8 IAS officers transferred by UP government

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday transferred 8 IAS officers including district magistrate of Ghaziabad. DM Ghaziabad, SVS Rangarao has been sent to Agricultural Production Commissioner office as special secretary, while Greater Noida Additional Chief Executive officer, Vimal Sharma has made the new DM, an official release said.

Principal Secretary, Institutional Finance, Rajendra Mohan Srivastava has been made the Divisional Commissioner (DC) of Varanasi, while Secretary, IT and Electronics,

Prabhat Mittal has been posted as DC of Devipatan division. Rural development Commissioner HL Gupta has been sent to Basic Education department as Secretary replacing Nitishwar Kumar who has been put on wait list.

Special Secretary Health and Mission Director of NRHM, Dr Kajal has been sent to Varanasi as Managing Director of Purvanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam while DM of Hapur, Rajesh Kumar Singh has been made the Vice Chairman of Hapur-Pilkhua Development Authority, the release said.