Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered the transfer and posting of 35 IPS officers in a major police reshuffle announced on Saturday, September 19, 2026. The changes involve officers from the 2014 to 2022 batches and affect several important police commissionerates, districts, and specialised police units across the state.
The reshuffle includes significant changes in Gautam Buddh Nagar, Agra, Prayagraj, Kanpur Nagar, Varanasi, and Lucknow. Several officers have also been shifted to specialised assignments in cybercrime, intelligence, CID, police headquarters, PAC, and other units.
Alongside the IPS transfers, a number of State Police Service (SPS) officers have also been reassigned to different commissionerates, headquarters, and PAC units.
Shravan Kumar Singh Moves to Gautam Buddh Nagar
Among the prominent changes, 2014-batch IPS officer Shravan Kumar Singh has been transferred from Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Kanpur Nagar, to DCP, Gautam Buddh Nagar.
Ravi Shankar Nim, who was serving as DCP, Gautam Buddh Nagar, has been shifted to Gorakhpur as Commandant of the 2nd Battalion of the Special Security Force.
Syed Ali Abbas has also moved to Gautam Buddh Nagar after being transferred from DCP, Agra, to DCP, Gautam Buddh Nagar.
The changes bring new officers into the Gautam Buddh Nagar commissionerate while moving some existing officers to other field and specialised assignments.
Major Changes in Agra and Prayagraj
Agra and Prayagraj are among the other major commissionerates affected by the reshuffle.
2016-batch IPS officer Sonam Kumar has been transferred from DCP, Agra, to DCP, Prayagraj, while Ravindra Kumar moves from DCP, Kanpur Nagar, to DCP, Agra.
2018-batch IPS officer Saad Miya Khan has been transferred from DCP, Gautam Buddh Nagar, to DCP, Agra. Syed Ali Abbas has moved in the other direction, from DCP, Agra, to DCP, Gautam Buddh Nagar.
2016-batch IPS officer Neeraj Kumar Pandey has been shifted from DCP, Prayagraj, to Superintendent of Police at Police Headquarters, Prayagraj.
2020-batch IPS officer Shruti Srivastava has moved from Additional DCP, Varanasi, to Additional DCP, Prayagraj.
The changes give both Agra and Prayagraj new combinations of officers at the DCP and Additional DCP levels.
Key Postings in Lucknow
The reshuffle also brings several changes to specialised police assignments in Lucknow.
2015-batch IPS officer Pramod Kumar has been transferred from DCP, Varanasi, and posted as Superintendent of Police at Cyber Headquarters, Lucknow.
2016-batch IPS officer Atul Sharma-II has been posted as Superintendent of Police at Intelligence Headquarters, Lucknow, after serving as DCP, Agra.
2017-batch IPS officer Mamta Rani Chaudhary has moved from the Lucknow Commissionerate to become Superintendent of Police in the CID at Lucknow.
Mohd. Irfan Ansari, also an IPS officer of the 2017 batch, has been transferred from Police Headquarters, Prayagraj, to a CID/CBI-related assignment in Lucknow.
2014-batch IPS officer Charu Nigam, meanwhile, has moved out of UP-112, Lucknow, and has been posted as Commandant of the 47th Battalion PAC in Ghaziabad.
Changes in Jaunpur, Unnao, Chandauli, and Varanasi
The reshuffle also brings changes to several district-level assignments:
- Ayush Srivastava (2021 batch) has been transferred from SP City, Jaunpur, to SP City, Unnao.
- Ananth Chandrasekhar (2021 batch) has moved from Additional SP, Chandauli, to SP City, Jaunpur.
- Vikram Dahiya (2020 batch) has been shifted from Additional SP, Pilibhit, to Additional SP, Chandauli.
- Rajesh Gunawat (2021 batch) has been posted as Additional DCP, Varanasi, after being promoted from his earlier assignment as Assistant SP, Firozabad.
2022-Batch IPS Officers Get New Assignments
The latest reshuffle covers several 2022-batch IPS officers:
Devesh Chaturvedihas been transferred from Ayodhya to Ambedkar Nagar as Additional SP.
Vivek Tiwarihas moved from Kheri to Barabanki.
Sumit Sudhakar Ramtekehas been transferred from Kanpur Nagar to Sambhal.
Ariba Nomanhas been posted as Additional DCP, Kanpur Nagar.
Manoj Kumar Yadavhas been posted as Additional DCP, Agra.
Rijulhas been transferred to Ghaziabad.
Gautam Raihas been shifted within Bijnor and assigned the rural charge.
Mavis Takhas been transferred from Banda to Sonbhadra.
Several SPS Officers Also Reassigned
Alongside the IPS reshuffle, the Uttar Pradesh government has also reassigned several State Police Service officers:
Jitendra Kumar Srivastava— Lucknow Commissionerate
Kapil Dev Singh— Traffic Headquarters, Lucknow
Gyanendra Nath Prasad— Agra
Balwant Kumar Chaudhary— Ghaziabad
Abhay Nath Tripathi— Kanpur Nagar
Harendra Kumar— Agra
Rajesh Kumar Pandey— Varanasi
Harendra Pratap Yadav— UP-112, Lucknow
Kuldeep Singh— 43rd Battalion PAC, Etah
Vineet Bhatnagar— Varanasi
Officers Directed to Join New Posts
The officers covered by the reshuffle have been directed to take charge of their new assignments at the earliest. The September 19 orders bring changes across major commissionerates, district police units, specialised wings, and armed police formations.
With 35 IPS officers from the 2014 to 2022 batches being moved, the latest reshuffle represents a wide-ranging reorganisation of police responsibilities across Uttar Pradesh.
