New Cadre Allocation Policy for the All India Services -IAS / IPS / IFS

HIGHLIGHTS : 

👉All State & Joint Cadres are now arranged alphabetically.

👉No zones. Zones Removed, Groups introduced 

👉A simplified version of Cadre Preference System

👉Rotation of groups Y/Y basis..

👉No state-wise preference list.

👉Candidates can only opt for their Home State (yes/no).

👉Beyond that, cadre allotment is purely based on AIR, vacancies, and roster.

Earlier, candidates could:

👉Opt for Home State

👉Rank Zones (1–5)

👉Rank states within each zone

👉Cadre allotment depended on zone preference + state preference + roster

 

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Transfer & posting of senior IAS officers

Shri Satyabrata Sahu, : Member, Board of Revenue

Shri Deoranjan Kumar Singh : DC-cum-ACS,  P&C Deptt, Revenue &DM Deptt

Shri Hemant Sharma : ACS Industries Deptt, I&PR Deptt., Home Deptt, Chaiman, IPICOL

Smt. Subha Sharma : Principal Secretary W&CD Deptt., Water Resources Deptt.

Sri Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma : Principal Secretary, Excise Deptt., Forest Env & CC Deptt, CMD OPTCL and Chairman OSBCL

Shri Rajesh Prabhakar Patil : Commissioner cum Secretary, Cooperation Deptt

Smt. Madhumita Rath : Collector & DM, Nayagarh

Shri Akhay Anil Agrawal : Collector & DM, Gajapati

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Promotion of three IAS officers to HAG i.e. Principal Secretary Grade (L-15)

Promotion of six IAS officers to Super Time Scale (L-14)

Promotion of twelve IAS officers to Selection Grade (L-13)

Promotion of four IAS officers to Junior Administrative Grade (Non Functional) (L-12)

Promotion of five IAS officers to Senior Time Scale (L-11)

Promotion of Smt. Chithra Arumugam, IAS to Apex Grade and appointed as Additional Chief Secretary

 

Transfer & Posting of IAS Officers

Shalini Pandit, IAS appointed as Joint secretary, Dept of Financial Services, GoI

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved names of 35 IAS officers from across the country for appointment at Joint Secretary/Joint Secretary equivalent level with pay at Level 14 of the Pay Matrix.

Accordingly, Ms. Shalini Pandit, a 2001 batch Odisha cadre IAS officer, has been appointed as the Joint Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Government of India. 

Smt. Pandit is currently serving as the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Department of School and Mass Education of the Odisha Government.

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IAS Reshuffle:

Sri Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, IAS

Commissioner cum Secretary, Cooperation Department 

Special Secretary, H&UD Department 

Chairman, Odisha State Warehousing Corporation 

Dr. Bijay Ketan Upadhyaya, IAS

Secretary, Odia Language, Literature & Culture

Sri Samarth Varma, IAS

Director, Minor Minerals, Bhubaneswar 

MD, Odisha Film Development Corporation 

Sri Deepankar Mohapatra, IAS 

CEO, Hockey Promotion Council, Odisha

On return from Phase - II Training nine IAS officers of 2023 batch have been appointed as Sub-Collector of following Sub-Divisions.

ଧର୍ମଗଡ, ବାଲିଗୁଡା, ପଞ୍ଚପିର, ଗୁଣୁପୁର, ନବରଙ୍ଗପୁର, କୁଞ୍ଚିଣ୍ଡା, ସୁନ୍ଦରଗଡ, ଆନନ୍ଦପୁର, ବ୍ରହ୍ମପୁର

IAS Reshuffle

DEPARTMENT LEVEL : 

Hemant Sharma (RR-1995): Information & Public Relations

Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra (RR-1997), Finance

Bhaskar Jyoti Sarma (RR-1999) : Excise 

D. Prasanth K. Reddy (RR-2009) MSME

NBS Rajput (RR-1999) : Public Enterprises

Bhupendra Singh Poonia (RR-2008) :, SD&TE 

B Parameswaran (RR-2008): ST&SC Dev & MBC 

Roopa Roshan Sahoo (RR-2006): Secretary to the Hon’ble Governor.

