In a sweeping bureaucratic reshuffle on April 20, 2026, the Uttar Pradesh government ordered the transfer of 24 IAS officers, including a significant reshuffle of District Magistrates (DMs) across 10 key districts. This administrative overhaul aims to streamline governance and follows a massive late-night movement of 40 other officials just a day prior. Key districts affected by the latest order include Ayodhya, Barabanki, Ghazipur, Aligarh, and Sonbhadra. Notably, Shashank Tripathi has been appointed as the new DM of Ayodhya, while Gyan Pratap Singh takes charge in Barabanki. Other major changes include Aryendra Kumar moving to Aligarh and Anupam Shukla being posted as the DM of Ghazipur.
Beyond the district leadership, the reshuffle also impacted senior secretariat positions and development authorities. Nitish Kumar Pundeer, the outgoing DM of Ayodhya, has been shifted to the Chief Minister’s office as Special Secretary, while Arvind Singh takes the helm in Etah. The government also appointed new DMs for Banda, Farrukhabad, Hapur, Ambedkar Nagar, and Sonbhadra to ensure “field-level efficiency.” Additionally, several Chief Development Officers (CDOs) were promoted or moved to new jurisdictions, including Diksha Joshi to Sitapur and Abhinav Jain to Kanpur Nagar. These strategic appointments, effective immediately, are seen as a move by the Yogi Adityanath administration to accelerate departmental coordination and public service delivery across the state’s most high-profile regions.
