Chhattisgarh Transfers 24 IFS Officers in Major Forest Department Reshuffle

August 8, 2026

Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government carried out a major administrative reshuffle in the forest department on Saturday, transferring 24 Indian Forest Service (IFS) officers to different positions across the state.

According to the order issued by the Forest and Climate Change Department from Mahanadi Bhawan in Naya Raipur, the officers have been given temporary postings until further orders.

Key IFS Officers Get New Postings

Ganveer Dhammashil has been moved from Baloda Bazar district and appointed as Special Secretary of the Forest and Climate Change Department.

Uttam Kumar Gupta has been made the in-charge Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF) of the Indravati Tiger Reserve.

Duleshwar Prasad Sahu has been entrusted with the responsibility of the Manendragarh Forest Division, while Pankaj Rajput has been appointed as the new Deputy Conservator of Forests (DCF) for Raipur.

Prabhakar Khalkho has been appointed as the in-charge Conservator of Forests for the Sarguja Working Plan Division.

Sanjiv Bala has been shifted from the Indravati Tiger Reserve to the East Manendragarh division, while Mayank Pandey moves from Hasamund to Gariaband.

Satyadev Sharma has been transferred from the Chhattisgarh State Forest Development Corporation to Dhamtari as DFO.

Transfers Across Forest Divisions and Corporations

Other key changes include Omprakash Sundi moving to Mahasamund, Jitendra Kumar Upadhyay to Katchora and Sanjay Yadav returning from the State Forest Development Corporation to Kharagarh.

Kumar Nishant has been posted to Marwahi, while Pankaj Kumar Kamal has been shifted from the corporation in Naya Raipur back to Baloda Bazar.

Pushplata Tandan has been appointed as DFO of Sarguja-Bilaspur, while Loknath Patel has been moved to Sarguja Ambikapur. Shashinandan K has been posted to Kanker.

Abhishek Sogawat has been appointed General Manager of the Chhattisgarh State Minor Forest Produce Federation in Naya Raipur.

Ranak Goyal has been posted to the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and Head of Forest Force.

More IFS Officers Shifted

Greeshmi Chand has been sent to the State Forest Development Corporation, while Chandrashekhar Shakar Singh Pardeshi takes charge as DFO of Koriya.

Dipesh Kapil has been posted to Bastar, Jagdalpur, while Chandra Kumar Agarwal has been transferred to Durg.

Krishan Jain has been posted to the State Forest Development Corporation and Vipul Agarwal to Surajpur.

The reshuffle covers IFS officers from the 2013 to 2022 batches and is aimed at strengthening administration across forest divisions, tiger reserves and various departmental and corporate wings.