Major rejig in Bihar: 22 IAS, 79 IPS officers transferred

The Bihar government on Friday transferred 22 Indian Administrative Service (IAS), 79 Indian Police Service (IPS), and 45 Bihar Administrative Service (BAS) officers. The transferred officers included five district magistrates (DMs) and 17 SPs posted in different districts.

According to a notification by the general administration department, Patna DM Chandrasekhar Singh — a 2010-batch IAS officer — has been made special secretary in the chief minister’s secretariat. He has been replaced by 2011-batch IAS officer Shirsat Kapil Ashok, who is currently the IG (prisons).

On January 23, 29 senior IAS officers were assigned new postings in a major bureaucratic rejig.

“Transfers and postings made in the last few days were part of routine exercise,” a senior GAD official said.