The State Government on Friday transferred and posted eight Deputy Commissioners out of 24 ahead of polls. The Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms issued the notification shifting several newly promoted IAS officers as DCs. Deputy Commissioner Giridih Diprava lakra has been transferred and posted as DC Simdega. DC Jamtara Chandra Shekhar has been transferred and posted as DC Saraikela-Kharsawan. DC Saraikela Kharsawan Hans Raj Singh has been instructed to report at the Personnel Department.
State Transport Commissioner Gauri Shankar Minz has been made DC Gumla, while Veena Shrivastava has been instructed to join at the Personnel department. Joint Secretary Rural Development department Mukesh Kumar Verma has been made DC Giridih, while Settlement Officer, Ranchi KK Das has been made DC Pakur. Secretary of Election Commission UP Singh has been made new DC of Sahebganj, while Director land Aqusition, department of Revenue and land Reforms VS Singh has been made DC lohardaga. Director of Panchayati Raj Directorate SR Singh has been posted as new Jamtara DC.