Mumbai, March 31 Senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Tukaram Mundhe was transferred by the Maharashtra government on Tuesday, his 24th posting in 21 years of his career in the civil service.
Mundhe, considered an honest civil servant, was among several IAS officers who were transferred by the government. These included Ashwini Bhide, Vikas Chandra Rastogi, and Lokesh Chandra, officials said.
Mundhe, currently Secretary in the Divyang Kalyan Department at Mantralaya, Mumbai, was transferred as Secretary, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Revenue, and Forest Department at the state secretariat, according to an official order.
He was appointed as Secretary of the Divyang Welfare Department (Divyang Kalyan Department) less than a year ago, in August 2025.
Bhide, who was serving as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister, was appointed as Commissioner of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), becoming the first woman to hold the post in the 154-year history of India's richest civic body.
Rastogi, serving as Additional Chief Secretary in the Departments of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries at Mantralaya, was posted as Additional Chief Secretary (Financial Reforms) in the Finance Department.
Chandra, Chairman and Managing Director of Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd, was appointed as Additional Chief Secretary to the Chief Minister.
Vinita Vaid Singal, Principal Secretary, Disaster Management, Rehabilitation and Revenue, and Forest Department, was transferred as Principal Secretary, Soil and Water Conservation Department.
Senior civil servant Parimal Singh, Project Director of the Nanaji Deshmukh Krishi Sanjivanee Project (POCRA), Mumbai, was posted as Secretary (Agriculture) in the Agriculture and allied departments at Mantralaya.
Prithviraj B P, Additional Municipal Commissioner of Pune, was posted as the new civic chief of the Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation adjoining Mumbai, according to the order.