West Bengal govt transfers 67 IAS officers in major shake-up

In a massive administrative shake-up, the West Bengal government on Monday (October 27, 2025) issued transfer and posting orders for 67 IAS officers.

The most notable aspect of the reshuffle is the transfer of 17 District Magistrates, marking one of the largest bureaucratic overhauls in recent months.

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

1. Sharad Kumar Dwivedi (IAS:2006:WB), District Magistrate, North 24 Parganas, has been transferred and posted as Secretary in Health & Family Welfare Deptt.
2. Sumit Gupta (IAS:2009:WB), District Magistrate, South 24 Parganas, has been transferred and posted as Municipal Commissioner,
   Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
3. Shashank Sethi (IAS:2010:WB), Managing Director, WBHIDСО, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, North
   24 Parganas.
4. Arvind Kumar Mina (IAS:2010:WB), District Magistrate, Cooch Behar, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, South
   24 Parganas.
5. Rajarshi Mitra (IAS:2012:WB), District Magistrate, Murshidabad, has been transferred and posted as MD, WBHIDCO.
6. Dr. Rajat Nanda (IAS:2013:WB), District Magistrate, Purulia, has been transferred and posted as Director, Tourism, West
   Bengal.
7. Dr. Preeti Goyal (IAS:2013:WB), District Magistrate, Darjeeling, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Malda.
8. Nitin Singhania (IAS:2013:WB), District Magistrate, Malda, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate,
   Murshidabad.
9. Kontham Sudhir (IAS:2014:WB), Chief Executive Officer, Haldia Development, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Purulia.
10. Dhaval Jain (IAS:2014:WB), Municipal Commissioner, Kolkata Municipal Corporation, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Birbhum.
11. Unice Rishin Ismail (IAS:2014:WB), Special Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Dept., has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur.
12. Raju Mishra (IAS:2015:WB), Special Secretary, Industry, Commerce & Enterprises Department, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Cooch Behar.
13. Akanksha Bhaskar (IAS:2015:WB), ADM (Basirhat), North 24 Paraganas, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate,
    Jhargram.
14. Manish Mishra (IAS:2015:WB), ADM, North 24 Parganas, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate,
    Darjeeling.
15. Bidhan Chandra Roy (WBCS(Exe.)-1993), District Magistrate, Birbhum, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Food &
    Supplies Deptt.
16. Sunil Agarwala (WBCS(Exe.)-1994), District Magistrate, Jhargram, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, North
    Bengal Dev. Deptt.
17. Purnendu Kumar Majhi, (WBCS(Exe.)-1995), District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, UD & MA Deptt.
18. Dr Godala Kiran Kumar (IAS:2005:WB), Secretary in Science & Technology and Biotechnology Department, has been transferred and Divisional Commissioner, Medinipur.
19. Mukta Arya (IAS:2008:WB), District Magistrate, Hooghly, has been transferred and posted as Secretary in Industry, Commerce &
    Enterprises Department.
20. Bijin Krishna (IAS:2012:WB), District Magistrate, Dakshin Dinajpur, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Paschim
    Medinipur.
21. Khursheed Ali Qadri (IAS:2013:WB), District Magistrate, Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Hooghly.
22. Balasubramanian T (IAS:2013:WB), District Magistrate, Kalimpong, has been transferred and posted as District Magistrate, Dakshin
    Dinajpur.
23. Kuhuk Bhushan (IAS:2015:WB), Special Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development Department with additional charge of State Mission Director and Chief Executive Officer, West Bengal State Rural Livelihood Mission, has been transferred as District Magistrate, Kalimpong.
24. Ms. Sweta Agarwal (IAS:2016:WB), ADM, Purba Bardhaman, has been transferred and posted as Director, Social Welfare.
25. Harsimran Singh (IAS:2016:WB), ADM, South 24 Parganas, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary, Finance
    Department.
26. Prashant Raj Shukla (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Paschim Bardhaman, has been transferred and posted as ADM, South 24 Parganas.
27. Rajesh (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Purulia, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Panchayat & Rural Development Deptt.
28. Avneet Punia (IAS:2017:WB), OSD to Chief Secretary & Under Secretary, Home & Hill Affairs Department and P&AR Department, has been transferred as ADM, South 24 Parganas.
29. Kempa Honnaiah (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, WCD & SW Deptt.
30. Suman Sourav Mohanty (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Technical Education, Training and Skill Development Deptt.
31. Ravi Agrawal (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Uttar Dinajpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Home & Hill Affairs
    Deptt.
32. Ravi Ranjan (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Cooch Behar, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, MSME &T. Deptt.
33. Abhishek Chourasiya (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Uttar Dinajpur, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Transport Deptt.
34. Nripendra Singh (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Alipurduar, has been transferred as ADM, Nadia.
