Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, March 16

Soon after assuming office today, the Congress Government transferred 20 IAS officers, including 18 deputy commissioners.The DCs and their new stations are: Diprava Lakra (Bathinda), Dharam Pal (Mansa), Pradeep Kumar Agarwal (Ludhiana), Amar Partap Singh Virk (Sangrur), Gurpreet Kaur Sapra (SAS Nagar), Mohammad Tayyab (Kapurthala), Gurneet Tej (Rupnagar), Kanwalpreet Brar (Fatehgarh Sahib), Amit Kumar (Gurdaspur), Neelima (Pathankot), Rajiv Prashar (Faridkot), Varinder Kumar Sharma (Jalandhar), Vipul Ujwal (Hoshiarpur), Rambir (Ferozepur), Sonali Giri (Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar), Kamaldeep Singh Sangha (Amritsar), Ghanshyam Thori (Barnala) and Kumar Amit (Patiala).Among other IAS officers, Kamal Kishor Yadav has been appointed Director, Local Government, and while the services of Arshdeep Singh Thind have been placed at the disposal of the Department of Cooperation for posting as Managing Director, Markfed.