CHANDIGARH — In an extensive administrative restructuring, the Government of Punjab has issued transfer and posting orders for 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, reshaping leadership across key district administrations, municipal corporations, and state departments.
The orders feature two direct swaps among Deputy Commissioners (DCs): Komal Mittal (2014) takes over as DC of Rupnagar while Aaditya Dachalwal (2016) moves from Rupnagar to assume charge as DC of SAS Nagar. Similarly, Himanshu Aggarwal (2014) transitions from Patiala to become DC of Ludhiana, exchanging roles with Himanshu Jain (2017), who is posted as DC of Patiala. Elsewhere in district leadership, Abhijeet Kaplish (2015) has been appointed DC of Barnala alongside additional charge as Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Barnala, and Nirmal Ouseppachan (2019) takes charge as DC of Tarn Taran.
Within the state secretariat and public sector undertakings, Rahul (2017) has been appointed Managing Director of MILKFED with additional charge as Chief Executive of the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA), replacing Rahul Gupta (2016), who shifts to the Transport Department as Special Secretary. Key departmental postings include Anupam Kaler (2017) as Special Secretary, Defence Services Welfare; Harpreet Singh (2019) as Director, Sports and Youth Services; Manisha Rana (2019) as Director, Promotion of Information Technology Industry; Nikas Kumar (2020) as Additional Secretary, Coordination, with additional charge as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Chief Secretary, Punjab; and Davy Goyal (2022) as Additional Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats. Rounding out the reshuffle, seven officers from the 2020 to 2023 batches have been assigned as Additional Deputy Commissioners (ADCs) across key districts and subdivisions.
