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AP: Sudden transfer of senior IAS officer raises eyebrows in bureaucracy

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The abrupt transfer of Special Chief Secretary Ram Prakash Sisodia (IAS:1991:AP) has stirred debate within the corridors of the Andhra Pradesh Secretariat. His shift from the crucial Revenue Department—overseeing land administration, registration, and stamps—to the relatively low-profile Handlooms and Textiles Department has raised many eyebrows, especially given his close working relationship with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.

Sisodia was widely regarded as one of the Chief Minister’s most trusted bureaucrats. He played a key role in formulating and implementing the government’s land reforms after the NDA came to power in the state. His sudden removal from the Revenue Department has, therefore, come as a surprise to many.

In a further setback, Sisodia has also been relieved of his additional role as Director-General of the AP Human Resource Development Institute.

According to reports, the state’s Intelligence Department recently submitted a report to the Chief Minister flagging certain irregularities within the departments under Sisodia’s charge. It is believed that the CM himself directed the Intelligence Department to probe these concerns after receiving preliminary information. During the course of the inquiry, audio clips reportedly emerged, adding a new layer of intrigue to the matter.

While the transfer has been issued under the guise of a routine administrative reshuffle, many within the state bureaucracy view it as anything but routine.

Also Read: AP: 8 IAS officers shifted, RP Sisodia to head Handloom, Textiles, I&C Departments

AP: 8 IAS officers shifted, RP Sisodia to head Handloom, Textiles, I&C Departments

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Andhra Pradesh

The Andhra Pradesh government on Sunday (13.04.2025) carried out a small yet significant bureaucratic reshuffle, issuing transfer and posting orders for eight IAS officers.

The most notable among the changes was the transfer of Special Chief Secretary Ram Prakash Sisodia, who has been posted to the Handloom and Textiles, I&C Department.

The names of the officers and their posting are as follows;

  1. Ram Prakash Sisodia (IAS:1991:AP), Special Chief Secretary (Land and DM, Registration and Stamps), Revenue Department, has been transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary, Handloom and Textiles, I&C Department duly relieving N Yuvaraj (IAS:2001:AP) from full additional charge. Mr. Sisodia is also relieved from the full additional charge of the post of Director General, Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute (APHRDI).
  2. G Jaya Lakshmi (IAS:1995:AP), Chief Commissioner of Land Administration & Special Chief Secretary, is placed in full additional charge of Special Chief Secretary (Land and DM, Registration and Stamps), Revenue Department.
  3. Bhaskar Katamneni (IAS:2004:AP), Secretary, ITE & C Department, is placed in full additional charge of Director, Andhra Pradesh Human Resource Development Institute (APHRDI).
  4. Mutyalaraju Renu (IAS:2007:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Commissioner, State Institute of Rural Development, Panchayat Raj & Rural Development, duly relieving B Mohammed Diwan Mydeen (IFS:2008), from full additional charge.
  5. K Madhavi Latha (IAS:2014:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as CEO, AP Rythu Bazar, duly relieving M Vijaya Suneetha (IAS:2014:AP)
    from full additional charge.
  6. M Gauthami (IAS:2014:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Secretary, AP Tribal Welfare Residential Educational Institution Society (Gurukulam) (APTWREIS), duly relieving S Bhargavi (IAS:2015:AP) from full additional charge.
  7. Kothamasu Dinesh Kumar (IAS:2017:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Director, Ayush, duly relieving Dr. Manjula D Hosmani (IRS) from full additional charge.
  8. Dr. K Neelakanta Reddy (IAS:2017:AP), awaiting posting orders, has been posted as Managing Director, AP State Aids Control Societies, duly relieving Dr. A Siri (IAS:2015:AP) from full additional charge.

UP: 9 IAS officers shifted, PK Upadhyay is new Sugarcane Commissioner

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In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (14.04.2025) issued transfer and posting orders for nine IAS officers. The reshuffle involved changing responsibilities of several key departments, including the Sugarcane department, Food and Civil Supplies, Cooperative Societies, Panchayati Raj and Irrigation Departments.

The most notable development is the removal of Prabhu N Singh, who has been placed on the waiting list. Until now, he was serving as the Sugarcane Commissioner. In his place, Pramod Kumar Upadhyay has been appointed as the new Sugarcane Commissioner.

