Register · No. 24
Sandeep Verma
IAS, Rajasthan cadre, 1993 batch, Serving
30transfers, as of 2026 in 33 years of service. 4 on the ribbon below, 0 of them documented.
- Documented
- One report
- Years with no move on record
Summary
Sandeep Verma, a 1993-batch Rajasthan IAS officer and procurement-law specialist, has had 30 transfers in 33 years per Navbharat Times (2026). Two reported clashes, both over water-department tenders, led to his removal from PHED: one with a Barmer-district MLA under the BJP government (TOI, 2017) and one with a Congress water minister (NBT, undated). Neither move came with an official reason, and the reporting is thin and partly undated.
Navbharat Times (Hindi), 2026: 30 transfers in a 33-year career.
This count comes from analyses of service records, not from a reported dispute. Few of these moves have a published reason, and a high count is not evidence that the officer was punished.
The moves, and what came of them
Oldest first. Each fold is marked by how well the record holds it.
One report
Principal Secretary, PHED (water supply)
NBT (2022) lists a clash with Water Supply Minister B. D. Kalla, who objected to tenders Verma had issued; Verma was then removed from the department. No date is given. Kalla held the portfolio in the Gehlot government from December 2018, so this would be a later episode than the 2017 one, but it is not dated in the source.
- Up against
- B. D. Kalla, Water Supply (PHED) Minister, Indian National Congress Government: Congress (Ashok Gehlot, CM) — inferred from Kalla's tenure, not stated.
- Reported reason
- Kalla objected to tenders issued by Verma (NBT).
- The other side said
- No statement found.
One report
Home DepartmentPrincipal Secretary, PHED
Moved into the Public Health Engineering (water supply) department in a reshuffle of 23 IAS officers.
One report
Principal Secretary, PHED
TOI reported that Verma was moved out of PHED after a heated argument with Barmer-district MLA Kailash Choudhary, who alleged delays in sanctioning a drinking-water project. The department was then under scrutiny over several Anti-Corruption Bureau cases, and the minister and Additional Chief Secretary were also changed.
- Up against
- Kailash Choudhary, MLA from Barmer district, Bharatiya Janata Party (party per public record, not stated in the TOI extract) Government: BJP (Vasundhara Raje, CM).
- Reported reason
- Heated argument with the MLA over the alleged delay (TOI).
- The other side said
- No official statement found.
One report
Secretary, PHEDIT Department
NBT (2026) says that in 2018, after alleged fraud in tenders and purchases came to light in PHED, he was moved to the IT department; it does not say who exposed the fraud. This may be the same move as the 2017 entry; the sources' dates do not align.
- Reported reason
- Per NBT: his procurement-law expertise let him catch tender irregularities, which made him an irritant to politicians (outlet's characterisation, no source cited).
- The other side said
- Not found.