UP Govt Transfers 28 IPS Officers, Heavy Movement Seen in Lucknow HQ

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Indian Bureaucracy News, Lucknow, September 10, 2025| The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government on September 9, 2025, ordered transfer of twenty-eight IPS officers. The reshuffle, confined to nine important locations with an intent to reconfigure of the state’s policing apparatus.

The Police Headquarters in Lucknow emerged as the central node of this exercise, absorbing the bulk of postings. Eighteen officers have been reassigned to the city, many of them to specialised units that deal with systemic vulnerabilities — Anti-Corruption, Railway Police, Women and Child Safety, Special Security Force, Cyber Crime, and the Anti-Terrorism Squad. The concentration of transfers in the capital signals the government’s intent to tighten command and control where political and administrative stakes are the highest.

Beyond Lucknow, the intelligence network has also been strengthened. New Regional Intelligence Officers have been deputed to Kanpur, Ayodhya, Bareilly and Gorakhpur — districts often at the intersection of communal, electoral, and security challenges. These moves are part of the larger administration priority on pre-emptive surveillance and intelligence-led policing in sensitive urban centres.

At the operational level, five new battalion commanders have been appointed across the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC). The PAC remains the state’s principal reserve force for riot control, crowd management, and reinforcement of local policing in times of strain. Fresh leadership at this level is likely aimed at improving responsiveness and field coordination.

For the purpose of clarity, the editorial team has presented the reshuffle in a structured manner — mapping postings location-wise and aligning officers with their new assignments. The effort is to enable readers to discern the broader design behind these movements, including the concentration of changes in Lucknow, the reinforcement of intelligence in key cities, and the reallocation of personnel to specialised units.

List of officers with their present and new postings is detailed below.

Lucknow

  1. Shri Rajeev Sabharwal IPS (Uttar Pradesh 1993), formerly Director General of Police (DGP), Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad, is transferred and appointed as DG – Training and Modernisation, Lucknow, with additional charge of DG – Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad.
  2. Shri A Satish Ganesh IPS (Uttar Pradesh 1996), formerly ADG, Police Training College (PTC), Moradabad, is transferred and appointed as ADG – Traffic & Road Safety, Police Head Quarters (PHQ), Lucknow.
  3. Shri K Satya Narayan IPS (Uttar Pradesh 1998), formerly ADG, Traffic & Road Safety, Police Head Quarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as ADG – Anti Corruption Organisation (ATO), Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  4. Shri Modak Rajesh D Rao IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2003), formerly IG, CID, Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as IG – Government Railway Police (GPR), Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  5. Shri Subhash Chandra Dubey IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2005), formerly IG – Traffic and Road Safety, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as IG – Women and Child Security Wing, Lucknow.
  6. Shri Anees Ahmad Ansari IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2009), formerly DIG, Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Pradeshik Armed Constabulary (PAC) HQ, Lucknow.
  7. Shri Dev Ranjan Verma IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2011), formerly DIG, Rules and Manual, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as DIG – Establishment, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  8. Shri Sarvanand Singh Yadav IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2014), formerly Commandant, 12th Battalion, PAC, Fatehpur, is transferred and appointed as SP – UP Special Security Force (UPSSF), Lucknow.
  9. Shri Pankaj Kumar Pandey IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2015), formerly Commandant, 34th Battalion, PAC, Varanasi, is transferred and appointed as SP – Pradeshik Armed Constabulary (PAC) HQ, Lucknow.
  10. Shri Shubham Patel IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2016), formerly SP, Intelligence Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as SP – Technical Services, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  11. Shri Ashok Kumar IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2017), formerly SP, District Intelligence, Gorakhpur, is transferred and appointed as SP- UP Power Corporation, Lucknow.
  12. Shri Rohan Jha IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2021), formerly ASP, Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as Additional Superintendent of Police – Cyber Crime, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.

  13. Shri Azizul Haq IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Central Reserve, Sitapur, is transferred and appointed as SP, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.

  14. Shri Brijesh Kumar Gautam IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF), Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as SP – Crime, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.

  15. Shri Om Prakash Singh IPS (Om Prakash Singh–I Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Basti, is transferred and appointed as SP – Logistics, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  16. Shri Om Prakash Singh IPS (Om Prakash Singh–II Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Mirzapur, is transferred and appointed as SP – Law & Order, DGP Headquarters, Lucknow.
    Shri Azizul Haq IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Central Reserve, Sitapur, is transferred and appointed as SP, Police Headquarters, Lucknow.
  17. Shri Vinay Kumar Singh IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Bijnor, is transferred and appointed as SP – Special Police Operations Team (SPOT), Anti-Terror Squad (ATS), Lucknow.
  18. Shri Ashok Kumar IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly Commandant, 20th Battalion PAC, Azamgarh, is transferred and appointed as SP – UP Police Recruitment & Promotion Board, Lucknow.

Kanpur, Ayodhya, Bareli

  1. Shri Chandrakant Meena IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2018), formerly awaiting posting, is appointed as SP – Regional Intelligence, Kanpur City.
  2. Shri Sanjay Rai IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Pratapgarh, is transferred and appointed as SP – Regional Intelligence, Ayodhya.
  3. Shri Anand Kumar IPS (Anand Kumar–II Uttar Pradesh), formerly ASP, Police Commissionerate Ghaziabad, is transferred and appointed as SP, Regional Intelligence, Bareli.

Varanasi, Gorakhpur

  1. Dr Meenakshi Katyayan IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2014), formerly SP – Intelligence, Kanpur City, is transferred and appointed as Commandant — 34th Battalion, PAC, Varanasi.
  2. Shri Amit Kumar IPS (Amit Kumar- I Uttar Pradesh), formerly Principal In-charge, Police Training School, Gorakhpur, is transferred and appointed as Principal – Police Training School, Gorakhpur.

  3. Smt Niharika Sharma IPS (Uttar Pradesh), presently Deputy Commandant, 26th Battalion PAC, Gorakhpur, is appointed as Commandant – 26th Battalion PAC, Gorakhpur.

  4. Shri Sanjay Kumar IPS (Sanjay Kumar–II Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP, Traffic, Gorakhpur, is transferred and appointed as SP, Regional Intelligence, Gorakhpur.

Saharanpur, Fatehpur, Etah

  1. Dr Mahendra Pal Singh IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2015), formerly SP – Crime, Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as Commandant – 5th Battalion, UP Special Security Force (UPSSF), Saharanpur.
  2. Shri Manoj Kumar Awasthi IPS (Uttar Pradesh 2017), formerly SP, Law & Order, Police Headquarters, Lucknow, is transferred and appointed as Commandant – 12th Battalion PAC, Fatehpur.
  3. Shri Sajeev Kumar Bajpai IPS (Uttar Pradesh), formerly SP City, Bijnor, is transferred and appointed as Commandant – 43rd Battalion PAC, Etah.

IndianBureaucracy.com wishes all the officers the very best.