NEW DELHI, MAY 16 – Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has ordered the transfer and posting of several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the AGMUT cadre, with immediate effect. The reshuffle includes key changes in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Among the notable transfers, Pandurang K Pole (IAS, 2004) and Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (IAS, 2005), both serving in Jammu and Kashmir, have been moved to Delhi. Nitesh Rajora (IAS, 2021) has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh, while Choudhary Mohammad Yasin (IAS, 2015) has been shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Puducherry.
In a reciprocal move, several officers from other regions have been posted to Jammu and Kashmir. Ashish Chandra Verma (IAS, 1994), Anil Kumar Singh (IAS, 1995), and Sanjeev M Gadkar (IAS, 2013) have been transferred from Delhi and Goa to the Union Territory. Additionally, Rishi Kumar (IAS, 2021) and Ananth Dwivedi (IAS, 2021) are among the newer batch officers posted to J&K.
The reshuffle also includes transfers between other Union Territories and states under the AGMUT cadre. Officers have been reassigned across Delhi, Mizoram, Puducherry, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Lakshadweep.
These transfers are part of a routine administrative restructuring and aim to ensure better governance and optimized utilization of senior civil services across the Union Territories.
