Punjab transfers 12 IAS officers; Vikas Pratap gets posting after 2 months

The Punjab government on Monday (April 6, 2026) issued transfer and posting orders for 12 IAS officers, effecting changes across key administrative positions.

Notably, senior IAS officer Vikas Pratap (IAS:1994:PB) has been given a posting after nearly two months. He has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary, Technical Education & Industrial Training after remaining without posting since his transfer from the Social Security Department.

Several other officers have been assigned new roles, including postings at the level of Principal Secretary, Director and Deputy Commissioner.

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

1. Vikas Pratap (IAS:1994:PB), available for posting, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary, Technical Education
   & Industrial Training.
2. Sumer Singh Gurjar (IAS:1998:PB), available for posting, has been posted as Principal Secretary, Defence Services Welfare.
3. Kanwal Preet Brar (IAS:2007:PB), Secretary, Health & Family Welfare with additional charge of Commissioner, Food & Drug Administration, has been given additional charge of in addition Commissioner, Faridkot Division, Faridkot.
4. Babita (IAS:2009:PB), Commissioner, Agriculture, has been given additional charge of Commissioner, Ferozepur Division, Ferozepur.
5. Harpreet Singh Sudan (IAS:2013:PB), Director, Sports & Youth Services, has been given additional charge of the posts of Managing Director, Punjab Small Industries Export Corporation and Managing Director, Punjab State Industrial Development Corporation.
6. Jaspreet Singh (IAS:2014:PB), available for posting, has been posted as Director, Industries and Commerce.
7. Himanshu Aggarwal (IAS:2014:PB), Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Patiala.
8. Abhijeet Kaplish (IAS:2015:PB), Deputy Commissioner, Sri Muktsar Sahib with additional charge of Director, Mines & Geology, has been transferred and posted as Director, Mines & Geology.
9. Amit Kumar Panchal (IAS:2016:PB), Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Sri Muktsar Sahib.
10. Varjeet Walia (IAS:2018:PB), Deputy Commissioner, Patiala, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Jalandhar.
11. Jasbir Singh-II (IAS:2018:PB), Additional Deputy Commissioner (Urban Development), Jalandhar, has been posted as Additional Secretary, General Administration & Coordination with additional charge of Director, Hospitality.
12. Akash Bansal (IAS:2019:PB), Additional Deputy Commissioner (Rural Development), Mansa, has been transferred as
    Deputy Commissioner, Kapurthala.
13. Tejdeep Singh Saini (PCS:2012), Joint Secretary, General Administration and Coordination with additional charge of Director,
    Hospitality, has been transferred as Additional Deputy Commissioner (Urban Development), Jalandhar.

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