The Gujarat government has initiated a significant reshuffle and promotion process within the state administration, elevating senior IAS and IPS officers from various batches. This decision, made on the first day of 2026, was formalized through an official notification by the General Administration Department (GAD).
According to the notification, five senior IAS officers from the 1996 batch have been promoted to the rank of Additional Chief Secretary (ACS). Rajiv Topno is now ACS in the Health and Family Welfare Department, Mona K. Khandhar in the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Dr T. Natarajan in the Finance Department, Mamta Verma in the Industries and Mines Department, and Mukesh Kumar in the Higher and Technical Education Department. Additionally, the state government has approved the selection grade for 13 IAS officers from the 2013 batch.
Furthermore, the reshuffle includes the promotion of seven IAS officers from the 2010 batch to the Super Time Scale. Notable promotions include Kutch-Bhuj Collector Anand Patel, Ahmedabad Collector Sujit Kumar, Bhavnagar Municipal Commissioner Dr Narendra Kumar Meena, Technical Education Commissioner B.H. Talati, Information Department Commissioner K.L. Bachchani, Patan Collector Tushar Y. Bhatt, and Prime Minister’s Office Private Secretary Dr Hardik Shah.
