The Uttarakhand government has reshuffled 30 administrative officers, comprising 10 IAS and 20 Provincial Civil Service (PCS) officers, through orders issued on November 11. The changes span district development offices, municipal corporations, tourism, urban development and preparations linked to the Kumbh Mela.
Among the most prominent changes, Abhinav Shah, previously Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Dehradun, has been appointed Additional Secretary, Tourism, and Additional Chief Executive Officer of the state tourism development body. Deepak Saini, earlier CDO of Pithoragarh, takes over as Dehradun CDO. Praveen Kumar moves from the Directorate of Urban Development to become CDO of Pithoragarh, while Anamika has been appointed CDO of Almora.
Ashima Goyal, previously Joint Magistrate in Udham Singh Nagar, has been appointed Municipal Commissioner of Haldwani. Deepak Ramchandra Seth moves from Joint Magistrate, Roorkee, to CDO, Chamoli. Rahul Anand, earlier Joint Magistrate in Dehradun, becomes CDO of Uttarkashi. Gauri Prabhat moves from Pauri to Roorkee as Joint Magistrate, and Dikshita Joshi shifts from Ranikhet to Kashipur in the same role.
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IAS officer Nidhi Yadav has been relieved of the additional charge of Director, Panchayati Raj, but continues as Additional Secretary, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare. These ten IAS-level changes affect both state departments and development administration across several districts.
The PCS postings include Jeevan Singh Naganyal as Commissioner, Cane and Sugar, Kashipur, and Trilok Singh Martolia as Additional Commissioner, Kumaon Division. Abhishek Tripathi is also among the PCS officers covered by the reshuffle. Ramji Sharan Sharma, previously CDO of Almora, has been posted as Additional Director, Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA). Tirthpal Singh has been relieved of his ITDA additional responsibility while continuing with Smart City-related work.
Jai Bharat Singh, previously CDO of Uttarkashi, has been moved to Additional Director, Urban Development. Shyam Singh Rana becomes Additional Municipal Commissioner, Dehradun. Narayan Singh Nabiyal has been assigned as Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Chamoli, and Vivek Prakash moves to the Cane and Sugar administration at Kashipur.
Pankaj Kumar Upadhyay has been posted as Additional Mela Officer for the Haridwar Kumbh, while Kaustubh Mishra moves to the Mandi Parishad at Rudrapur. Amrita Parmar takes charge as Municipal Commissioner, Roorkee. Ravindra Singh Bisht is among the officers given a changed assignment under the PCS order. Nirmala Bisht has been appointed ADM (Administration), Udham Singh Nagar, and Jitendra Kumar moves to ADM, Dehradun.
Other municipal and district changes include Nupur Verma as Municipal Commissioner, Rudrapur; Kamlesh Mehta as ADM, Rudraprayag; Vinod Kumar as ADM in Udham Singh Nagar; Paritosh Verma as Municipal Commissioner, Kashipur; and Gopal Ram Binwal as Deputy Mela Officer for the Haridwar Kumbh.
Taken together, the appointments place new officials in charge of district development programmes, civic services, tourism administration and event preparations. The impact will depend on how quickly the newly posted officers take charge and advance pending administrative priorities.