35. Nitu (IAS:2017:WB), ADM, Birbhum, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Paschim Bardhaman.
36. Tejasvi Rana (IAS:2017:WB), Director, Social Welfare, has been transferred and posted as ADM, North 24 Parganas.
37. Adityavikram Mohan Hirani (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Purulia, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Alipurduar.
38. Jameel Fathima Zeba (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Malda, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Coochbehar.
39. Priyadarshini Bhattacharya (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Jalpaiguri, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Uttar Dinajpur.
40. Rohan Laxmikant Joshi (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Bankura, has been transferred and posted ADM, Purba Bardhaman.
41. Azar Zia (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Howrah, has been transferred and posted Joint Secretary, Higher Education
    Deptt.
42. Shekhar Kumar Chaudhary (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Kalimpong, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Howrah.
43. Ezaz Ahmed (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Nadia, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Dakshin Dinajpur.
44. Shinjan Shekhar (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Nadia, has been transferred and posted as Joint Secretary, Food & Supplies
    Deptt.
45. Dr. Haaris Rasheed (IAS:2018:WB), ADM, Dakshin Dinajpur, has been transferred and posted ADM, Jalpaiguri.
46. Avadh Singhal (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Siliguri, Darjeeling, has been transferred and posted as OSD to Chief Secretary & Under Secretary, Home & hill Affairs Deptt. and P&AR Deptt.
47. Ashish Kumar (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Basirhat, North 24 Paraganas, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Nadia.
48. Shubham Aggarwal (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Kalna, Purba Bardhaman, has been transferred and posted as ADM, Birbhum.
49. Navneet Mittal (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Mathabhanga, Coochbehar, has been transferred as ADM, Paschim Medinipur.
50. Shubham Kundal (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Mal, Jalpaigur, has been transferred as ADM, ADM Kalimpong.
51. Saurav Pandey (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Rampurhat, Birbhum, has been transferred as ADM, Paschim Medinipur.
52. Ekam J Singh (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Jangipur, Murshidabad, has been transferred as ADM, Malda.
53. Patil Yogesh Ashokrao (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur, has been transferred as ADM, Purulia.
54. Manjeet Kumar Yadav (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Egra, Purba Medinipur, has been transferred as ADM, Bankura.
55. Vishnu Das (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Chandannagar, Hooghly, has been transferred as ADM, North 24 Parganas.
56. Utkarsh Singh (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Kandi, Murshidabad, has been transferred as ADM, Purulia.
57. Vandavasi Teja Deepak (IAS:2020:WB), SDO, Kurseong, Darjeeling, has been transferred as ADM, Uttar Dinajpur.
58. Priya Yadav (IAS:2021:WB), SDO, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur, has been transferred as SDO, Kurseong, Darjeeling.
59. Ahinsa Jain (IAS:2021:WB), SDO, Katwa, Purba Bardhaman, has been transferred as SDO, Kalna, Purba Bardhaman.
60. Bharat Singh (IAS:2021:WB), SDO, Ranaghat, Nadia, has been transferred as Joint Secretary, Tourism Department.
61. Ms. Ankita Agarwal (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Technical Education Training & Skill Development Department, has been transferred as SDO, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur.
62. Gaddam Sudheer Kumar Reddy (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Panchayats & Rural Development Department, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Jangipur, Murshidabad.
63. Surbhi Singla (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Women & Child Development and Social Welfare Department, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur.
64. Ashutosh Kumar (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Office of the Chief Secretary, has been transferred as SDO, Chandannagar, Hooghly.
65. Mohd Suboor Khan (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Panchayats & Rural Development Department, has been transferred as SDO, Ranaghat, Nadia.
66. Karmveer Keshav (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Panchayats & Rural Development Department, has been transferred as SDO, Egra, Purba Medinipur.
67. Vikas Ruhela (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Industry, Commerce and Enterprises Department, has been transferred as SDO, Siliguri, Darjeeling.
68. Utkarsh Khandal (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Tourism Department, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Mal, Jalpaiguri.
69. Rathod Ashwin Babusingh (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, School Education Department, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Rampurhat, Birbhum.
70. Jasleen Kaur (IAS:2022:WB), OSD, Home & Hill Affairs Department, has been transferred and posted as SDO, Basirhat, North 24 Parganas.