Gujarat Transfers Seven State Administrative Service Officers

Gujarat has transferred five Class-1 officers of the Gujarat Administrative Service, and amended the earlier transfer orders of two more. The reshuffle spans District Rural Development Agency and development authority postings across the state. The order was issued this week.

District Rural Development Agencies implement central and state welfare schemes — housing, livelihood generation — at the district level, which makes each DRDA Director's post a key point where scheme disbursement actually happens on the ground. This reshuffle also touches one urban development authority post, reflecting the mix of rural and urban charges within the GAS cadre.

B.K. Dave, a Senior Scale officer and Joint Commissioner, Tribal Development, in Gandhinagar, moves to Surendranagar as Director, DRDA. R.M. Jalandhara, who held that Surendranagar post, moves to the same role in Bharuch. P.S. Baraiya, currently an Administrative Officer at the Gujarat Rural Housing Board, takes over as Director, DRDA, Dahod — a district with a significant tribal population and a correspondingly heavy welfare-scheme load.

V.K. Sambad moves from Additional Collector, Banaskantha, to Chief Executive Officer, Bhavnagar Area Development Authority — a shift from district revenue work to urban planning, covering building-plan approvals and zoning enforcement around Bhavnagar city.

Y.P. Joshi, currently Director, DRDA, Gir-Somnath, moves to Gandhinagar as Joint Commissioner, Tribal Development — effectively swapping places with B.K. Dave. Two earlier transfer orders were also amended: D.D. Jogiya now goes to Director, DRDA, Kheda, and B.B. Dangar takes over as Director, DRDA, Gir-Somnath, in Joshi's place.

The reshuffle concentrates on DRDA postings — Surendranagar, Bharuch, Dahod, Kheda, Gir-Somnath — the kind of rotation that typically happens every few years to bring fresh oversight to scheme implementation and avoid long, uninterrupted tenures in posts that disburse public money.

The Gujarat General Administration Department issued both the transfer and amendment orders, which come into force at once.