UP transfers 24 IAS officers, 10 Districts get new DMs

The Uttar Pradesh Government on Monday (April 20, 2026) issued another round of transfers, shifting 24 IAS officers within 24 hours.

The reshuffle includes the appointment of new District Magistrates in 10 districts—Aligarh, Etah, Banda, Farrukhabad, Hapur, Ambedkar Nagar, Sonbhadra, Ghazipur, Ayodhya and Barabanki.

As part of the changes, Shashank Tripathi, District Magistrate of Barabanki, has been transferred and appointed as District Magistrate of Ayodhya. The move comes a day after a major reshuffle involving 40 IAS officers.

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

1. Avinash Kumar (IAS:2013:UP), District Magistrate of Ghazipur, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Aligarh.
2. Arvind Singh (IAS:2015:UP), Additional Land Settlement Commissioner, Revenue Board, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Etah.
3. Amit Aseri (IAS:2016:UP), Special Secretary, Public Works Department, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Banda.
4. Dr Ankur Lather (IAS:2016:UP), Vice Chairman, Bulandshahr-Khurja Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Farrukhabad.
5. Kavita Meena (IAS:2016:UP), Vice Chairman, Muzaffarnagar Development Authority, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Hapur.
6. Eesha Priya (IAS:2016:UP), Special Secretary, Tourism Department, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Ambedkar Nagar.
7. Charchit Gaur (IAS:2016:UP), Additional Chief Executive Officer, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority, Kanpur Nagar, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Sonbhadra.
8. Anupam Shukla (IAS:2016:UP), District Magistrate of Ambedkar Nagar, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Ghazipur.
9. Shashank Tripathi (IAS:2016:UP), District Magistrate of Barabanki, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Ayodhya.
10. Ishan Pratap Singh (IAS:2017:UP), Special Secretary to the Chief Minister and Civil Aviation Department and Director, Civil Aviation, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Barabanki.
11. Nikhil Tikaram Funde (IAS:2014:UP), District Magistrate of Ayodhya, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Chief Minister.
12. Prem Ranjan Singh (IAS:2014:UP), District Magistrate of Etah, has been transferred and posted as Additional State Project Director, Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan, and Director, Mid Day Meal Authority (MDMA).
13. Abhishek Pandey (IAS:2016:UP), District Magistrate of Hapur, has been transferred and posted as Additional Land Settlement Commissioner, Revenue Board, Uttar Pradesh.
14. Sanjeev Ranjan (IAS:2013:UP), District Magistrate of Aligarh, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Agriculture Department.
15. J Reebha (IAS:2015:UP), District Magistrate of Banda, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Geology and Minning Department.
16. Arun Kumar (IAS:2012:UP), Special Secretary, Geology and Minning Department, Uttar Pradesh Government, and Additional Director,
    Geology and Minning Department, has relieved of the charge of Special Secretary.
17. Ashutosh Kumar Dwivedi (IAS:2014:UP), District Magistrate of Farrukhabad, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Public Works Department.
18. Badrinath Singh (IAS-SCS:2014), District Magistrate of Sonbhadra,has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Higher Education Department.
19. Diksha Jain (IAS:2019:UP), Chief Development Officer, Kanpur Nagar, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Uttar Pradesh State Industrial Development Authority, Kanpur.
20. Dr Aparajita Singh Sinsinwar (IAS:2019:UP), Chief Development Officer, Shahjahanpur, has been transferred and posted as Vice Chairman, Bulandshahr-Khurja Development Authority.
21. Prranata Aishwarya (IAS:2019:UP), Chief Development Officer, Sitapur, has been transferred and posted as Vice Chairman, Muzaffarnagar Development Authority.
22. Utkarsh Dwivedi (IAS:2021:UP), Joint Magistrate, Sonbhadra, has been transferred and posted as Chief Development Officer, Shahjahanpur.
23. Abhinav J Jain (IAS:2022:UP), Joint Magistrate, Mathura, has been transferred and posted as Chief Development Officer, Kanpur Nagar.
24. Diksha Joshi (IAS:2022:UP), Joint Magistrate, Meerut, has been transferred and posted as Chief Development Officer, Sitapur.