Bengaluru 7 September 2026: Karnataka government has transferred six Karnataka Administrative Service (KAS) officers and assigned them to new posts with immediate effect, according to a notification issued on September 7, 2026. Transfers include Assistant Commissioners from Lingasuru, Chikkamagaluru, Karwar, Vijayapura, Bidar and Savanuru subdivisions.
Baswanappa Kalshetty, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Lingasuru Sub Division in Raichuru district, has been posted as Deputy Secretary, Kalyana Karnataka Region Development Board, Kalaburagi.
S Ravi, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru Sub Division, has been transferred as Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) for the Kotturu-Harihara Railway Broad-Gauge Construction Project in Davanagere.
Shalam Hussain, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Karwar Sub Division, Uttara Kannada district, has been posted as SLAO, National Highway Authority of India (NHAI), Dharwad.
Gurunath Shivaputrappa Dhadde, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Vijayapura Sub Division, has been posted as SLAO, Upper Krishna Project (UKP), Bagalakote.
Mohammed Shakil, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Bidar Sub Division, has been posted as Registrar (Administration), Gulbarga University, Kalaburagi.
Vijaykumar H B, KAS, Assistant Commissioner of Savanuru Sub-Division in Haveri district, has been posted as Assistant Commissioner (Election), Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), Bengaluru.
All the transfers and postings are effective immediately and will remain in force until further orders.
Notification was issued by the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms (Services-1) in the name of the Governor of Karnataka.
Source: Government of Karnataka, Notification No. e-DPAR 387 SAS 2024, dated September 7, 2026.
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