Gandhinagar, March 25 – The Gujarat government announced on Wednesday a fresh round of transfers in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), appointing new district collectors in Jamnagar, Surendranagar, and Gandhinagar as part of an administrative reshuffle.
According to an official notification issued on Wednesday, P.B. Pandya, currently the District Development Officer in Amreli, has been appointed Collector of Jamnagar.
He will assume office on March 31, succeeding K.B. Thakkar, who is set to retire on the same day.
G.H. Solanki, serving as Municipal Commissioner of Nadiad, has been posted as Collector of Surendranagar.
He replaces K.S. Yagnik, who had been holding an additional charge following the removal of the previous collector amidst an ongoing corruption investigation.
In another key posting, Ravindra Khatale, currently the Municipal Commissioner of Mehsana, has been appointed Collector of Gandhinagar.
He takes over from J.N. Vaghela, who was also holding the post as an additional charge.
Notably, the Surendranagar collectorate has been under scrutiny in recent months following the removal of former collector Rajendra Patel from the post after raids by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the registration of a case by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).
He was later arrested in January in connection with an alleged bribery-linked money laundering case involving land-use change permissions, and subsequently placed under suspension by the state government.
A court earlier this month denied him bail, citing prima facie evidence in the case.
The allegations include the systematic collection of illegal gratification for clearing applications, with investigators pointing to a wider pattern of corruption within the collector's office.
The latest transfers also follow earlier large-scale reshuffles in the state's bureaucracy.
In June 2025, the state government transferred 13 IAS officers across departments and districts.
A subsequent reshuffle later in the year involved around 26 officers, along with other administrative changes linked to vacancies, promotions, and disciplinary action.