CHANDIGARH — In a major bureaucratic overhaul, the Government of Punjab has issued transfer and posting orders for 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, effecting key changes across district administrations and state public sector agencies.
The reshuffle includes notable swaps among Deputy Commissioners (DCs) in major districts: Komal Mittal (2014), DC of SAS Nagar, moves to Rupnagar as DC, exchanging posts with Aaditya Dachalwal (2016), who takes over as DC of SAS Nagar. Similarly, Himanshu Aggarwal (2014) has been shifted from Patiala to serve as DC of Ludhiana, while outgoing Ludhiana DC Himanshu Jain (2017) takes charge as DC of Patiala. Abhijeet Kaplish (2015) has been appointed DC of Barnala with additional charge as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Barnala, and Nirmal Ouseppachan (2019) assumes office as DC of Tarn Taran.
At the state secretariat and departmental level, Rahul (2017) has been posted as Managing Director of MILKFED with additional charge as Chief Executive of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), replacing Rahul Gupta (2016), who moves to the Transport Department as Special Secretary. Other key appointments include Anupam Kaler (2017) as Special Secretary, Defence Services Welfare; Harpreet Singh (2019) as Director, Sports and Youth Services; Manisha Rana (2019) as Director, Promotion of Information Technology Industry; and Nikas Kumar (2020) as Additional Secretary, Coordination, alongside additional charge as OSD to the Chief Secretary, Punjab. Additionally, Davy Goyal (2022) has been appointed Additional Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats, while six officers from the 2020, 2022, and 2023 batches have been posted as Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs) across Sri Muktsar Sahib, Ferozepur, Patiala, Pathankot, Mansa, Amritsar, and Jagraon.
