Jharkhand transfers 88 administrative service officers in major bureaucratic reshuffle
Ranchi, June 17: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday carried out a major administrative reshuffle, transferring and posting 88 officers of the Jharkhand…
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Ranchi, June 17: The Jharkhand government on Tuesday carried out a major administrative reshuffle, transferring and posting 88 officers of the Jharkhand Administrative Service (JAS) across various departments, municipal bodies and district administrations. The transfers were notified by the Department of Personnel, Administrative Reforms and Rajbhasha.
Among the key changes, Gyanendra Prasad, Joint Secretary in the Health Department, has been appointed Municipal Commissioner of Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC), while Bijay Singh Binkha, Project Director of the Jharkhand Tribal Development Society, has been posted as Municipal Commissioner of Giridih Municipal Corporation.
Amit Kumar has been appointed Additional Municipal Commissioner of Adityapur Municipal Corporation, Pankaj Kumar as Additional Municipal Commissioner of Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation and Sanjay Kumar as Additional Municipal Commissioner of Medininagar Municipal Corporation.
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JAS Notification No.3997 dt 17-06-202-compressed
The reshuffle also saw several officers posted to the Election Department as Deputy Election Officers, while others were assigned responsibilities as Additional District Magistrates, District Panchayat Raj Officers, District Land Acquisition Officers, Sub-Divisional Officers, Circle Officers and Block Development Officers.
The government notification stated that officers posted as Sub-Divisional Officers and Executive Magistrates would exercise powers under the provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023.
Key Transfers and Postings
- Sanjay Kumar — Additional Municipal Commissioner, Medininagar Municipal Corporation.
- Amit Kumar — Additional Municipal Commissioner, Adityapur Municipal Corporation.
- Pankaj Kumar — Additional Municipal Commissioner, Hazaribagh Municipal Corporation.
- Gyanendra Prasad — Municipal Commissioner, Jamshedpur Notified Area Committee (JNAC).
- Bijay Singh Binkha — Municipal Commissioner, Giridih Municipal Corporation.
- Arvind Kumar Oraon — Additional District Magistrate (Law & Order), Dhanbad.
- Ratna Kumar Singh — Special Land Acquisition Officer, Dhanbad.
- Rajat Kumar — Director, National AYUSH Mission, East Singhbhum.
- Rohit Sinha — Secretary to Commissioner, Palamu Division.
- Ravindra Gangwar — Secretary to Commissioner, South Chotanagpur Division.
- Rajnish Kumar — Additional Municipal Commissioner, Deoghar Municipal Corporation.
- Vijay Verma — Additional Municipal Commissioner, Mango Municipal Corporation.
- Vijay Prakash — Secretary to Commissioner, Santhal Pargana Division.
- Sanjay Pandey — Sub-Divisional Officer, Medininagar (Palamu).
- Rakesh Kumar — Deputy Secretary, Jharkhand Public Service Commission.
- Pradeep Kumar Shukla — Additional Collector, Dhanbad.
- Mukesh Mahato — Additional District Magistrate (Law & Order), Jamshedpur.
- Sudhir Kumar — Deputy Examination Controller, JPSC.
- Rakesh Chandra Jha — Circle Officer, Keredari (Hazaribagh).
- Pramod Kumar — Circle Officer, Chainpur (Palamu).
- Amit Kumar Jha — Circle Officer, Tandwa (Chatra).
- Sandeep Rao — Circle Officer, Argora (Ranchi).
- Anjani Mehta — Block Development Officer-cum-Circle Officer, Panki (Palamu).
- Amit Kumar Jha — BDO, Patan (Palamu).
- Priyanka Kumari — BDO, Topchanchi (Dhanbad).
- Rajiv Kumar — BDO, Barwadih (Latehar).
- Kamlesh Kumar Sahu — BDO, Narayanpur (Jamtara).
- Ravikant Nath Thakur — Executive Magistrate, Dhalbhumgarh.
- Amir Hamza — Executive Magistrate, Simdega.
- Hansan — Executive Magistrate, Garhwa.
Large Number Posted to Election Department
The reshuffle includes the transfer of several officers to the State Election Department as Deputy Election Officers. Those posted include:
- Lalit Kumar
- Prashant Kumar Nayak
- Vijay Kumar Soni
- Priyanka Raj
- Sanjay Kumar
- Vinod Kumar Das
- Poonam Kumari Sinha
- Mohammad Sajjad Ansari
- Kamay Ansari
- Rakesh Kumar
- Sangeeta Barla
- Palak Singh
- Gunjan Kumari Sinha
- Mojahid Ansari
- Kamay Ansari
- Sanjay Kumar
- Priyanka Raj
The transfer order is one of the largest administrative reshuffles undertaken by the Hemant Soren government this year and affects officers serving in urban development, health, transport, rural development, revenue, social welfare and district administration departments.
