UP govt transfers 18 IAS officers, posts them as Joint Magistrates in various districts

Lucknow: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday (August 17, 2026) transferred 18 IAS officers serving as Assistant Magistrates and posted them as Joint Magistrates in various districts.

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

1. Aditya Srivastava (IAS:2023), Assistant Magistrate, Moradabad, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Shahjahanpur.
2. Nausheen (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Fatehpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Basti.
3. Shaurya Arora (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Unnao, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Badaun.
4. Kunal Rastogi (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Bijnor, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Gorakhpur.
5. Ayan Jain (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Ghaziabad, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Azamgarh.
6. Shivam Kumar (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Agra, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Maharajganj.
7. Animesh Verma (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Prayagraj, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Deoria.
8. Anshul Hindal (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Mirzapur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Sultanpur.
9. Shubhansu Katiyar (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Aligarh, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Jaunpur.
10. Vinod Kumar Meena (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Saharanpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Auraiya.
11. Arpit Kumar (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Kannauj, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Prayagraj.
12. Ridam Anand (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Sultanpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Kanpur Rural.
13. Ramesh Chandra Verma (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Lucknow, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Ballia.
14. G Akshay Deepak (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Jhansi, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Kushinagar.
15. Tejas K (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Barabanki, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Mainpuri.
16. Manisha Dharve (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Lakhimpur Kheri, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Jhansi.
17. Ayush Agrawal (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Siddharthnagar, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Raebareli.
18. Aparajita Aryan (IAS:2024), Assistant Magistrate, Muzaffarnagar, has been transferred and posted as Joint Magistrate, Lucknow