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Massive IAS Reshuffle In AGMUT Cadre
Over 40 senior and mid-level officers transferred across Union Territories, possibly to optimise administrative performance across UTs and ensure effective governance in sensitive and strategically important regions
May 16, 2025 · 2 min read
In a major administrative reshuffle, the competent authority has ordered the transfer and posting of several senior and mid-level Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territories) cadre. Earlier in the day, the government had notified the transfer of 26 IPS officers.
The reshuffle affects a wide range of postings across Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Goa, Mizoram, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands (A&NI), Lakshadweep, and Arunachal Pradesh.
The reshuffle appears to be aimed at optimising administrative performance across Union Territories and ensuring effective governance in sensitive and strategically important regions such as Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, and the northeastern states.
Key transfers include:
• To Jammu & Kashmir: Ashish Chandra Verma (1994), Anil Kumar Singh (1995), Naveen S L (2012), Shreya Singhal (2020), Mahima Madan (2021), and Ananth Dwivedi (2021)
• To Delhi: Dilraj Kaur (2000), Pandurang K Pole (2004), Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (2005), Ramesh Verma (2009), A Nedunchezhiyan (2012), Arun Kumar Mishra (2012), Krishna Kumar Singh (2012), Suneel Anchipaka (2014), Soumya Saurabh (2014), Shashwat Saurabh (2016), and Talo Potom (2016)
• To Mizoram: Sudhir Kumar (1999) and Vinod P Kavle (2008)
• To A&NI: Chanchal Yadav (2008) and Sachin Shinde (2008)
• To Puducherry: Krishna Mohan Uppu (2009), ASPS Ravi Prakash (2011), Smitha R (2011), Choudhary Mohammad Yasin (2015), and Vikranth Raja A (2015)
• To Goa: Sanjiv M Gadkar (2013), Yetindra M Maralkar (2013), Shakeel U l Rehman Rather (2013), Santosh G Sukhadeve (2017), and Arjun Mohan (2019).
• To Ladakh: Rahul Sharma (2013), Nitish Rajora (2021), and Rakesh Kumar (2021)
• To Arunachal Pradesh: Sneha Suryakant Gitte (2019), Asvin Chandru A (2019), and Yashaswini B (2020)
• To Lakshadweep: Soma Sekhar Apparao Kotaru (2021)
The Ministry of Home Affairs, which oversees postings in the AGMUT cadre, has not publicly commented on the rationale behind the reshuffle, but sources suggest it is part of a routine cadre management strategy, coupled with the need to infuse fresh leadership in certain regions.
This reshuffle underscores the government’s intent to maintain administrative efficiency and stability across the Union Territories.
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