In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs ordered transferring of three dozen officials of Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre at a Joint Cadre Authority (JCA) meeting held in Goa on Saturday.
Most of the officials are those who were at loggerheads with the Arvind Kejriwal Government in the past.
Principal Secretary (Power) Shakuntala Gamlin — on child care leave from six months — who is 1984 batch IAS officer, would be chief secretary of Arunachal Pradesh.
Gamlin would replace Ramesh Negi a 1984 batch officer who has been transferred to Delhi.
Anindo Majumdar, 1985 batch IAS officer would be new chief secretary to Andaman Nicobar Islands while Anand Prakash 1979 batch IAS officer has been transferred to Delhi.
Secretary (Environment) Ashwini Kumar, 1992 batch officer, has been transferred to Goa. Jitendra Narain, 90 batch IAS officer, has been transferred from Delhi to Arunachal Pradesh. He was not given any departments for the past six months.
Principal Secretary (GAD) Arvind Ray, 84 batch IAS officer, has been transferred to Mizoram.
A 1996 batch officer Geetanjali Kundra, who is holding the charge of director in Women and Child Welfare department, has been transferred to Mizoram.
Principal Secretary (Finance) Sanjiv Nandan Sahai, 1986 batch IAS officer, has been transferred to Goa. Food and Supplies Commissioner Sanjiv Khirwar, 94 batch, got transferred to Anadaman Nicobars.
Dharmendra Sharma, 88 batch IAS officer, has been transferred from Arunchal Pradesh to Delhi.
A 1994 batch officer Ashish Chandra Verma has been transferred to Arunchal Pradesh. Besides, Madhu K Garg, 1982 batch has been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh.
The other IAS officers include Gobind Jaiswal (2007) transferred to Goa while Blaklunga (2003) and Harleen Kaur (2012) transferred to Mizoram.
Himanshu Gupta (2012), Sonal Swaroop (2012), Kashish Mittal (2011) Danish Ashraf (2011), Prince Dewan (2012) and Satyendra Singh Dursawat have been also been transferred to Arunachal Pradesh
Besides, JCA has ordered transferring of over two dozen officers of AGMUT.