Following Samrat Chaudhary's appointment as Bihar Chief Minister, the state government has implemented its first major administrative overhaul. This significant restructuring involves the transfer of 50 senior officers across the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS). This comes after the Home Department transferred 29 IPS officers, including Superintendent of Police (SP) postings in over a dozen districts. Key districts impacted by the reshuffle include Banka, Khagaria, Kaimur, Sheikhpura, West Champaran (Bettiah), Aurangabad, Saharsa, Bagaha, Sheohar, Katihar, Jehanabad, Purnea and Vaishali.
Among the notable IPS postings, Patna City SP (West) Bhanu Pratap Singh was appointed SP of Khagaria, while Patna City SP (East) Parichay Kumar was made SP of Katihar. Gaya City SP Kota Kiran Kumar was posted as SP of Jehanabad and Bhagalpur City SP Shailendra Singh was transferred as SP of Sheohar. Sanket Kumar and Ms Shailja were appointed Patna City SP (West) and SP (East), respectively.
Shortly after the IPS transfers, the government also ordered the transfer of 21 IAS officers, including several district magistrates and senior departmental officials. One of the most significant changes was the appointment of Kundan Kumar as the new District Magistrate of Patna, replacing Tyagarajan S.M. Tyagarajan has been appointed chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) and will continue to hold the additional charge of Special Secretary in the Health Department.
Senior IAS officer Anand Kishor has been relieved of his long-held additional responsibility as chairman of the Bihar School Examination Board. He will now serve exclusively as Additional Chief Secretary of the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Department.
In another key change, Principal Secretary Robert L. Chongthu was moved from the Minority Welfare Department to the Parliamentary Affairs Department. Mohammad Sohail has been reposted as Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department and will continue to hold the additional charge of Secretary of the General Administration Department. This reshuffle also saw several district magistrates reassigned.
Khagaria District Magistrate Naveen Kumar was posted as Special Secretary in the Prohibition and Registration Department. Rohtas District Magistrate Udita Singh was appointed District Magistrate of Nalanda, while East Champaran District Magistrate Saurav Jorwal was named Managing Director of South Bihar Power Distribution Company Limited.
Among the new district postings, Anshul Agrawal was appointed District Magistrate of Banka, Alankrita Pandey was transferred from Jehanabad to Bhagalpur as District Magistrate, Kumar Gaurav was made District Magistrate of Muzaffarpur, Sameer Saurav was posted as District Magistrate of Gopalganj, Saurabh Suman Yadav was appointed District Magistrate of East Champaran, Naveen Kumar became the new District Magistrate of Kishanganj, Vikram Virkar was posted as District Magistrate of Khagaria, and Deepak Kumar Mishra was appointed District Magistrate of Rohtas.
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