A New Year, A New Line-Up: UP 21 IAS Reshuffle As Election Year Looms

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UP 21 IAS Reshuffle
UP 21 IAS Reshuffle

Indian Bureaucracy News, Lucknow 02, 2026 | The Uttar Pradesh government has begun 2026 with a wide-ranging reshuffle of the IAS cadre, reassigning and promoting 21 officers across some of the state’s most consequential departments. Coming under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s watch and barely fifteen months before the 2027 Assembly elections, the exercise reads less like routine cadre management and more like a deliberate consolidation of the government’s administrative command ahead of the impending electoral cycle.

The reshuffle targets key departments; Finance, Revenue, Urban Development, Elections, and Women Welfare, highlighting areas expected to face increased administrative and political focus. The promotion of officers such as Akhand Pratap Singh in the Election Department and of Naveen Kumar G S to legal and land acquisition roles indicate an emphasis on procedural control, dispute management, and institutional readiness. These changes gain added significance as major infrastructure and urban projects advance, particularly with the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) planning to expand its development area to include 662 additional villages. This expansion more than doubles the LDA’s jurisdiction to facilitate planned urban growth, infrastructure development, including roads and drainage and new townships such as Wellness City, IT City, and Naimish Nagar, covering areas from Sarojininagar, Kakori, and Mohanlalganj blocks under the Uttar Pradesh Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973.

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The restructuring of the Women Welfare Department holds specific significance in UP’s socio-political context, where issues of gender-based violence, victim compensation, and protective services are under constant public and judicial scrutiny. In a notable change, senior officers Sandeep Kaur, who had been part of the department since 2022, and Sudha Verma, who joined in 2024, have been moved to Finance and Revenue, respectively, while Dr. Vandana Verma and Renu Tiwari have assumed leadership roles within the Women Welfare Department.

The reshuffle reflects a consistent Adityanath approach: reinforcing departments that shape public service and governance like, revenue, infrastructure, welfare, and elections, as the state moves toward the 2027 electoral cycle.

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

  1. Shri S V S Ranga Rao IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2001), presently Member (Judicial), Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh, and, Director, Land Acquisition, Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh, is transferred and appointed as Principal Secretary – Uttar Pradesh Reorganisation Coordination Department, Department of National Integration, Uttar Pradesh, and, Gerenal Administration Department, Uttar Pradesh.
  2. Dr Sarika Mohan IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2006), presently Secretary, Finance Department, Uttar Pradesh, is transferred and appointed as Secretary – Medical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh, and Director General – Medical Education, Uttar Pradesh.
  3. Shri Naveen Kumar G S IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2007 ), presently Secretary, Irrigation Department, Uttar Pradesh, CEO, Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana, and Project Admistrator, Greater Sharda Assistant Command Area Development Authority, is transferred and appointed as Member (Judicial) – Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh, and, Director, Land Acquisition, Board of Revenue, Uttar Pradesh.
  4. Shri Kumar Prashant IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Director, Social Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, with additional charge of MD, UP SIDCO, is transferred and appointed as Secretary – Home, Uttar Pradesh.
  5. Smt Sandeep Kaur IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Director, Women Welfare, and, MD Women Welfare, is transferred and appointed as Secretary – Finance Department, Uttar Pradesh.
  6. Shri Akhand Pratap Singh IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary, Election Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh is promoted as Secretary, Election Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh and Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Uttar Pradesh.
  7. Smt Neha Sharma IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Incharge  Inspector General of Registration, Uttar Pradesh is promoted as Inspector General of Registration, Uttar Pradesh.
  8. Smt Monika Rani IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Incharge DG, School Education, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted as Director General – School Education, Uttar Pradesh.
  9. Shri Yogesh Kumar IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Incharge Commisioner and Registrar, Coperative Societies, Uttar Pradesh is promoted as Commissioner and Registrar – Cooperatives, Uttar Pradesh.
  10. Smt Aparna U IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2001), presently Secretary, Medical Education Department, Uttar Pradesh and Director General, Medical Education, Uttar Pradesh is transferred and appointed as Principal Secretary – Revenue Department, Uttar Pradesh.
  11. Shri Bhawani Singh Khangarot IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary, Revenue Department, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Secretary – Finance Department, Uttar Pradesh.
  12. Shri Ravindra Kumar IAS (Ravindra Kumar-I, Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary Agriculture, Agriculture Marketing and Foreign Business, and, Agriculture Education and Research, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Secretary, Urban Development Department, Uttar Pradesh, with additional charge of Mission Director – AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation), Uttar Pradesh, and, Managing Director – Jal Nigam, Urban, Uttar Pradesh.
  13. Shri Divya Prakash Giri IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary Namami Gange, and, Rural Water Supply Department, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Secretary – Public Works Department (PWD), Uttar Pradesh.
  14. Shri Krishna Kumar IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary, Irrigation and Water Resources Department, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Secretary – Irrigation and Water Resources Department, CEO – Prime Minister Krishi Sinchai Yojana, and, Project Administrator – Greater Sharda Assistant Command Area Development Authority, Uttar Pradesh.
  15. Smt Sudha Verma IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2010), presently Special Secretary, Women Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, with additional charge of Secretary Women Welfare Commission, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Secretary – Revenue Department, Uttar Pradesh.
  16. Shri Arun Prakash IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2012), presently Special Secretary, Urban Development Department, Uttar Pradesh, is promoted, transferred and appointed as Special Secretary – Revenue Department, Uttar Pradesh.

  17. Smt Renu Tiwari IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2012), presently Secretary, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, Uttar Pradesh, Special Secretary – Women Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, with additional charge of Secretary – Women Welfare Commission, Uttar Pradesh.

  18. Shri Rajendra Singh IAS (Rajendra Singh-II, Uttar Pradesh 2012), presently Special Secretary, Social Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, given additional charge of Secretary – Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Commission, Uttar Pradesh.

  19. Shri Sanjeev Singh IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2012), presently Special Secretary, Finance Department, Uttar Pradesh, is transferred and appointed as Director – Social Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, with additional charge of Managing Director – UP State Construction and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (UP SIDCO).

  20. Shri Umesh Pratap Singh IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2012), presently Special Secretary, Backward Class Welfare Department, Uttar Pradesh, given additional charge of Director – Backward Class Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, and, Managing Director – Backward Class Finance and Development Corporation, Uttar Pradesh.
  21. Dr Vandana Verma IAS (Uttar Pradesh 2013), presently Director, Backward Class Welfare, Uttar Pradesh, and, Managing Director, Backward Class Finance and Development Corporation, Uttar Pradesh, is transferred and appointed as Director – Women Welfare, and, Managing Director – Uttar Pradesh Mehila Kalyan Nigam Limited, Uttar Pradesh.

Indian Bureaucracy Network wishes all the officers the very best.