Patna, 04 December 2025: Bihar’s General Administration Department issued a notification on December 3, promoting 47 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers across various batches, effective January 1, 2026, or upon assuming charge. This significant reshuffle includes senior commissioners, current district magistrates (DMs), and younger officers, strengthening the state’s administrative framework.
The Two (IAS: 2001 batch ) officers received promotions to the High Administrative Grade (Pay Level-15). Rajesh Kumar, Commissioner of Koshi Division Saharsa (additional charge of Purnia Division), and Mayank Warwade, Project Director of Bihar Education Project Council Patna (additional Investigation Commissioner, General Administration), will take up pivotal roles in Bihar’s governance.
Twenty-seven (IAS : 2013 batch) officers advanced to Selection Grade (Special Secretary, Pay Level-13), featuring prominent DMs like Naval Kishore Chaudhary (Bhagalpur), Subrat Kumar Sen (Muzaffarpur), Dharmendra Kumar (West Champaran), Navdeep Shukla (Banka), Anand Sharma (Madhubani), Naveen (Jamui), Dr. Vidya Nand Singh (Buxar), Sunil Kumar-1 (Kaimur), and Pawan Kumar Sinha (Gopalganj). Pro forma promotion also went to Yogendra Singh, private secretary to Union Minister Giriraj Singh.
Sixteen (IAS : 2017 batch) officers moved to Junior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary, Pay Level-12), marking a key career milestone. Key names include Tanay Sultania (DM Bhojpur/Ara), Tarnjot Singh (DM Madhepura), Vishal Raj (DM Kishanganj), Arif Ahsan (DM Shekhpura), Vivek Ranjan Maitreya (DM Shivhar), Anil Kumar (DM Araria), Abhilasha Sharma (DM Arwal), and others like Kumar Gaurav (State Health Society), Yogesh Kumar Sagar (Director Disability and Joint Secretary, Social Welfare), Sanjeev Mittal (Joint Secretary Finance), Sanjay Kumar (Joint Secretary Rural Works), Ruby (Director and Joint Secretary, Art Culture and Youth), Krishna Kumar (Director Museum), Sanjay Kumar Singh (Joint Secretary Building Construction), Abhay Jha (Joint Secretary Rural Works), and Deepesh Kumar (DM Saharsa).
