EC Appoints District Election Officers In West Bengal

13 IAS officers transferred/posted as DM-cum-DEOs. Also 20 IPS officers. 10 existing DMs shifted (districts: Cooch Behar, Jalpaiguri, Uttar Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, and others); 1 Municipal Commissioner also moved. Five IPS posted as DIGs (Raiganj Range, Murshidabad, Bardhaman/Burdwan, Presidency Range, Jalpaiguri). Specific IAS examples: Jitin Yadav as DM-cum-DEO, Cooch Behar; Sandeep Ghosh as DM-cum-DEO, Jalpaiguri; Vivek Kumar as DM-cum-DEO, Uttar Dinajpur; R Arjun as DM-cum-DEO, Murshidabad; Smita Pandey as Municipal Commissioner, Kolkata + DEO Kolkata North; Randhir Kumar as DEO Kolkata South. Some reshuffled officers (including 5 IAS and 17 total from the exercise) deployed as election observers to other states (e.g., Tamil Nadu).