Jharkhand : 18 IAS officers transferred

The Jharkhand government transferred 18 IAS officers in a bureaucratic shake-up on Tuesday. The transfers led to change of deputy commissioners (DCs) of 15 districts.

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

1. Manish Ranjan (IAS:2002:JH) : Commissioner, Kolhan.
2. Rajesh Kumar Sharma (IAS:2003:JH) : Secretary, Information Technology and E-Governance.
3. K Srinivasan (IAS:2005:JH) : Secretary (in-charge), Mines and Geology Department.
4. Rajesh Kumar Pathak (IAS:2006:JH) : DC, Garhwa.
5. Chittaranjan Kumar (IAS:2006:JH) : DC, Sahebganj.
6. Dilip Toppo (IAS:2006:JH) : DC, Lohardaga.
7. Shishir Kumar Sinha (IAS:2006:JH) : DC, Gumla.
8. Rajesh Singh (IAS:2007:JH) : DC, Bokaro.
9. Kamleshwar Prasad Singh (IAS:2007:JH) : DC, Deoghar.
10. Umashankar Singh (IAS:2009:JH) : DC, Dhanbad.
11. Chhavi Ranjan (IAS:2011:JH) : DC, Ranchi.
12. Suraj Kumar Khunti (IAS:2013:JH) : DC, Jamshedpur.
13. Shashi Ranjan (IAS:2013:JH) : DC, Palamu.
14. Divyanshu Jha (IAS:2014:JH) : DC, Chatra.
15. Sushant Gaurav (IAS:2014:JH) : DC, Simdega.
16. Faiz Ak Ahmed (IAS:2014:JH) : DC, Jamtara.
17. Bhor Singh Yadav (IAS:2014:JH) : DC, Godda.
18. Shashi Ranjan (IAS:2014:JH) : DC, Khunti