Bhubaneswar: The Odisha Government on Friday effected a major administrative reshuffle, transferring and assigning new responsibilities to several Odisha Administrative Service (OAS) officers across various departments and districts.

The General Administration and Public Grievance Department issued a notification announcing the transfers and postings of 35 officers belonging to different grades of the OAS cadre.

Among the key 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 as Additional Secretary to the General Administration and Public Grievance Department. His earlier posting as Additional Secretary to the Chief Minister's Grievance Cell has been cancelled.

Purna Chandra Dolayi, Additional Secretary to the F&ARD Department, has been posted as Additional Secretary to the Commerce and Transport Department.

Other key appointments include:

Priyabrata Padhi has been posted as Additional Secretary to the GA & PG Department.

Prakash Chandra Behera has been appointed Additional Secretary to the Skill Development and Technical Education Department.

Sasmita Sahoo, Additional Commissioner of 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.

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.

Further changes include the transfer of Lambodar Dharua from Nuapada Zilla Parishad to Project Director, DUDA, Sambalpur, and Subodha Chandra Acharya from ADM, Jharsuguda, to Joint Secretary, Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC).

Pratap Chandra Pradhan has been posted as CDO-cum-EO of Nabarangpur Zilla Parishad, while Biranchi Narayan Darwan, who was serving in the same position, has been transferred as ADM of Boudh.

Among other appointments, Prachi Mohapatra has been transferred to the F&ARD Department as Joint Secretary, while Sujata Subhadarshini Nayak has been posted as Joint Secretary to the F&ARD Department 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 Mega Steel Plant at Patna in Keonjhar district. Dhirendra Kumar Sethi has been posted as Joint Secretary to the School and Mass Education Department.

The notification also announced several changes involving OAS Grade-A officers. These include the transfer of Arun Kumar Nayak from Sub-Collector, Kendrapara, to Additional Executive Officer (EO) of Puri Zilla Parishad, and Uma Shankar Dalai from Sub-Collector, Keonjhar, to Deputy Secretary of OSSSC.

Jyotikanta Bhujabal, Deputy Administrator (Revenue) of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri, has been transferred as Sub-Collector of Kendrapara. Pushpak Kumar Pradhan, BDO of Bamra, has been posted as Sub-Collector of Keonjhar.

Sambeet Satapathy, BDO of Puri Sadar, has been transferred as Deputy Secretary to the Mission Shakti Department.

The government has also cancelled some earlier transfer and posting orders and issued fresh assignments to several officers.

The notification was issued by Special Secretary to Government Ghasiram Murmu on behalf of the state government.