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Five more IAS officers reassigned in Bihar

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LO Bureau
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Bihar IAS using charter plane

The Bihar government on Monday (December 8, 2025) issued another transfer order, reshuffling five IAS officers and assigning them to new postings.

EC deploys five senior IAS officers as Special Roll Observers in West Bengal

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LO Bureau
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Election Commission of India

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday (December 8, 2025) appointed five senior IAS officers as Special Roll Observers (SROs) for different divisions in West Bengal. They will oversee the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

According to the EC order, Kumar Ravi Kant Singh (IAS:2008:UP), Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Defence, has been posted to the Presidency division as SRO. Niraj Kumar Bansod (IAS:2008:CG), Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs, has been appointed for the Medinipur division. Krishna Kumar Nirala (IAS:2005:CG), Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, will monitor the Burdwan division. Alok Tiwari (IAS:2007:UP), Joint Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, will work as SRO for the Malda division. Pankaj Yadav (IAS:2001:HY), Joint Secretary in the Department of Rural Development, has been deployed to the Jalpaiguri division.

This comes after the EC appointed retired IAS officer Subrata Gupta (IAS:1990:WB) as Special Roll Observer for the SIR, and set up a 12-member team of IAS officers as Electoral Roll Observers to support District Election Officers (DEOs) and Electoral Registration Officers (EROs).

Officials in the CEO’s office said the posting of SROs will help improve supervision, transparency and compliance with EC rules during the revision process.

The Special Intensive Revision started on November 4 with the distribution of enumeration forms and will continue till December 11. The draft rolls will be released on December 16, and the final voter list will be published on February 14, 2026.

PESB recommends Arvind Kumar for Director (Finance), National Fertilizers Limited

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LO Bureau
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National Fertilizers Limited

The Public Enterprises Selection Board (PESB) has recommended Arvind Kumar for the post of Director (Finance), National Fertilizers Limited. The selection was made following the PESB interview held on December 9, 2025.

Arvind Kumar is currently serving as General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited. His name will now be sent to the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) for final approval, subject to the necessary vigilance clearances.

A total of 5 candidates were interviewed by the PESB for the post. The list included:

  1. Hrishikesh Kumar, Senior Executive Director (Finance), NBCC (India) Limited
  2. Arvind Kumar, General Manager, Indian Oil Corporation Limited
  3. Ashok Kumar Mali, Chief General Manager-E8 (CFO -NUPPL), NLC India Limited
  4. Amit Rautela, Chief Financial Officer- MEJA URJA NIGAM PVT LIMITED, NTPC Limited
  5. Neeraj Kumar, Additional General Manager (Finance), Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)

Centre appoints central prabhari officers for seven aspirational districts

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LO Bureau
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Aspirational Districts

The central government on Monday (December 8, 2025) announced the appointment of Central Prabhari Officers (CPOs) for seven districts under the Aspirational District Programme. The newly appointed officers are:

  1. Ankita Pandey (IRS-IT:2009), Director in the Department of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises, has been appointed as CPO of Nicobar (Car Nicobar, Noncowrie) in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
  2. Pankaj Srivastava (IRS-IT:2007), Director in the Department of Cooperation, has been appointed as CPO of West Karbi Anglong (Amri, Chinthong, Socheng) in Assam.
  3. Pramod Kumar (IRS-IT:2008), Director in the Department of Pensions & Pensioners’ Welfare, has been appointed as CPO of Karbi Anglong (Nilip, Rongmongwe, Samelangso) in Assam.
  4. Vipin Pal Singh (IRSEE:2002), Director in the Department of Housing & Urban Affairs, has been appointed as CPO of South 24 Parganas (Magra Hat-2, Thakurpukur Mahestola) in West Bengal.
  5. Karuna Kumari (IAS:2010:AM), Director in the Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, has been appointed as CPO of Sheopur (Karahal, Sheopur, Vijaypur) in Madhya Pradesh.
  6. Alagu Varsini (IAS:2012:TN), Deputy Secretary in the Department of Rural Development, has been appointed as CPO of Tiruchirappalli (Turaiyur) in Tamil Nadu.
  7. Manasa Gangotri Kata (IRS-C&IT:2007), Director in the Department of Financial Services, has been appointed as CPO of Jogulamba Gadwal (Ghattu) in Telangana.

