In a minor reshuffle effected on Thursday, the state government shifted 17 IAS officers, including eight district magistrates.
The transferred officers included DM of Hathras who shot into infamy over his controversial action in the aftermath of the rape and murder of a Dalit girl.
Additional CEO Noida, Shruti, was shifted to Balrampur as DM, replacing Krishna Karunesh, who was appointed as Vice Chairman of Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA). Karunesh replaced Kanchan Verma who was transferred to Lucknow as MD of UP Medical Supply Corporation.
DM of Gonda, Dr Nitin Bansal, was shifted to Pratapgarh in the same capacity while Special Secretary, Medical Education, Dr Markandey Shahi, was shifted as the new DM of Gonda. DM of Pratapgarh, Dr Rupesh Kumar, was shifted to Lucknow as Special Secretary, Sugarcane Development.
DM of Fatehpur, Sanjeev Singh, was posted as DM of Chandauli, replacing Navneet Singh Chahel, who was transferred to Mathura as DM while DM of Hathras, Praveen Kumar, was sent to Mirzapur as DM.
DM of Mathura, Sarvagya Ram Mishra, was posted as Special secretary in the State Taxes department, DM of Kushinagar Bhupendra S Chaudhary was posted as Special Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources and Controller, Weights and Measure.
Sunil Kumar was posted as DM of Auraiya.
Joint MD of UP Jal Nigam, Ramesh Ranjan, was made the new DM of Hathras.
Special Secretary, Housing, Apoorva Dubey, was made the new DM of Fatehpur while DM of Auraiya, Abhishek Singh-II, was sent to Sonbhadra in the same capacity, replacing S Rajlingam, who was shifted as DM of Kushinagar.