• Uttarakhand government transfers 30 IAS and PCS officers with immediate effect.
• Abhinav Shah moves from Dehradun CDO to the Tourism Department.
• Deepak Saini appointed CDO, Dehradun; Praveen Kumar gets Pithoragarh.
• Several changes made in district administration, urban development and municipal bodies.

GG News Bureau
Dehradun, 12th Nov: The Uttarakhand government has transferred and reassigned 30 IAS and Provincial Civil Services (PCS) officers in a major administrative reshuffle, with changes affecting district development, tourism, urban administration, revenue and other departments.

According to an order issued by the Personnel and Vigilance Department on November 11, the transfers have been made with immediate effect.

Among the key changes, IAS officer Abhinav Shah, who was serving as Chief Development Officer (CDO) of Dehradun, has been appointed Additional Secretary in the Tourism Department and Additional Chief Executive Officer of the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Council.

Deepak Saini, IAS, has been moved from the post of CDO, Pithoragarh, to become CDO, Dehradun. Praveen Kumar, who was serving as Additional Director in the Urban Development Directorate, Dehradun, has been appointed CDO, Pithoragarh.

Anamika, IAS, who was on waiting assignment, has been posted as CDO, Almora. Ashima Goyal, IAS, has been appointed Municipal Commissioner of Haldwani after serving as Joint Magistrate in Udham Singh Nagar.

Deepak Ramchandra Seth, IAS, has been posted as CDO, Chamoli, while Rahul Anand, IAS, has been appointed CDO, Uttarkashi. Gauri Prabhat has been moved from Joint Magistrate, Pauri, to Joint Magistrate, Roorkee, while Dikshita Joshi has been posted as Joint Magistrate, Kashipur.

The reshuffle also includes several changes among PCS officers. Abhishek Tripathi, previously CDO, Chamoli, has been appointed Director, Panchayati Raj Directorate, Dehradun. Ramji Sharan Sharma, CDO, Almora, has been posted as Additional Director of the Information Technology Development Agency (ITDA), Dehradun.

Jai Bharat Singh, who was serving as CDO, Uttarkashi, has been appointed Additional Director in the Urban Development Directorate, Dehradun. Shyam Singh Rana has been moved from Additional District Magistrate, Rudraprayag, to Additional Municipal Commissioner, Dehradun Municipal Corporation.

Other changes include postings in the sugar administration, district development authorities, revenue administration and municipal bodies. Several officers have been assigned new responsibilities in Haldwani, Kashipur, Rudrapur, Roorkee, Haridwar, Bageshwar, Chamoli, Rudraprayag and other districts.

The order directs all transferred officers to be relieved from their existing assignments and immediately assume charge at their new places of posting. They have also been asked to submit compliance reports to the Personnel and Vigilance Department.