Telangana HC halts CAT order allocating IAS  Amrapali to Telangana

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LO Bureau
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IPS appointments to IAS posts

In yet another case of cadre allocation, the Telangana High Court has ruled in favour of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) and issued a stay on the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT)’s directions allocating IAS officer Amrapali Kata (IAS:2010:AP) to Telangana. Amrapali is currently serving as Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh Tourism department. The court has directed her to file counter affidavit within six weeks.

Amrapali had been allotted to Andhra Pradesh by the DoPT in October last year.

Instead of following the DoPT’s direction, Amrapali approached the CAT, challenging the DoPT orders, and succeeded in getting relief as the CAT allocated her to the Telangana cadre as part of a “swapping” arrangement with another IAS officer, Harikiran (IAS:2009:TG).

The DoPT, however, moved the High Court saying the swapping procedure did not apply to Amrapali because Harikiran belongs to a reserved category, and hence it was not permissible. Hearing the DoPT’s appeal against the CAT order, the Telangana High Court passed an interim order suspending the CAT’s decision to allocate her to Telangana.

 The matter will come up for the next hearing after six weeks.

MoEF&CC Director AK Agrawal repatriated to parent cadre for promotion

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LO Bureau
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Central Water Engineering Service

Aravind Kumar Agrawal (CWES:1997), who is currently serving as Director in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, has been prematurely repatriated to his parent cadre to avail the benefit of promotion. According to an order issued by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) on Monday (December 8, 2025), the competent authority has approved his repatriation.

Agrawal has been serving in the post since February 2019 after his initial five-year deputation, which was later extended by two more years. His extended tenure was scheduled to end in February 2026.

Bihar govt posts 13 IAS officers as Collectors & District Magistrates in major reshuffle

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LO Bureau
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Bihar IAS using charter plane

The Bihar government on Monday (December 8, 2025) carried out a major reshuffle in district-level administration by posting 13 IAS officers as Collectors and District Magistrates. Of these, four officers who were already serving as District Magistrates have been transferred to new districts, while nine officers from the 2018 batch, earlier posted in various departments, have been appointed as District Magistrates in nine districts.

The names of the officers and their postings are as follows;
  1. Shrikant Shastri (IAS:2012:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Aurangabad, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Begusarai.
  2. Taranjot Singh (IAS:2017:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Madhepura, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, West Champaran (Bettiah)
  3. Vivek Ranjan Maitrey (IAS:2017:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Sheohar, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Siwan.
  4. Abhilasha Sharma (IAS:2017:BH), Collector and District Magistrate, Arwal, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Aurangabad.
  5. Ashutosh Dwivedi (IAS:2018:BH), Joint Secretary, Building Construction Department with additional charge of OSD, Disaster Management and State Transport Commissioner, Transport Department, has been transferred as Collector and District Magistrate of Katihar.
  6. Pratibha Rani (IAS:2018:BH), Project Director, Bihar AIDS Control Society, Patna with additional charge of Mission Director, Jal-Jeevan-Haryali, Rural Development, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Sheohar.
  7. Vaibhav Srivastava (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Information and Public Relations Department with additional charge of MD, Bihar State Dialogue Commission, has been transferred as Collector and District Magistrate, Chhapra.
  8. Vinod Duhan (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Mines & Geology, has been posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Araria.
  9. Abhishek Ranjan (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Fisheries and Animal Husbandry, has been transferred as Collector and District Magistrate of Madhepura.
  10. Shekhar Anand (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Technical Development, Industries Department, has been transferred as Collector and District Magistrate of Shekhpura.
  11. Amrisha Bains (IAS:2018:BH), OSD, Energy Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Arwal.
  12. Sahila (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Elementary Education, Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Collector and District Magistrate, Buxar.
  13. Nitin Kumar Singh (IAS:2018:BH), Director, Agriculture Department, has been transferred as Collector and District Magistrate, Kaimur (Bhabua).

