Assam Transfers 14 Senior Officers in Statewide Administrative Reshuffle

The Personnel Department described the postings as routine steps to bolster administration before Assembly elections.

Overview

An official order issued on December 25 moved 14 IAS and state service officers across districts and the state secretariat.
Kamrup (Metro) DC Sumit Sattawan was shifted to Tinsukia, with Swapneel Paul moving from Tinsukia to lead Kamrup (Metro).
Aayush Garg and Mridul Yadav exchanged the Sivasagar and Cachar DC posts, while Dibakar Nath and Nabadeep Pathak swapped Dhubri and Bongaigaon.
Inspector General of Prisons Pubali Gohain was posted as Darrang DC, Pulak Mahanta moved from Golaghat to become Inspector General of Prisons, and Parag Kumar Kakaty took charge as Golaghat DC.
Masanda Magdalin Pertin moved from Kokrajhar DC to Joint Secretary in Finance, Pankaj Chakravarty was posted to Kokrajhar, Simi Karan became Tamulpur DC, and Aranyak Saikia took over as Karbi Anglong DC as Nirala Phangshopi shifted to the Hill Areas Department.