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

  1. Sameer Verma (IAS:2002:UP), Secretary, Social Welfare Department, has been transferred and posted as Inspector General, Registration.
  2. Bhupendra S Chaudhary (IAS:2009:UP), Secretary, Public Welfare Department, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Food & Civil Supplies.
  3. Dr. Heera Lal (IAS:2009:UP), State Nodal Officer, PM Agriculture Irrigation Scheme, has been transferred and posted Commissioner & Registrar, Cooperative Societies.
  4. Naveen Kumar GS (IAS:2007:UP), Secretary, Irrigation, has been given additional charge of State Nodal Officer, PM Agriculture Irrigation Scheme.
  5. Pramod Kumar Upadhyay (IAS-SCS:2009), Secretary, Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA), has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Sugarcane.
  6. Prabhu N Singh (IAS:2007:UP), Commissioner, Sugarcane, has been transferred and put on waiting list.
  7. Vaibhav Srivastava (IAS:2009:UP), Secretary, Home Department, has been transferred and posted as MD, PCDF.
  8. B Chandrakala (IAS:2008:UP), Secretary, Women Welfare & Panchayati Raj Department, has been relieved of the charge of Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department.
  9. Amit Kumar Singh (IAS:2011:UP), Special Secretary, Urban Development and Joint MD, UP Jal Nigam (Urban), Lucknow, has been transferred and posted as Director, Panchayati Raj.

Centre deploys highest-ever number of IPS officers in strife-torn Manipur

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The Government Of Manipur

In an unprecedented move, the Union Government has posted record 16 IPS officers to Manipur in order to contain the situation in a strife-torn state. This is the highest number of IPS officers having been deputed ever in a single year to Manipur. All of them belong to the 2024 batch. The deployment highlights the government’s desperation to restore law and order in the violence-hit region.

Official data shows far fewer postings to Manipur in previous years. 2018 saw 0 officers, 2 officers in 2019, 1 in 2020 and three in 2023.

The move is aimed at strengthening the administrative efficiency as well as improving on-ground policing and intelligence coordination in the state that has been a hotbed of the prolonged unrest in recent months.

Kerala IAS officer N Prasanth launches fresh attack on CS

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Suspended Kerala IAS officer N Prasanth (IAS:2007:KL) strikes again, just a day before he was to appear for a personal hearing before the Chief Secretary on April 16.

His target is again Chief Secretary Sarada Muraleedharan (IAS:1990:KL) against whom he has posted two official letters sent by her regarding a personal hearing he had requested.

He is now claiming that the Chief Secretary denied his request for recording and streaming live the personal hearing after accepting that earlier.

He writes, “In my letter dated February 10, I had requested that the hearing be recorded and streamed live. This request was accepted in the letter I received dated April 4,” Prasanth wrote. “But in the letter dated April 11, my request was denied without any explanation,” he follows it up in second post.

His complaint does not stop here as he is also indignant of the media that described his demand for live-streaming as “strange”.

Prasanth was suspended in November last year after he made derogatory remarks against Additional Chief Secretary A Jayathilak (IAS:1991:KL) and another IAS officer K Gopalkrishnan (IAS:2013:KL).

Then he accused the Chief Secretary for the manner in which his suspension was handled, claiming that he was denied a chance to explain his side.

This can’t be described as co-incident that the Chief Secretary is set to retire on April 30, and Jayathilak is widely believed to succeed her.

The way he has been showing his defiance suggests that he has other plans. Prasanth himself is said to have asserted earlier that the IAS was never his only ambition — he had other interests too.

Rajasthan CS rebuffs Karauli DC for holidaying in valley while people reel under heat

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Bureaucrats holding crucial positions need to be sensitive to people’s sufferings. Perhaps District Collector of Karauli in Rajasthan, Neelabh Saxena (IAS:2014:RJ), took it lightly and faced the music by inviting the wrath of Chief Secretary Sudhanshu Pant (IAS:1991:RJ). Pant gave him a good dressing down for enjoying cool comforts of valley in Jammu & Kashmir while people of his district are reeling under heat.

Actually, the Bhajan Lal government is in an alert mode due to rising heat and crisis of drinking water in the state, so the Chief Secretary is also in action. But unmindful of the looming crisis, the Karauli Collector was found enjoying the cold breeze in J&K instead of staying at the district headquarters. Interestingly, the DC took leave on the pretext of an urgent work in his home town but headed to valley for natural comforts. When the Chief Secretary came to know about this, he took out his anger on him.

It all happened when the CS was holding an online meeting of collectors regarding the electricity and water crisis in the state in face of rising heat. According to media reports, he asked about the DC’s location and when he was told it was J&K, he got angry.

The Chief Secretary lambasted the DC saying ‘people in your district are suffering from heat and the water and electricity shortage and you are roaming in cold valleys. He went on to say, ‘your irresponsible attitude puts a damper on your administrative sensitivity’.

