Civic body chief who ‘sidelined’ mayor, Collector accused of anti-Dalit remarks among IAS officers transferred in Gujarat

Officials said that the transfer order was a “routine” and Rana had “been disappointed” in his current posting following Soni’s allegations, which had come just two days after he was involved in a heated spat with BJP municipal corporator Ashish Joshi in the General Board over cleaning a drainage line. Rana has been actively involved in the ongoing project of flood mitigation by desilting and dredging the Vishwamitri River in Vadodara.

Rana, a 2007 batch IAS officer, will be replaced by Arun Mahesh Babu, currently serving as Managing Director of Uttar Gujarat Vij Company Limited in Mehsana.
Kumari, meanwhile, has been transferred as Mission Director of the Gujarat State Electronics Mission in Gandhinagar while Vadodara city Deputy Municipal Commissioner Arpit Sagar will take charge as the Collector of Mahisagar. Ganga Singh, MD, Gujarat Medical Services Corporation Ltd, will take over as Deputy Municipal Commissioner, Vadodara, from Sagar.

The list also includes RR Damor, Regional Commissioner of Municipalities, Gandhinagar, who has been transferred and appointed as Joint Secretary to Government, Climate Change Department, as well as Dr NK Meena, Director of Fisheries, who has been appointed as Municipal Commissioner, Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation.

Shalini Duhan has been appointed as Collector of Dangs-Ahwa while Bhavya Verma will take charge as District Collector Valsad. Patan District Collector Arvind V has been transferred and appointed as Managing Director, Gujarat Informatics Ltd., among others.