The Haryana government on Tuesday night replaced the heads of Gurugram's two biggest civic bodies in one order, moving seven IAS and seven HCS officers, Haryana Standard reported. GMDA chief executive Phool Chand Meena and Municipal Commissioner Pradeep Dahiya have both been moved out. Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi signed the order.

Source: Haryana Standard

Dusmanta Kumar Behera, a 2007-batch IAS officer, is the new chief executive officer of the Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) and the Faridabad Metropolitan Development Authority (FMDA). He and Meena have effectively swapped jobs: Meena returns to Chandigarh as Commissioner and Secretary of the Human Resources and General Administration departments, the posts taken from him in August so that he could focus on Gurugram. Mirror Now also reported the Meena-Behera change at the two development authorities.

Source: Mirror Now

Pankaj, a 2020-batch officer who was Panipat's Municipal Commissioner, takes charge of the Municipal Corporation of Gurugram (MCG). He replaces Dahiya (2013 batch), who had run the MCG for 18 months, since 7 May 2025, and now becomes managing director of the Haryana State Federation of Cooperative Sugar Mills (Sugarfed) and Director of the State Audit Department. Dahiya had been moved once before in the past three months, when an August posting as Rohtak deputy commissioner was cancelled the next day after Gurugram flooded in heavy rain and he was sent back to the MCG.

Among the other IAS moves, Mohd Imran Raza (2015 batch) becomes Additional CEO of GMDA, taking over from Vishwajeet Chaudhary. Ankita Choudhary (2019 batch), until now an MCG additional commissioner, moves to Panipat as Municipal Commissioner. Shakti Singh (2012 batch), who was Sugarfed MD, becomes Director of Sports, Director of Human Resources and Special Secretary, General Administration.

The HCS changes include Virat becoming Deputy Secretary of the Haryana Public Service Commission while keeping the Printing and Stationery charge, Manoj Khatri becoming Secretary of Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran at Panchkula, Arpit Gahlawat replacing Khatri as Deputy Secretary, Finance, and Jitender Kumar-II taking over as District Registrar, Firms and Societies, in Gurugram. Parshant also gets the charge of general manager, Irrigation, while Anil Kumar Yadav and Ranbir Singh swap posts between Mahendragarh and NIT Faridabad.

Meena had headed GMDA since December 2025, in his second stint in the city; he had earlier run the MCG from January 2023 to January 2024. Gurugram has had eight municipal commissioners since June 2019, and in September Urban Local Bodies Minister Vipul Goel had said a civic official posting policy overhaul would be considered if required. The new appointees are expected to assume their charges following the official notification, Mirror Now reported.