After the Chief Secretary’s reprimand, it is believed that major action may be taken against the Karauli Collector.

Bihar: Six IAS officers transferred; MK Singh gets addl charge of Industries Department

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In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the Bihar government on Sunday (13.04.2025) issued transfer and posting orders for six senior IAS officers. The most notable development in the list was the assignment of additional charge of the Industries Department to Mihir Kumar Singh.

Singh, who currently serves as the Additional Chief Secretary of the Road Construction Department, will now hold the Industries Department portfolio in an additional capacity.

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

  1. Harjot Kaur Bamhrah (IAS:1992:BH), Additional Chief Secretary, Social Welfare Department with additional charge of Bihar State Women and Child Development Corporation, has been transferred as Additional Chief Secretary, Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Department.
  2. Mihir Kumar Singh (IAS:1993:BH), Additional Chief Secretary, Road Construction Department, will now also hold the additional charge of Additional Chief Secretary, Industries Department.
  3. Dr. Safina AN (IAS:1997:BH), Additional Member, Revenue Board, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner of Magadh Division, Gaya, with additional charge of Additional Director General of BIPARD, Gaya.
  4. Prem Singh Meena (IAS:2000:BH), Commissioner, Magadh Division, Gaya, with additional charge of Additional Director General of BIPARD, Gaya, has been transferred and posted as Additional Member, Revenue Board, Council.
  5. Vandana Preyasi (IAS:2003:BH), Secretary, Environment, Forest and Climate Change with additional charges of Enquiry Commissioner, GAD; Secretary, Industries Department and MD, Infrastructure Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as Secretary, Social Welfare Department with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Women and Child Development Corporation.
  6. Kundan Kumar (IAS:2004:BH), Resident Commissioner, Bihar Bhawan, New Delhi with additional charge of Investment Commissioner, Mumbai, CEO, Bihar Foundation; MD, Bihar Industrial Area Development Authority (BIADA), has been given additional charge of MD, Infrastructure Development Authority.

Bihar: 11 IAS probationers (2024 batch) get posting as Assistant Collectors

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Bihar Government

The Bihar government on Friday (11.04.2025) issued posting orders for 11 IAS Probationers of the 2024 batch as Assistant Collectors-cum-Assistant Magistrates in various districts on completion of their training in Lal Bahadur Shastri National Administrative Academy (LBSNAA), Mussoorie.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows:

  1. Virupaksha Vikram Singh: Madhubani
  2. Priya Rani: East Champaran, Motihari
  3. Krishna Joshi: Nalanda, Bihar Sharif
  4. Prem Singh: Muzaffarpur
  5. Syed Adeel Mohsin: Bhojpur (Arrah)
  6. Ajay Yadav: Begusarai
  7. Suraj Kumar: Gaya
  8. Vignesh TA: Patna
  9. Jatin Kumar: Bhagalpur
  10. K Parikshit: Darbhanga
  11. Mahesh Kumar: Purina

Most UP cadre IAS, IPS officers file IPRs on time

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Map Of Uttar Pradesh

In a positive development, most IAS and IPS officers of Uttar Pradesh cadre have filed their Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) on time. Interestingly, a few officers have filled nil in the columns of the given format, which means they don’t own any immovable property.

This year, there is a lone officer in the list of 542 IAS and five among 445 IPS officers in the state who have not filed their IPRs as indicated on January 1, 2025.

This figure indicates that the number of IAS and IPS officers failing to file their IPRs has gone down considerably compared to last year’s figure when eight IAS and 16 IPS officers did not file their IPRs.

All the members of All India Services are required to file their Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) under the provisions of Rule 16(2) of All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1968, in the prescribed format by January 31 of every year in respect of the previous year ending December 31.

A close study of the IPRs filed in the past few years available on official websites for public view uploaded by the DoPT as well the Ministry of Home Affairs indicates a declining tendency among IAS/IPS officers not filing their IPRs within the stipulated time.

In 2023, 22 IAS and 48 IPS officers had not filed their IPRs. Similarly, in 2022, the number was 47 for IAS. It was 64 in 2021 and 77 in 2020.

On the other hand, the number of IPS officers not filing their IPRs was 76 2022, 69 in 2021 and 85 in 2020.

Besides, listing the property/properties owned by the officers or shared with spouses, the officers have also given details of properties they have bought/inherited/leased or share with their siblings or in-laws.

Alka Nangia Arora repatriated to parent cadre

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Alka Nangia Arora (IDAS:1991), Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor, Department of Agricultural Research and Education, has been prematurely repatriated to her parent cadre. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Friday (11.04.2025), the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the proposal to repatriate Ms Arora to her parent cadre on personal grounds.

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