Gandhinagar: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the appointment of three senior IAS officers from the Gujarat cadre to key positions in the Union government, according to an official notification issued on Tuesday. Mona Khandhar (1996 batch), currently serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department of the Gujarat government, has been appointed as Additional Secretary in the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment at t...Read More

Gandhinagar, March 30: The Government of Gujarat has announced the transfer and new appointment of IAS officer Ashish Kumar. According to the order released by the General Administration Department (GAD), Ashish Kumar, a 2014-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, has been transferred from his current role as Director of Tribal Development, Gandhinagar. He has been appointed as Secretary to the Deputy Chief Minister at the Sachivalaya in Gandhinagar. The announcement further states that Ashish K...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a significant administrative move, the General Administration Department (GAD) of the Gujarat government has issued fresh orders for the appointment and reassignment of in-charge secretaries (Prabhari Sachivs) for various districts. According to the order, the appointed officers will oversee development works and administrative functioning in their respective districts, with special focus on developing talukas (vikas-shil talukas). Among the key appointments, M. Thennarasan has...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat on Tuesday issued a notification announcing the transfer and appointment of several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, reshuffling key administrative positions across districts. New Collector for Jamnagar Shri P. B. Pandya, IAS (SCS:GJ:2013), currently serving as District Development Officer in Amreli, has been transferred and appointed as the Collector of Jamnagar. He will assume charge from March 31, 2026 (afternoon), replacing Shri K....Read More

Gandhinagar: The Government of Gujarat has appointed IAS Mukesh Kumar as administrator for Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) as the five-year term of elected body has ended. Similarly, the State government has given a charge of Vadodara Municipal Corporation to IAS Shalini Agrawal as Administrator and also appointed IAS Milind Torawane as Administrator of Surat Municipal Corporation. The State government has appointed Harshad Patel as Administrator for Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation. Si...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat Government on Wednesday evening issued a notification announcing key transfers and appointments in the General Administration Department and related offices. The government notification stated that Hareet Shukla, IAS (RR:GJ:1999), who was serving as Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Gujarat and Ex-Officio Principal Secretary to Government, General Administration Department (Election), has been transferred and appointed as Principal Secretary to Government, General Admini...Read More

New Delhi: The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, through the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), has notified the Indian Administrative Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Third Amendment Regulations, 2026, revising the authorised strength of the Gujarat cadre of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). According to the notification, the total authorised strength of the Gujarat IAS cadre has been increased from 313 to 328 posts. Senior Duty Posts Fixed at 178 ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat government on Thursday announced a key administrative reshuffle, transferring two senior IAS officers and affecting important civic, transport and energy sector positions. According to a notification issued by the General Administration Department on January 22, 2026, Shalini Agrawal, IAS (2005 batch), currently serving as Municipal Commissioner of the Surat Municipal Corporation, has been transferred and her services have been placed at the disposal of the Energy and Pet...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a distressing incident that has sent a wave of concern through the local community, the married daughter of a prominent retired IAS officer has passed away after contracting rabies. The victim, who was associated with a renowned school in Gandhinagar, succumbed to the disease on the morning of January 17th. The sequence of events began approximately four months ago when the woman was playing with a Beagle dog (not her own) and reportedly contracted the infection(reportedly thr...Read More

Gandhinagar, January 4: The Government of Gujarat has placed senior IAS officer Rajendrakumar M. Patel under suspension following his arrest by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a money laundering case. According to an official order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Shri Patel, a 2015-batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre, was arrested by the ED on January 2, 2026 in connection with an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The cas...Read More