16 IPS and RPS officers transferred in Maharashtra; three Thane officers get one-year extension

The Home Department has issued an order transferring senior IPS and RPS officers of the Maharashtra Police. A total of 16 officers have been transferred under the order. Three senior Thane police officers have also been given a one-year extension, which is being closely watched.

The Home Department issued the government order on November 2, 2026. According to the order, the decision was taken on the recommendation of Police Establishment Board No. 1.

The three officers who have received a one-year extension include Amarsing Jadhav, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Crime Branch, Thane city police. Prashant Kadam, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 5, and Shivraj Patil of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Konkan range, have also received the same extension. This means the officers will continue in their present posts for another year.

The same order transfers Anmol Mittal, Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane Rural, to Ambajogai in Beed. Meena Makhwana, Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 1, Thane city, has been made Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane Rural. Jayant Bajbale has been appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police, Thane city.

While senior police officers are being transferred across the state, the one-year extension given to the Thane officers has become a talking point.

The order's list also includes officers from other districts. Akanksha Yadav, who was Sub-Divisional Police Officer of the Ratnagiri sub-division, will now hold the same post at Ausa in Latur. Chetna Tidke has been given the post of Superintendent of Police (Operations), Anti-Narcotics Cell, Nagpur. Vikas Sampat Naik, who was Deputy Superintendent of Police, Protection of Civil Rights, Nagpur, will now be Additional Deputy Commissioner, State Intelligence Department, Mumbai.

Kumar Bhikaji Chaudhari has been made Deputy Superintendent of Police at the Maharashtra Police Academy in Nashik, moving from the Ausa sub-division in Latur. Santosh Vairagade has been made Sub-Divisional Police Officer of the Malegaon Camp sub-division in Nashik. Sudhir Pundlik Nandanwar has been appointed Sub-Divisional Police Officer in the Tumsar sub-division of Bhandara.