Gujarat Shuffles 28 IAS Officers, Junagadh Commissioner Replaced After Just Two Months Gujarat's government reshuffled 28 IAS officers in one sweep on Tuesday, moving Junagadh Commissioner Prabhav Joshi to GIDC just two months into his civic posting, alongside fresh transfers for 13 Gujarat Administrative Service officers. Gujarat's state government carried out a sweeping bureaucratic reshuffle on Tuesday, moving 28 IAS officers to new postings in a single order. The most talked about move on the list is Junagadh Municipal Corporation Commissioner Prabhav Joshi, who is being shifted to the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC) as Joint MD barely two months after taking charge as the city's civic chief. He will be replaced in Junagadh by I R Wala, currently Secretary of the Sports Authority of Gujarat. Changes stretch from Dahod to Surat and the energy sector The transfer list also includes Dahod's District Development Officer (DDO) Smit Santosh Lodha, who has been made Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Surat. Separately, GH Makwana, Managing Director of the Gujarat Energy Development Agency, has been handed charge as Managing Director of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited. Who moves where KJ Rathod, Director of Skill Development, has been appointed Managing Director of Dakshin Gujarat Vij Corporation Limited, with PB Rathod, CEO of the Gujarat Waqf Board, taking over his earlier post. Porbandar Municipal Commissioner HJ Prajapati has been sent to Amreli as District Development Officer, while SR Rameshchandra, CEO of the Surat Urban Development Authority, steps into the Porbandar post. Mahesh Jani, Chairman of the Gujarat State Social Welfare Board, becomes Managing Director of the Gujarat Urban Livelihood Mission, and MP Pandya, Registrar of Cooperative Societies, has been named Managing Director of Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Limited. New DDOs for Dwarka, Gandhinagar and Dangs KP Joshi, Managing Director of West Gujarat Vij Company Limited, has been made the new District Development Officer of Devbhoomi-Dwarka, while DK Brahmbhatt, Managing Director of Gujarat Medical Services Corporation, takes over as DDO of Gandhinagar. KS Jhanla, Joint Managing Director of the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat, has been appointed DDO of Dangs-Ahwa. MK Joshi, Secretary of the Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board, has also been transferred and will now serve as CEO of the Development Support Agency of Gujarat. 13 GAS officers also reassigned Alongside the IAS reshuffle, the government issued separate orders transferring and appointing 13 Class-I officers of the Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) in the Selection and Senior Pay Scale categories. VK Patel has been made Executive Director of GIDC, AK Prajapati becomes Director of the Aravalli-Modasa District Rural Development Agency, DN Satani takes over as Joint Director of the Civil Supplies Department in Gandhinagar, GV Miyani has been appointed Secretary of the Gujarat Panchayat Service Selection Board, and YS Chaudhary becomes Joint Managing Director of the Gujarat Tourism Corporation. What this means for you • Across India: Large bureaucratic reshuffles like this show how state governments reassign key officers to steer the pace of policies and projects, which in turn shapes the government services citizens actually receive. • In Gujarat: Residents of Junagadh, Surat, Porbandar, Amreli, Dahod, Devbhoomi-Dwarka, Gandhinagar and Dangs-Ahwa will now deal with new officers heading municipal and district administration, which could affect the pace of local development work and civic services. Questions & Answers 1. How many IAS officers did the Gujarat government transfer? The government transferred a total of 28 IAS officers in Tuesday's reshuffle. 2. Where has Junagadh Commissioner Prabhav Joshi been sent? He has been made Joint MD of the Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC), just about two months after taking charge as Junagadh's civic chief. 3. Who is the new Commissioner of Junagadh? I R Wala, Secretary of the Sports Authority of Gujarat, will now be the new Commissioner of Junagadh Municipal Corporation. 4. Who has been made Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Surat? Smit Santosh Lodha, who was Dahod's District Development Officer, has been appointed Deputy Municipal Commissioner of Surat. 5. How many Gujarat Administrative Service officers were transferred? Along with the IAS reshuffle, 13 Class-I officers of the Gujarat Administrative Service (GAS) were also transferred and reappointed. 6. When did this administrative reshuffle take place? The reshuffle was carried out on Tuesday. https://trendkia.com/en/gujarat/junagadh-ke-kamishnara-ko-do-mahine-men-hi-hataya-gujarat-men-28-ias-adhikariyon-ki-adala-badali-9594 TrendKia — Har trend, sabse pehle.