Punjab: 8 IAS officers transferred; Alok Shekhar is new ACS Finance

The Punjab government on Friday (June 27, 2025) issued transfer and posting orders for eight Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers as part of a bureaucratic reshuffle. Notably, two officers of the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) rank have been entrusted with new responsibilities.

The name of the officers and their postings are as follows;

1. Alok Shekhar (IAS:1994:PB), Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Cooperation; Additional Chief Secretary, Home Affairs and Nodal Officer for implementation of Criminal Laws in state, has been given charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Finance.
2. Dhirendra Kumar Tiwari (IAS:1994:PB), Additional Chief Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Secretary-cum-Financial Commissioner, Excise ; Additional Chief Secretary, Good Governance & Information Technology and Additional Chief Secretary, Parliamentary Affairs.
3. Basant Garg (IAS:2005:PB), Administrative Secretary, Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare; Secretary, Health & Family Welfare and Nodal Officer, Anti Drug Campaign, has been given charge of posts of Administrative Secretary, Horticulture and Administrative Secretary, Soil & Water Conservation.
4. Anindita Mitra (IAS:2007:PB), Administrative Secretary, Higher Education & Languages and Administrative Secretary, School Education, has been given charge of Managing Director, Punjab Infrastructure Development Board in addition to his current duties.
5. Aravind Kumar MK (IAS:2011:PB), on repatriation from central deputation, has been posted as Director, Treasury & Accounts.
6. Jitendra Jorwal (IAS:2014:PB), Additional Commissioner (Excise), Patiala; Additional Commissioner, Taxation-I, Patiala; Excise Commissioner, Punjab; Taxation Commissioner, Punjab, has been given charge of Special Secretary, Excise & Taxation, in addition to his current duties.
7. Ajay Arora (IAS:2016:PB), Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Bathinda, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Finance.
8. Kanchan (IAS:2020:PB), Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development), Bathinda, has been given the charge of Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Bathinda.