In a major administrative reshuffle, the Rajasthan government has transferred 69 IAS officers. The collector of Karauli district that witnessed unrest a few days back has been also transferred. The transfer orders were issued late on Wednesday by the Department of Personnel. As per the order issued, collectors of five districts and commissioners of three divisions have been changed.
Ankit Kumar Singh has been appointed as the new district collector of Karauli. He replaced Rajendra Singh Shekhawat who has been posted as commissioner of departmental inquiry, Jaipur.
IAS Vikas Sitaram Bhale, Jitendra Kumar Upadhyay, and Sanwarmal Verma have been appointed as divisional commissioners of Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Bharatpur, respectively. IAS Saurabh Swamy has been posted as Pratapgarh district collector, Nishant Jain of Jalore, Nakate Shivprasad Madan of Alwar, and Prakash Chandra Sharma of Banswara. Gaurav Goyal will take the charge as Secretary to the chief minister. In his place, Ravi Jain has been made the commissioner of the Jaipur Development Authority. IAS officers Veenu Gupta, Dr. Subodh Agarwal, Sudhansh Pant, Shikhar Aggarwal, and Shreya Guha have also been transferred.