RDC & Municipal Corporation :

• Mrs. Guha Poonam Tapas Kumar (RR-2008): Continues as Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts Department, with additional charge as RDC (CD), Cuttack. 
• Sachin R Jadhav (RR-2008) reassigned to Sports & Youth Services with additional charge of RDC(ND), Sambalpur and CEO, WODC
• Sangram K. Mohapatra (SCS-2012) appointed RDC(SD), Berhampur

• Chanchal Rana (RR-2014) steps in as Commissioner, BMC, Bhubaneswar 
• Ms. Kirandeep Kaur Sahota (RR-2021): Commissioner, CMC, Cuttack 
• Shri Rehan Khatri (RR-2021): Commissioner, SMC, Sambalpur. 

COLLECTOR & DISTRICT MAGISTRATE :

1. Shri Raghuram R. Iyer, IAS (SCS-2013): Kendrapara. 
2. Dr. Maheswar Swain, IAS (SCS-2014): Nabarangpur. 
3. Shri Amrit Ruturaj, IAS (RR-2015): , Khordha. 
4. Shri Dibya Jyoti Parida, IAS (RR-2016): Puri. 
5. Shri Somesh Kumar Upadhyay, IAS (RR-2017): Malkangiri. 
6. Shri Ashish Ishwar Patil, IAS (RR-2017): Dhenkanal. 
7. Dr. Subhankar Mohapatra, IAS (RR-2018): Sundargarh. 
8. Shri Keerthi Vasan V, IAS (RR-2018): Ganjam. 
9. Shri Manoj Satyawan Mahajan, IAS (RR-2019):  Koraput. 
10. Shri Vedbhushan, IAS (RR-2020): Kandhamal. 
11. Shri Kulkarni Ashutosh C, IAS (RR-2020): Rayagada. 
12. Ms. Madhumita, IAS (RR-2020): Gajapati. 
13. Shri Chavan Kunal Motiram, IAS (RR-2020): Jharsuguda. 
14. Shri Bibhuti Bhusan Nayak, IAS (RR-2020): Boudh. 
15. Shri Nruparaj Sahu, OAS (SS):  Sonepur. 
16. Shri Ambar Kumar Kar, OAS (SS):  Jajpur. 

Major IAS Reshuffle : 16 district collectors transferred

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Extension of timelines for recording of PARs in respect of AIS (IAS/IPS/IFS) officers

F No.11059/04/2025-AIS-III

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Saswat Mishra, IAS appointed as Principal Secretary to Hon'ble Chief Minister

Puri Collector & SP Transferred : Rathayatra Tragedy

Overall supervision of Puri Rath Yatra will be done by Arvind Agarwal, IAS

Overall supervision of Police Arrangement during Rathayatra will be done by Shri S.K.Priyadarshi, IPS

Chanchal Rana New Puri Collector 

Pinak Mishra new Puri SP

Shri Vishnu Pati, DCP and Shri Ajay Padhi, Commandant Suspended 

Senior OPS officers suspended

Three IAS officers assigned new roles

Vir Vikram Yadav, IAS

Principal Secretary, Works Department 

Commissioner, Trade Promotion and Investment and

Member Secretary, Odisha State Commission for Backward Classes

Relieved from the State Government.

to join as

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest& Climate Change, Government of India 

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Sanjay Kumar Singh, IAS

Principal Secretary, RD Department 

Principal Secretary, I&PR Department 

Principal Secretary, FS&CW Department 

Appointed as

Principal Secretary, WORKS Department

Principal Secretary, I&PR Department 

Principal Secretary, FS&CW Department

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Ms Yamini Sarangi, IAS

Commissioner, CT&GST

Special Secretary, Finance Department 

allowed  additional charge of 

Commissioner cum Secretary, RD Department 

Sri Nikunja Bihari Dhal, IAS relieved : Central Deputation

Centre approves IAS appointments

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC), under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, on Friday announced the approval of various IAS appointments. The list includes four officers from Odisha Cadre as follows.

No.36/01/2025-EO(SM-1) Dt.18.04.2025 (PDF)

No.36/02/2025-EO(SM-1) Dt.18.04.2025 (PDF)

Posting of newly appointed IAS (SCS) officers

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