Shimla, June 23: In a major reshuffle, the Himachal Pradesh Government on Tuesday transferred 43 IAS officers in the state and gave them new responsibilities.

As per the notification, among the transferred civil servants are Deputy Commissioners of several districts and two state cadre Himachal Pradesh Administrative Service officers. IAS Reshuffle: New Posting and Transfers of 11 officers by Maharashtra Government.

The senior-most officers who have been transferred are Subhashish Panda from the 1997 batch, Principal Secretary (Public Works Department), who will now also hold the charge of the post of Principal Secretary (Tourism and Civil Aviation) to the state government, Devesh Kumar from the 1998 batch, Secretary to the Chief Minister, and Rakesh Kumar of the 2007 batch, Secretary to the governor. The transfers and postings will be implemented with immediate effect.

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