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Lokesh Kumar Jangid

IAS, Madhya Pradesh cadre, 2014 batch, Serving 2024

Nine transfers in 54 months from his first posting on 1 Nov 2016 (TOI: 'which he claims'). TOI lists the postings: SDM Vijaypur (Sheopur), Secretariat, SDM Shahdol, Deputy Secretary Urban Development, CEO Zila Panchayat Harda, Additional Collector Guna, Additional MD Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Additional Collector Barwani (about 41-42 days), back to Rajya Shiksha Kendra.

  • Documented
  • One report
  • Years with no move on record

Says he was transferred nine times in 54 months; moved out of Barwani after six weeks during Covid, then publicly showed the state board had approved premature transfers at 91 meetings in 2020.

On the record

Frequent and arbitrary transfers of officers before completion of a reasonable tenure on any post have always been considered as a major reason for the declining standards of administration.
DoPT note to states, tweeted by Jangid (The Week), theweek.in

The moves, and what came of them

Oldest first. Each fold is marked by how well the record holds it.

  1. Documented

    Additional Collector (ADM), BarwaniAdditional Mission Director, Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Bhopal

    Moved out of Barwani after about six weeks, during the Covid second wave. In a closed IAS association group on Signal he alleged corruption by the Barwani collector; screenshots leaked in June 2021. He was removed from the group, given a show-cause notice (which he called mala fide), and asked for inter-cadre deputation to Maharashtra. He later tweeted a GAD letter showing the state Civil Services Board met 91 times in 2020 to approve premature transfers.

    Up against
    Barwani district collector (named in his leaked chat) Government: Shivraj Singh Chouhan (BJP), Madhya Pradesh.
    Reported reason
    The Week, citing sources: transferred 'after he put a plug on corruption in purchase of COVID-19 treatment-related medical equipment'. TOI, citing sources: 'Top BJP leadership was against his transfer from Barwani'.
    The officer said
    'Interestingly while those who mint money from all kinds of mafia, get transferred from field to field. And those with IMPECCABLE INTEGRITY get thrown to Secretariat on transfer' (Signal post quoted by TOI).
    The other side said
    BJP MP Gajendra Patel to TOI: 'He must have been transferred over some administrative reason.' The show-cause notice was over sharing a recorded phone call with a GAD officer, who said 'he tapped the conversation, which amounted to invasion into my privacy...His act was unbecoming of a government officer' (ABP).
    Outcome
    Show-cause notice; no further action reported by July 2021 (The Week).
    What became of the matter
    Unknown. No report found on the alleged Covid equipment purchase irregularity or on his deputation request.

    The Times of India, Jun 2021 · The Week, Jul 2021 · ABP Live, Jun 2021

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