Chandigarh, Nov 11: The Punjab government issued transfer orders for 20 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers on Tuesday night, resulting in fresh postings for six District Magistrates across the state.
Under the new orders, Mohali Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Rupnagar, while Aaditya Dachalwal assumed charge as Deputy Commissioner of Mohali. Patiala DC Himanshu Aggarwal was assigned to Ludhiana, replacing Himanshu Jain, who was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Patiala. Additionally, Abhijit Kaplish was appointed Deputy Commissioner of Barnala with the additional charge of Municipal Corporation Commissioner, and Nirmal Ouseppachan was named Deputy Commissioner of Tarn Taran.
State administrative authorities also reassigned key departmental roles. Rahul Gupta was appointed Special Secretary of Transport, while the services of IAS officer Rahul were placed under the Cooperation Department. Other assignments included Anupam Kaler as Special Secretary of Defence Services Welfare, Harpreet Singh as Director of Sports and Youth Services, Manisha Rana as Director of Promotion of IT, Kanchan as ADC (Rural Development), Davyu Goyal as Additional Secretary of Rural Development and Panchayats, and Pallavi Mishra as ADC (General) Amritsar.
