Hours Before Poll Date Announcement, Haryana Issues Transfer Orders Of 21 IAS, 12 IPS Officers

The Election Commission toay announced that Assembly polls in Haryana would be held in a single phase on October 1 and the counting of votes will take place on October 4.

While many transfers took place in Jammu and Kashmir yesterday, a major reshuffle took place in Haryana today hours ahead of the assembly poll date announcement. The Haryana government issued transfer orders for 21 IAS, 65 HCS, 12 IPS, and three HPS officers, with immediate effect. These transfers were announced just hours before the Election Commission revealed the date for the Haryana Assembly elections. The Commission declared that the polls would take place in a single phase on October 1, with the results to be announced on October 4.

Following the election announcement, the Model Code of Conduct has been enforced in the state. Among the transferred officials is Vivek Bharti, who has been reassigned from his role as Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer in Sirsa to Deputy Commissioner of Kaithal, replacing Prashant Panwar.

Jainder Singh Chhilar, previously serving as Additional Deputy Commissioner-cum-District Citizen Resources Information Officer and District Municipal Commissioner in Charkhi Dadri, has been reassigned as the District Municipal Commissioner of Panipat.

Among the transferred IPS officers, Lokender Singh, formerly Superintendent of Police (Security) at CID headquarters in Panchkula, will now take over as the Superintendent of Police in Panipat, replacing Ajit Singh Shekhawat. Shekhawat, in turn, has been reassigned to Lokender Singh's previous position as SP (Security) at CID headquarters in Panchkula.

Rakesh Kumar Arya, who was the Commissioner of Police in Faridabad, has been transferred to the role of Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) for Haryana. Narendra Bijarniya, previously SP of the Special Task Force-II (headquarters) and DCP, Crime, Gurugram, will now serve as the SP of Bhiwani, replacing Varun Singla. Singla has been transferred as the SP of Kurukshetra, taking over from Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, who is on central deputation to the CBI.

The government has also issued transfer and posting orders for 65 Haryana Civil Services officers and three Haryana Police Service officers. (With PTI inputs)