UP Bureaucracy Reshuffle Ahead of 2027 Assembly Elections: Six Officers Transferred
Uttar Pradesh has transferred six officers ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, reshuffling IAS postings and changing several chief development officers. Find out who has been assigned new responsibilities and which officer has been placed on APO status.
According to the transfer order, IAS officer Dhirendra Singh Sachan, who was serving as Special Secretary in the Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department of the Uttar Pradesh government, has been appointed Director of Panchayati Raj, Uttar Pradesh.
Rakesh Kumar Patel, Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Azamgarh, has been transferred to the post of Special Secretary in the Medical, Health and Family Welfare Department of the Uttar Pradesh government.
IAS officer Nanjankar Kamalakishore Devbhushan, who was serving as Chief Development Officer of Muzaffarnagar, has been appointed Chief Development Officer of Azamgarh.
Rajesh Kumar, Additional Commissioner of the Agra Division in Agra, has been assigned the responsibility of Special Secretary in the Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation Department of the Uttar Pradesh government.
Pratima Singh, Chief Development Officer of Agra, has been appointed Additional Commissioner of the Agra Division, Agra. Amit Kumar, Additional District Magistrate (Administration) of Kanpur Dehat, has been appointed Chief Development Officer of Agra.
Meanwhile, Devendra Kumar Singh Kushwaha, Member (Judicial) of the Uttar Pradesh Revenue Council in Prayagraj, has been placed on the waiting list under the APO arrangement.
The latest administrative reshuffle comes ahead of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections and involves changes across several departments and district-level posts. The government’s move is being viewed as a step towards making administrative functioning more effective across the affected districts and departments.

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