UP Government Assigns First Field Postings to 22 IPS Officers

In a major administrative development, the Uttar Pradesh government has formally inducted 22 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers from the 2021, 2022, and 2023 batches into regular field roles. The posting orders were issued on Saturday, July 26, 2025.

These officers, who had been undergoing training while serving as probationers across various districts and commissionerates, have now received their first independent assignments as Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) or Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP). This marks their official transition into operational policing roles across the state.

Here’s the full list of officers and their new postings:

  • Vinayak Gopal (2022 batch) – From ACP, Agra Commissionerate to ASP, Sitapur
  • Rajesh Gunawat (2021 batch) – From Muzaffarnagar to ASP, Firozabad
  • Areeba Nomaan (2022 batch) – From Aligarh to ASP, Jhansi
  • Kritika Shukla (2022 batch) – From Gautam Buddh Nagar to ACP, Prayagraj Commissionerate
  • Devesh Chaturvedi (2022 batch) – From Meerut to ASP, Ayodhya
  • Vivek Tiwari (2022 batch) – From Saharanpur to ASP, Khiri
  • Alok Raj Narayan (2022 batch) – From Agra Commissionerate to ASP, Hardoi
  • Mavis Tak (2022 batch) – From Bareilly to ASP, Banda
  • Gautam Rai (2022 batch) – From Ghaziabad Commissionerate to ASP, Bijnor
  • Mahadik Akshay Sanjay (2022 batch) – Appointed as ACP, Agra Commissionerate
  • Prashant Raj (2023 batch) – From Azamgarh to ASP, Pratapgarh
  • Siddharth K Mishra (2023 batch) – From Lucknow Commissionerate to ASP, Muzaffarnagar
  • Aashna Chaudhary (2023 batch) – From Gorakhpur to ASP, Mathura
  • Vishwajeet Souryan (2023 batch) – From Prayagraj Commissionerate to ASP, Siddharthnagar
  • Shivam Ashutosh (2023 batch) – From Jhansi to ASP, Bareilly
  • Abhinav Dwivedi (2023 batch) – From Ayodhya to ASP, Moradabad
  • Sonal Mishra (2023 batch) – From Moradabad to ASP, Gorakhpur
  • Natasha Goyal (2023 batch) – From Varanasi Commissionerate to ASP, Pilibhit
  • Goldy Gupta (2023 batch) – From Mathura to ASP, Jaunpur
  • Arun Kumar S (2023 batch) – From Kanpur Commissionerate to ASP, Fatehgarh
  • Deepak Yadav (2023 batch) – From ACP, Kanpur Commissionerate to ASP, Unnao
  • Abhishek Dawachya (2023 batch) – From ACP, Lucknow Commissionerate to ASP, Gonda

With this move, the state strengthens its grassroots policing framework, deploying fresh, energetic officers to key districts to shoulder vital law enforcement responsibilities.