Haryana IAS transfers: Gurugram gets new GMDA CEO, MCG commissioner

Chandigarh. The Haryana government on Tuesday replaced the heads of Gurugram’s two biggest civic bodies in one order. GMDA CEO Phool Chand Meena and Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Dahiya have both been moved out.

Dusmanta Kumar Behera (2007 batch) is the new CEO of the Gurugram and Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authorities. Pankaj (2020 batch), until now Panipat’s Municipal Commissioner, takes charge of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG).

Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi signed the order, which moves seven IAS and seven HCS officers.

Why is the Meena move a U-turn?

Meena and Behera have swapped jobs. Meena goes back to Chandigarh as Commissioner and Secretary of the Human Resources and General Administration departments. In August, the government took those same two posts away from him so he could focus on Gurugram.

Meena had headed GMDA since December 2025. This was his second stint in the city. He ran the MCG from January 2023 to January 2024.

What happened to Pradeep Dahiya?

Dahiya (2013 batch) had run the MCG for 18 months, since May 7, 2025. He now becomes MD of the Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills (Sugarfed) and Director of the State Audit Department.

This is the second time in three months he has been moved. On August 6, the government posted him as Deputy Commissioner of Rohtak. The next day, with Gurugram flooded after heavy rain, it cancelled the order and sent him back to the MCG.

Gurugram has had eight municipal commissioners since June 2019. In September, Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel had said, “If a civic official posting policy overhaul is required, we will consider it.”

Who else is moving?

Mohd Imran Raza (2015 batch) becomes Additional CEO of GMDA, taking over from Vishwajeet Chaudhary. Ankita Choudhary (2019 batch), until now MCG Additional Commissioner, moves to Panipat as Municipal Commissioner.

Shakti Singh (2012 batch), who was Sugarfed MD, becomes Director of Sports, Director of Human Resources and Special Secretary, General Administration.

Among HCS officers:

– Virat becomes Deputy Secretary of the Haryana Public Service Commission and keeps the Printing and Stationery charge.

– Manoj Khatri becomes Secretary of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran, Panchkula.

– Arpit Gahlawat replaces Khatri as Deputy Secretary, Finance.

– Jitender Kumar-II takes over as District Registrar, Firms and Societies, Gurugram.

– Parshant also gets the charge of GM, Irrigation.

– Anil Kumar Yadav and Ranbir Singh swap posts between Mahendragarh and NIT Faridabad.