27 IAS Probationers of 2025 Batch Receive First Postings Across AGMUT Cadre

A total of 27 IAS probationers of the 2025 batch have been assigned their first postings across the Joint AGMUT Cadre following completion of their foundational and professional training.

The largest single group, seven officers, has been posted to Delhi, including Aakash Garg, Abhishek Sharma, Aastha Singh, Mohan, Vidhi, S Saikiran, and Satish Kumar Tegta, reflecting Delhi's position as the largest administrative jurisdiction within the AGMUT structure and its correspondingly larger intake of newly trained officers.

Jammu and Kashmir has received six probationers in this posting round, Alfred Thomas, Ruchika Jha, Nidhi, Mohd Haris Mir, Shagun Singh, and Jitendra Kumar, placing a substantial cohort of newly trained officers into the union territory's administrative structure as part of their initial field exposure.

Arunachal Pradesh has been assigned three officers, Abhishek Vashishtha, Ritika Chitlangia, and Laxmi Narayan Verma, while Goa has received Chennamreddy Shiva Ganesh Reddy, Mohd Shaukath Azeem, and Najma A Salam, rounding out postings to two of the smaller jurisdictions within the joint cadre structure.

The remaining postings are spread across Mizoram, which received Abhishek Singh and Deepak Godara; Puducherry, assigned Nelaturu Sreekanth Reddy and Hariprasath M; the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, taking Sushant Kumar and Jitendra Kumawat; and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, which received Arpit Kumar and Siddhant Rajora.

First postings for IAS probationers typically follow completion of the foundational course at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and subsequent cadre-specific professional training, after which probationers are assigned to their allocated cadre's constituent states or union territories for their initial sub-divisional or district-level field assignments under the supervision of senior officers.

The postings were finalised through the Department of Personnel and Training in coordination with the respective state and union territory administrations within the Joint AGMUT Cadre.

The distribution of postings across the AGMUT structure's constituent jurisdictions, ranging from Delhi's substantial administrative apparatus to smaller territories such as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, gives newly inducted probationers markedly different early-career administrative environments depending on where they are posted, from large multi-department urban governance structures to compact administrations covering a small geographic and population base. Officers typically spend an initial period under the supervision of a senior District Magistrate or equivalent authority in their assigned jurisdiction, gaining direct exposure to field administration, revenue functions, and public grievance handling before progressing to independent charge of a sub-division or district in subsequent postings.

All 27 probationers are expected to assume charge of their assigned postings following completion of the standard induction process applicable to newly commissioned IAS officers within the Joint AGMUT Cadre. The Joint AGMUT Cadre's training coordination for this batch was overseen jointly by the respective union territory administrations, ensuring each probationer's initial posting aligned with locally identified staffing requirements.