Aiming To Re-energise Governance, MP Govt Reshuffles 18 IAS, SAS Officers

According officials Chief Minister Mohan Yadav effected the changes with an aim to strengthen district-level governance and also streamline departmental leadership.

In the order that was issued by the General Administration Department on Sunday, the state government appointed 2016-batch IAS officer Sanjana Jain, the CEO of District Panchayat Satna, as the Additional Collector in Maihar and her batchmate Jagdish Kumar Gome), who is presently serving in the Culture and Tourism Departments and the MP Tourism Board, has been shifted to charge of the post of the CEO of District Panchayat Singrauli.

Another IAS officer of 2028-batch Har Simranpreet Kaur, presently the Additional Mission Director at the State Education Centre, Bhopal, has been posted as CEO of District Panchayat Katni and her batchmate Anjali Joseph Jonathan, the Deputy Secretary in the Department of Technical Education, Skill Development and Employment, will now serve as the CEO of District Panchayat Harda. Sujan Singh Rawat of the same batch has been transferred to Gwalior as the CEO of District Panchayat. Earlier he was holding the same post in Narmadapuram.

Srishti Deshmukh Gowda of 2019-batch, who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Additional Collector in Khandwa and her batchmate Nidhi Singh, currently holding the post of Joint Commissioner in Land Records and Settlement, Gwalior, will now serve as Additional Labour Commissioner in Indore.

Himanshu Jain (2020 batch), CEO of District Panchayat Shivpuri, has been posted to Narmadapuram and his batchmate Sarjana Yadav, Additional Collector in Jabalpur, will now be the CEO of District Panchayat Sehore.

Vaishali Jain (2021 batch), Sub-Divisional Officer in Rajgarh, has been posted as CEO of District Panchayat and Additional Collector in Ratlam and Divyanshu Chaudhary of the same batch, Sub-Divisional Officer in Mandla, will now hold similar dual responsibilities in Dindori.

Another 2021-batch officer Srijan Verma, the Sub-Divisional Officer in Singrauli, has been posted as CEO of District Panchayat and Additional Collector in Burhanpur and his batchmate Archana Kumari, Sub-Divisional Officer in Shujalpur, will serve as the CEO of the District Panchayat and Additional Collector in Anuppur. Shivam Prajapati of the same batch, Sub-Divisional Officer in Punasa, has been appointed as the CEO of District Panchayat and Additional Collector in Shahdol, as Soumya Anand (2021 batch), Assistant Collector in Shahdol, will now serve as the CEO of District Panchayat and Additional Collector in Sheopur.

Aakip Khan of 2023-batch, the Assistant Collector in Mandla, has been posted as Sub-Divisional Officer in Pipariya, Narmadapuram and his batchmate Pankaj Verma, the Assistant Collector in Seoni, will now serve as Sub-Divisional Officer in Punasa, Khandwa.

Besides these district level reshuffle, IAS Sapna Anurag Jain has been appointed Additional Director at the Narmada Valley Development Authority, Indore, as these postings are made with immediate effect and will remain in force until further orders.

In another order, the state government has issued fresh transfer orders for several officers of the State Administrative Service (SAS), marking another round of administrative reshuffling aimed at enhancing governance across departments. These orders were also issued by the General Administration Department and outlined new postings for officers currently serving in various capacities.

As per the directive, Shailendra Singh Solanki, a 2007 batch officer presently posted as Chief Executive Officer of the District Panchayat in Sidhi, has been transferred to Indore, where he will take charge as Additional Director at the Narmada Valley Development Authority.

Dr Ichchhit Gadpale, from the 2008 batch and currently serving as CEO of the District Panchayat in Rajgarh, has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Home Department.

Vijay Raj, a 2011 batch officer serving as CEO of the District Panchayat in Shivpuri, will now assume the role of Additional Commissioner at the Municipal Corporation in Gwalior.

Shailendra Singh, also from the 2011 batch and posted as CEO of the District Panchayat in Satna, has been transferred to Maihar as Additional Collector.

Anupama Chauhan, a 2006 batch officer serving as CEO of the District Panchayat in Shajapur, will now join the General Administration Department as Deputy Secretary.

Namah Shivay Arjaria, a 2012 batch officer who was the CEO of the District Panchayat in Chhatarpur, has been appointed State Protocol Officer in Bhopal.

Shashwat Singh Meena, another 2012 batch officer serving as CEO of the District Panchayat in Mandla, will now take charge as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Investment Promotion.

Anjali Shah, also from the 2012 batch and posted as CEO of the District Panchayat in Seoni, has been transferred to Narsinghpur as Additional Collector.