Gujarat Transfers 10 Senior Police Officers in Major Administration Reshuffle
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The Gujarat Home Department has ordered the immediate transfer and posting of 10 senior Indian Police Service (IPS) and State Police Service (SPS) officers across multiple districts in the state. The notification, issued from Gandhinagar by Principal Secretary Sanjeev Kumar on 18 September 2026, forms part of a routine administrative realignment in the public interest.
New Postings for Young IPS Officers
The latest administrative reshuffle assigns new roles to four young IPS officers across key divisions.
Mansi R. Meena (IPS:2023) takes over as the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) for the Viramgam Division in Ahmedabad district. In the north, Mausam Harshadbhai Mehta (IPS:2023) assumes charge as ASP for the Deodar Division in Vav-Tharad district.
Two officers from the 2024 batch have also received operational postings:
- Prakhar Kumar (IPS:2024) steps in as ASP of the Khambhalia Division in Devbhumi Dwarka.
- Karankumar Mansukhbhai Panna (IPS:2024) assumes the post of ASP for the Limkheda Division in Dahod district.
Key SPS Postings and SRPF Commandants Appointed
Alongside the IPS appointments, six SPS officers have been shifted into strategic leadership roles, primarily filling vacant ex-cadre Commandant positions across various State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) groups:
- J.I. Vasava, formerly Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic - North) in Vadodara City, moves to Vadodara as Commandant of SRPF Group-9.
- D.M. Chauhan, previously Superintendent of Police at Visnagar in Mehsana, becomes Commandant of SRPF Group-3 at Madana in Banaskantha district.
- Prakashkumar Vishnuprasad Raval, moving from his role as Assistant Commandant of SRPF Group-15 (ONGC Mehsana), takes charge as Commandant of SRPF Group-4 at Pavdi in Dahod.
- B.L. Desai, hitherto Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) for Panchmahal-Godhra, is appointed Commandant of SRPF Group-5 at Godhra.
- H.P. Doshi, exiting his post as Superintendent of Police at the Police Training Centre in Chowkey, Sorath (Junagadh), assumes the command of SRPF Group-13 in Rajkot.
- L.B. Zala, who served as Deputy Commissioner of Police for F-Division in Surat City, takes over as Commandant of SRPF Group-11 at Vav in Surat district.
All appointments take immediate effect under the order of the Governor of Gujarat.
