Odisha Government Transfers 35 OAS Officers in Major Administrative Reshuffle
Districts
Manoj Kanta Dash,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar, October 30, 2026: In a major administrative reshuffle, the Odisha Government on Friday transferred and assigned new responsibilities to 35 Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers across various government departments, municipal corporations and district-level administrative establishments.
The General Administration and Public Grievance Department issued a notification announcing the transfers and postings, covering officers belonging to different grades of the OAS cadre.
Among the significant changes, Bidhan Chandra Ray, Special Secretary to the Commerce and Transport Department, has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary to the Fisheries and Animal Resources Development (F&ARD) Department.
Prabeer Kumar Nayak, Additional Commissioner of the Additional Revisional Court, Bhubaneswar, has been appointed Additional Secretary to the Commerce and Transport Department.
Saroj Kumar Rout, Additional Secretary to the Commerce and Transport Department, has been transferred to the General Administration and Public Grievance Department as Additional Secretary. His earlier posting as Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister’s Grievance Cell has been cancelled.
Similarly, Purna Chandra Dolayi, Additional Secretary to the F&ARD Department, has been posted as Additional Secretary to the Commerce and Transport Department.
Key Departmental and District-Level Changes
Priyabrata Padhi has been posted as Additional Secretary to the General Administration and Public Grievance Department.
Sasmita Sahoo, Additional Commissioner of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC), has been transferred as Additional Secretary to the Excise Department.
Aniruddha Pradhan, ADM of Boudh, has been posted as ADM of Subarnapur, while Ramesh Chandra Sethi, ADM of Dhenkanal, has been appointed Additional Commissioner of BMC.
Dr Bijayananda Sethy has been posted as Chief Development Officer-cum-Executive Officer (CDO-cum-EO) of Puri Zilla Parishad. Anjalina Pradhan, ADM of Subarnapur, has been transferred as Joint Secretary to the Labour and Employees’ State Insurance Department.
Lambodar Dharua has been shifted from Nuapada Zilla Parishad to Project Director, DUDA, Sambalpur. Subodha Chandra Acharya, ADM of Jharsuguda, has been appointed Joint Secretary to the Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC).
Pratap Chandra Pradhan has been posted as CDO-cum-EO of Nabarangpur Zilla Parishad, replacing Biranchi Narayan Darwan, who has been transferred as ADM of Boudh.
In further departmental changes, Prachi Mohapatra has been posted as Joint Secretary to the F&ARD Department. Sujata Subhadarshini Nayak has also been assigned as Joint Secretary to the same department after her transfer from the Higher Education Department.
Dillip Kumar Pradhan has been appointed ADM of Jharsuguda, while Sukanta Majhi has been posted as CDO-cum-EO of Nuapada Zilla Parishad.
Saroj Kumar Behera has been transferred as Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) for the proposed Mega Steel Plant at Patna in Keonjhar district. Dhirendra Kumar Sethi has been posted as Joint Secretary to the School and Mass Education Department.
OAS Grade-A Officers Also Transferred
The notification also includes a series of transfers and fresh assignments involving OAS Grade-A officers.
Arun Kumar Nayak has been transferred from the post of Sub-Collector, Kendrapara, to Additional Executive Officer of Puri Zilla Parishad. Uma Shankar Dalai, Sub-Collector of Keonjhar, has been posted as Deputy Secretary to the OSSSC.
Jyotikanta Bhujabal, Deputy Administrator (Revenue) of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri, has been transferred as Sub-Collector of Kendrapara.
Pushpak Kumar Pradhan, BDO of Bamra, has been appointed Sub-Collector of Keonjhar, while Sambeet Satapathy, BDO of Puri Sadar, has been transferred as Deputy Secretary to the Mission Shakti Department.
The government has also cancelled certain earlier transfer and posting orders while issuing fresh assignments as part of the administrative restructuring.
The notification was issued by Ghasiram Murmu, Special Secretary to the Government, on behalf of the General Administration and Public Grievance Department
