Maharashtra transfers 16 IPS, RPS officers; three Thane officers get one-year extension

The Maharashtra Home Department has issued orders transferring senior IPS and RPS officers. The order was issued on November 2, 2026, and makes significant changes to the postings of several senior police officers in the state.

The orders were issued on the recommendation of Police Establishment Board No. 1. The list includes officers from Thane, Beed, Satara, Nanded, Pune, Nagpur, Ratnagiri, Latur, Bhandara and Nashik.

The most talked-about part of the decision is the one-year extension of tenure given to three senior Thane police officers. Amarsing Jadhav, Prashant Kadam and Shivraj Patil have been allowed to continue in their present posts for another year. Jadhav is the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch), Thane city, while Kadam is the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Zone 5. With other senior officers across the state being transferred, the extension given to these three is drawing attention.

There are other changes in the Thane police. Anmol Mittal, Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane Rural, has been transferred to Ambajogai in Beed. Meena Makhwana has been appointed Additional Superintendent of Police, Thane Rural, in his place. Orders for a new posting have also been issued for Jayant Bajbale. Suraj Gurav has been sent from Thane city to Nanded, where he will be Additional Superintendent of Police.

Among officers in other districts, Akanksha Yadav has been transferred from Ratnagiri to Ausa in Latur district, where she will be Sub-Divisional Police Officer. Vaishali Ishwar Kadukar has been made Superintendent of Police in the Crime Investigation Department in Pune, moving from Satara. Chetna Tidke will move from Ambajogai to Nagpur and take charge as Superintendent of Police (Operations) in the Anti-Narcotics Squad. Dhananjay Anant Jadhav has been appointed Deputy Superintendent of Police in the Satara District Caste Certificate Verification Committee, moving from Pimpri-Chinchwad.

Vikas Sampat Naik will move from Nagpur to Mumbai, where he has been made Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police in the State Intelligence Department. Sanket Satish Gosavi has been transferred from Pune to the Ratnagiri sub-division. Kumar Bhikaji Chaudhari has been sent from Latur to the Maharashtra Police Academy in Nashik.

Sudhir Pundlik Nandanwar has been appointed Sub-Divisional Police Officer at Tumsar in Bhandara district. Santosh Vairagade has been posted to the Malegaon Camp sub-division in Nashik district.

The senior-level reshuffle in the state police will bring changes to police administration in several districts.