Bengaluru: In a record of the sort, the state government transferred 34 IAS officers through a single order. This includes the appointment of Rajkumar Khatri as the new principal secretary to the higher education department.

C Shikha has been moved from BESCOM to BMTC. Anirudha Shravan has been appointed as the new commissioner, collegiate education department.

Hephsiba Rani Korlapati has been appointed as the MD, Bengaluru Smart City Special Purposes Vehicle. Amlan Bishwas, Regional Commissioner, Belagavi, AB Ibrahim, secretary, minority welfare department are the other major reshuffle.

According to the sources, Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of atleast 14 Zilla Panchayats have been changed according to the request made by the local MLAs.

“It is a new record,” said an IAS officer. “Every day the transfer orders are issued at a will,” he said.