Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab government has ordered a major reshuffle in the top bureaucracy in the state. 24 IAS officers and 9 PCS officers have been transferred.
IAS officer Arun Sekhri has been posted as labour commissioner. Jaswinder Kaur Sandhu has been appointed as secretary, home affairs, and justice.Devinder Pal Singh Kharbanda will take a charge as director, of technical education, and industrial training. Rajiv Prashar has been posted as special secretary, forest and wildlife.Vipul Ujjwal has been posted as special secretary of water supply and sanitation, and head of the department of water supply and sanitation.
IAS officer Ramvir will be joining the disposal of the department of cooperation for posting as managing director, Markfed.Gurpreet Singh Khaira has been posted as director, of rural development and panchayats, and ex-officio special secretary, department of rural development and panchayats, and additional charge as mission director, Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana.
Madhavi Kataria has been posted as special secretary, higher education and languages. B Srinivasan has been posted as director and ex-officio special secretary, mines and geology. Kumar Saurabh Raj has been posted as special secretary, excise and taxation. Poonamdeep Kaur will manage the disposal of transport department for posting as managing director, Pepsu Road Transport Corporation, Patiala.
Komal Mittal has been posted as additional secretary for food, civil supplies and consumer affairs. Abhijeet Kaplish has been transferred as additional excise and taxation commissioner (administration). Sandeep Kumar has been appointed as an additional deputy commissioner (urban development), Hoshiarpur. Pallavi has been appointed as commissioner, Municipal Corporation at the disposal of the local bodies department for posting, Bathinda. Sandeep Rishi has been placed at the disposal of the department of housing and urban development for posting as the chief administrator, Jalandhar Development Authority.
Sumeet Jarangal, director, of information and public relations, has been given additional charge as director, civil aviation, special secretary, protocol, and director, of hospitality. Babita has been appointed at the disposal of the department of social justice, empowerment, and minorities as executive director, Punjab State Scheduled Castes Land Development and Finance Corporation with additional charge as executive director, Punjab Backward Classes Land Development and Finance Corporation.
Upkar Singh has been transferred as ADC (urban development), Mansa. Himanshu Jain has been transferred as additional principal secretary to the chief minister with additional charge as chief executive officer of the Punjab Bureau of Investment Promotion. Rahul has been posted as ADC (general), Bathinda. Varjeet Walia has been posted as ADC (rural development), Sangrur, and Gurpreet Singh Aulakh as ADC (urban development), Muktsars. Sona Thind has been posted as ADC, Rupnagar.
Dalwinderjit Singh has been posted as additional secretary, Mandi Board, Kuljit Paul Singh Mahi as additional secretary, defence services welfare replacing Sumeet Jarangal. Varinder Pal Singh Bajwa has been posted sub-divisional magistrate (SDM), Dinanagar. Navraj Singh Brar has been posted deputy secretary in the office of the chief minister. Vineet Kumar has been posted as SDM, Bhawanigarh. Sumit Mudh has been posted as assistant commissioner (general), Pathankot, and Devdarshdeep Singh as assistant commissioner (general).
