12 IAS, 1 IFS officer transferred in Haryana. S Narayanan of Forest Service to lead higher education

The Haryana government on Tuesday transferred 12 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and one Indian Forest Service (Ifos) officer on a large scale with immediate effect.

S Narayanan, a 1997 batch IFoS officer, has been given the appointment as director general and secretary, department of higher education in place of Rahul Hooda (IAS, 2015), who is Narayanan's successor as special secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department.

Narayanan was previously director general, New & Renewable Energy.

Some interesting postings in transfers list dated on Wednesday late night are T.L. Satyaprakash (2002-batch IAS) transport department secretary in lieu of Ashok Khemka who had superannuated on 30 April.

Satyaprakash will continue to hold the posts of Commissioner and Secretary, Mines & Geology Department and CEO, Drone Imaging and Information Systems of Haryana Ltd. (DRIISHYA).

C.G. Rajini Kanthan, a 2004 batch IAS officer, was made commissioner and secretary of department of human resource department relieving Vijayendra Kumar from the position. Kanthan will also continue to be secretary in the finance department, general administration department and central committee of examinations.

Shekhar Vidyarthi (IAS, batch of 2004) as director general, fire services, and commissioner, secretary, department of archives in lieu of Amneet P. Kumar are other significant postings.

Amna Tasneem (2012-batch IAS) changes from the post of administrator of the Panchkula-hq Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) and Additional Director, Urban Estate (Panchkula) to foreign cooperation department director, in lieu of Sanjeev Verma.

Sachin Gupta (2018-batch IAS), previously district municipal commissioner and commissioner Ambala Municipal Corporation, replaces Tasneem in Panchkula-based postings.

Ayush Sinha (2018-batch IAS) moves from municipal commissioner's and commissioner of Yamunanagar Municipal Corporation to commissioner of Manesar municipal corporation.

Akhil Pilani, 2018 batch officer and erstwhile additional deputy commissioner-cum-district citizen resources information officer, Palwal, will replace Ayush Sinh.

Anand Kumar Sharma (IAS, 2019-batch) is serving as District Municipal Commissioner and Rohtak Municipal Corporation Commissioner from Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer and Mahendragarh Municipal Commissioner.

Saloni Sharma of the same batch, deputy commissioner-cum-district citizen resources information officer and district municipal commissioner Jhajjar, has been appointed as additional commissioner of the Faridabad municipal corporation.

Dr. Balpreet Singh, batch 2019, has been shifted from Gurugram municipal corporation as an additional commissioner to Ambala as district municipal commissioner and commissioner in place of Sachin Gupta.

Yash Jaluka (2021-batch IAS) additional deputy commissioner of Karnal has been appointed additional commissioner of the Gurugram municipal corporation in place of Singh