Punjab transfers 111 PCS officers; new SDMs in 47 subdivisions

Chandigarh. The Punjab government has shifted 111 Punjab Civil Services (PCS) officers in one order. Ludhiana, Mohali and Kapurthala get new municipal commissioners, and 47 subdivisions get new SDMs.

The Department of Personnel says the transfers were made “on administrative grounds, with immediate effect”. Officers must join at once, without taking joining time.

Who runs the civic bodies now?

Damanjit Singh Mann is the new Commissioner of the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation, replacing Ankur Mahindroo. Mohali SDM Damandeep Kaur gets additional charge of the Mohali civic body, and Kanwaljit Singh takes over in Kapurthala.

Jashanpreet Kaur Gill becomes Managing Director of PRTC, replacing IAS officer Manisha Rana. Anmol Singh Dhaliwal is the new Additional State Transport Commissioner.

Which districts get new ADCs?

Nineteen ADC posts change. Ludhiana, Bathinda, Hoshiarpur and Fatehgarh Sahib get new ADCs in both the General and Rural Development posts. In Amritsar, Ravinder Singh Arora replaces IAS officer Pallavi Mishra as ADC (Rural Development).

Who are the new SDMs?

Baljinder Singh Dhillon and Rishabh Bansal take over Ludhiana East and Ludhiana West. Upinderjeet Kaur Brar gets Jalandhar-I and Aaditya Gupta gets Jalandhar-II. Badal Din goes to Sangrur, Pardeep Singh Bains to Khanna and Karanvir Singh to Ferozepur.

What else changes?

Eleven districts get new RTOs. Four Chief Minister’s Field Officers are posted, in Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Kapurthala and Roopnagar.

Eighteen of the officers are from the 2026 batch. Eleven of them were under training or waiting for a posting.

Why now?

The order gives only administrative grounds. It comes as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has asked Punjab to move officers linked to poll duty by November 30, ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections. ECI norms say officers posted in their home district, or who have spent three of the last four years in one district, must be shifted.