvind Bangari from Agra to CM Special Secretary.
Power sector shifts: Nitish Kumar from Southanchal Agra MD to UP Power Corp MD; Bulandshahr’s Shrutie to Southanchal MD. Ashutosh Niranjan as Transport Commissioner; Kinjal Singh to Secondary Education Secretary. Durga Shakti Nagpal elevated to Deolipatan Commissioner; Shashi Bhushan Lal Sushil to Principal Secy MSME; Alok Kumar relieved.
Ravinder Singh from Fatehpur to energy roles including UPEDA and EV infra MD. Mridul Chaudhary to tourism posts. Ashwani Pandey to minority welfare; Harshita Mathur to child nutrition. Anita Verma Singh to food logistics and weights.
CDO changes: Sachin Singh to agri markets; Basant Agarwal to ESIS. Promotions for Junaid Ahmad, Himanshu Gautam, Mukesh Chandra, Keshav Kumar. Fresh CDOs: Shrutie Sharma-Hapur, Gamini Singla-Badayun, Sunil Dhanwanta-Bahraich, Puja Sahu-Amethi, Rameshwar Sabbanwad-Jhansi.
Analysts see this as Yogi’s strategy to streamline district administration ahead of developmental goals, ensuring dynamic leadership across the state.
