Indian Bureaucracy News, Chennai, March 01, 2026 | The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday issued transfer and posting order covering over 20 police officers across ranks, from Director General of Police (DGP) to Superintendents of Police (SP) and city Deputy Commissioners. While limited in scale relative to the size of the State police, the reshuffle touches a mix of field, range and specialised assignments.
At the senior level, IPS officers from the 1992, 1995 and 1996 batches have taken charge as Head of Railway Security, Director of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (VAC), and Director of Civil Defence and Home Guards respectively. Meanwhile, at the Inspector General and Deputy Inspector General levels, officers have been rotated across ranges—Coimbatore, Dindigul and Ramanathapuram—and urban formations, including Tirunelveli City and Tambaram Commissionerate.
A notable feature of the order is the number of reciprocal transfers. Several postings effectively involve officers exchanging positions between city and range assignments, technical and field roles, and district commands, allowing vacancies created by one transfer to be filled simultaneously by another. This approach reduces interim gaps and avoids prolonged additional charges.
The reshuffle also covers specialised wings such as Cyber Crimes, Enforcement, Railways and the Central Intelligence Unit. Younger batch officers continue in cyber and technical roles, while senior officers oversee vigilance and supervisory formations. Women officers are represented across levels, from IG and DIG ranks to SP and DCP postings.
Officials described the exercise as part of routine administrative adjustments aimed at maintaining tenure balance and operational continuity across formations.
Detailed list of the officers with their present and new postings is given below.
- Shri K Vanniaperuma IPS (Tamil Nadu 1992), presently Director General of Police (DGP), Railways, Chennai, is given full additional charge of the post of Inspector General of Police, Railways, Chennai, relieving Shri A G Babu IPS.
- Shri S Davidson Devasirvatham IPS (Tamil Nadu 1995), presently Director General of Police, Armed Police, Chennai, is transferred and appointed as Director – Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, Chennai, a DGP level position, with additional charge of DGP – Armed Police, Chennai.
- Shri H M Jayaram IPS (Tamil Nadu 1996), presently Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), on Compulsory Wait and awaiting posting, is appointed as Director – Civil Defence and Additional Commandant General – Home Guards, Chennai.
- Smt K Bhavaneeswari IPS (Tamil Nadu 2002), presently Additional Commissioner of Police, Headquarters & Traffic, Avadi Police Commissionerate, Avadi, is transferred and appointed as IGP – Headquarters, Office of the DGP and Head of Police Force (HoPF), Chennai.
- Shri A G Babu IPS (Tamil Nadu 2004), presently Inspector General of Police (IG), Railways, Chennai, is transferred and appointed as IG – Modernisation, Office of the DGP, HoPF, Chennai.
- Smt M Vijayalakshmi IPS (Tamil Nadu 2009), presently Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Armed Police, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Armed Police, Trichy, Tamil Nadu.
- Shri M R Sibi Chakravarthi IPS (Tamil Nadu 2009), presently Chief Vigilance Officer, Tamil Nadu Newsprint & Papers Ltd., Chennai, is transferred and appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Police, Trichy Range, Trichy, in the existing vacancy.
- Smt R Jayanthi IPS (Tamil Nadu 2010), presently Deputy Inspector General of Police, Technical Services, Chennai, is transferred and appointed as Joint Commissioner of Police – Law & Order, Tambaram Police Commissionerate, Tambaram, a DIG level position, relieving Smt A Jayalakshmi IPS.
- Dr V Sasimohan IPS (Tamil Nadu 2011), presently Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Coimbatore Range, Coimbatore, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Dindigul Range, Dindigul, relieving Dr P Saminathan IPS.
- Dr P Saminathan IPS (Tamil Nadu 2012), presently Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Dindigul Range, Dindigul, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Coimbatore Range, Coimbatore, relieving Dr V Sasi Mohan IPS.
- Dr N Manivannan IPS (Tamil Nadu 2012), presently Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City, is transferred and appointed as Deputy Inspector General of Police – Ramanathapuram Range, Ramanathapuram, relieving Shri Deshmukh Shekhar Sanjay IPS.
- Shri Deshmukh Shekhar Sanjay IPS (Tamil Nadu 2012), presently Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ramanathapuram Range, Ramanathapuram, is transferred and appointed as Commissioner of Police – Tirunelveli City, a DIG level position, relieving Dr N Manivannan IPS.
- Smt A Jayalakshmi IPS (Tamil Nadu 2012), presently Joint Commissioner of Police, Law & Order, Tambaram Police Commissionerate, Tambaram, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Technical Services, Chennai, relieving Smt R Jayanthi IPS.
- Shri E T Samson IPS (Tamil Nadu 2013), presently Superintendent of Police, Central Intelligence Unit, Prohibition Offences, Chennai, is transferred and appointed as SP – Enforcement, Madurai.
- Shri Adarsh Pachera IPS (Tamil Nadu 2017), presently Superintendent of Police-II, Cyber Crimes Division, Chennai, is transferred and appointed as Superintendent of Police – Railways, Trichy, relieving Shri P Rajan IPS.
- Smt Ayman Jamal IPS (Tamil Nadu 2019), presently Superintendent of Police, Ranipet District, is transferred and appointed as Superintendent of Police, Chengalpattu District, relieving Shri P Sibin IPS.
- Smt I Shahnaz IPS (Tamil Nadu 2021), presently Superintendent of Police-I, Cyber Crimes Division, Chennai, is given full additional charge of SP-II – Cyber Crimes Division, Chennai.
- Shri P Sibin IPS (Tamil Nadu 2021), presently Superintendent of Police, Chengalpattu District, is transferred and appointed as SP – Ranipet District, relieving Smt Ayman Jamal IPS.
- Shri P Rajan IPS, presently Superintendent of Police (SP), Railways, Trichy, is transferred and appointed as SP – Railways, Chennai.
- Smt C Shyamala Devi, presently Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Trichy City, is transferred and appointed as SP – Central Intelligence Unit, Prohibition Offences, Chennai, relieving Shri E T Samson IPS.
- Smt R Rajeshwari, presently Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Madurai City, is transferred and appointed as DCP – Headquarters, Coimbatore City, relieving Smt M P Dhivya.
- Smt M P Dhivya, presently Deputy Commissioner of Police, Headquarters, Coimbatore City, is transferred and appointed as DCP – Headquarters, Madurai City, relieving Smt R Rajeshwari.