Ghaziabad: Two years after taking over the helm of the administration in Ghaziabad, district magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey was on Friday transferred to Jhansi as the divisional commissioner. RK Singh, who has previously served as the Ghaziabad municipal commissioner and is currently the Moradabad DM, will take Pandey’s place. The takeover of duties is expected to happen over the weekend, TOI has learnt.
Originally from Ayodhya, RK Singh is not new to the city. He joined as a PCS officer in 1994 and was promoted to IAS in 2010. Apart from Ghaziabad, he has previously served as the vice-chairman of Hapur-Pilkhua Development Authority and the additional CEO of the Yamuna Expressway Authority. Singh has been posted as Moradabad DM for the past four years.