UP Government Promotes 24 IAS Officers

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LO Bureau
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Indian Administrative Service

The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday issued promotion orders for 24 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, of which four officers from the 2001 batch have been elevated to the rank of Principal Secretary, while the remaining 20 officers from the 2010 batch have been promoted to the rank of Special Secretary.

They are;

Principal Secretary Rank;

  1. Shashi Bhushan Lal Sushil
  2. Ajay Kumar Shukla
  3. Aparna U
  4. SVS Ranga Rao

Special Secretary Rank:

  1. Akhand Pratap Singh
  2. Durga Shakti Nagpal
  3. K Balaji
  4. Ashutosh Niranjan
  5. Kumar Prashant
  6. Neha Sharma
  7. Monika Rani
  8. Sujeet Kumar
  9. Sandeep Kaur
  10. Shambhu Kumar
  11. Sanjay Kumar Khatri
  12. Yogesh Kumar
  13. Nitish Kumar
  14. Bhawani S Khagrawat
  15. Ravindra Kumar
  16. Nagendra Pratap
  17. Divya Prakash Giri
  18. Om Prakash Arya
  19. Krishna Kumar
  20. Sudha Verma

Know the man who is PM Modi’s closest adviser and crisis manager  

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LO Bureau
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Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan

Ever knew the man who advises Prime Minister Narendra Modi on how to sail through complicated national affairs and coordinates between ministries? He is the Prime Minister’s principal adviser and crisis manager. Interestingly, he is not a politician but an IAS officer of the Tamil Nadu cadre. Meet Dr. T. V. Somanathan—India’s Cabinet Secretary- the topmost executive official, the senior-most civil servant, and the most influential bureaucrat in this country.

He is virtually the conflicts manager of the Modi Cabinet, who resolves differences among ministries and departments and ensures smooth transaction of government business. He leads coordination during national crises and emergencies. His office also submits monthly reports from all ministries to the President, Vice President, and union ministers.

As a Cabinet Secretary, Somanathan is the head of civil services and ex-officio chairman of the Civil Services Board and thus heads the entire IAS cadre. Somanathan is today sitting at the pinnacle of an IAS career. 

The Cabinet Secretariat is located in South Block near the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and houses three sections—civil, military, and intelligence—with the civil wing being the most important as it supports the Union Cabinet. The Cabinet Secretariat played a major role during the removal of Article 370 and the reorganisation of Jammu & Kashmir into two Union Territories, coordinating between intelligence agencies and the central government.

Somanathan’s contribution has been immense to the Modi government’s performance, as he was also responsible for spearheading several initiatives when the centre’s earnings were damaged owing to the pandemic, especially between 2020 and 2021, including enforcing expenditure limitations on various ministries and departments across the central government.

Somanathan was also instrumental in the implementation of landmark programs like ‘PM Gareeb Kalyan’ and ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat,’ which was announced during the initial wave of COVID-19.

Somanathan is a highly qualified bureaucrat holding a PhD in economics from Calcutta University and is a qualified chartered accountant, cost accountant, and company secretary. Later he completed an Executive Development Program at Harvard.

His vast and variegated career includes serving as finance secretary, working in the PMO and holding a top position at the World Bank apart from his crucial stints in the Tamil Nadu government.

Despite maintaining a high-tension job profile in his career, Somanathan has authored two books and penned several chapters. He has more than 80 papers and articles published on public policy, finance, and economics in journals and the media under his belt.

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