Lucknow, Sep 16 (UNI) Uttar Pradesh government appointed new Divisional Commissioners in Lucknow and Kanpur and transferred 17 IAS officers in the state while shunting out District Magistrate of Mahoba Awadhesh Tiwari,who was allegedly involved in extortion money from traders.
The orders were issued on Tuesday midnight, which also include posting of eight IAS officers, who were on waiting after being shunted out as DMs from different districts.
According to official sources here on Wednesday, Ranjan Kumar has replaced Mukesh Meshram as the new Commissioner of Lucknow division. Mr Kumar was earlier secretary, PWD.