Patiala gets its second woman DC after 1954

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Patiala gets its second woman DC after 1954

Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 12,2024

In an administrative reshuffle, today Punjab government has issued a transfer orders on 39 IAS-PCS officers. In this reshuffle, DC Patiala Showkat Ahmad Parrey has been transferred to Bathinda and in his place Dr Preeti Yadav posted as the new deputy commissioner of Patiala.

Preeti Yadav, IAS of 2014 is a BDS doctor and belongs to Alwar, Rajasthan. Her birthday is on September 30.

With the posting of Dr Preeti Yadav IAS as the deputy commissioner of Patiala, she got the honour to become the second woman officer to head this district, since 1954 when PEPSU was merged into Punjab state.

Since the creation of Patiala as a district in 1954, Sakshi Swahney was the first woman officer to be appointed was the DC of Royal City Patiala in April 2022.

Preeti Yadav is an IAS officer of the 2014 batch. She is presently posted as deputy commissioner Rupnagar since April 2022. Before being appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Rupnagar, she served as the Additional Deputy Commissioner (Development) in Patiala and the Additional Commissioner (Excise) in Patiala.

Patiala gets its second woman DC after 1956
Preeti Yadav, IAS

Patiala gets its second woman DC after 1954. Why after 1954 not after India’s Independence 1947 ? 

The Indian State of Punjab was created in 1947, when the partition of India split the former Raj province of Punjab between India and Pakistan.

In 1948, two separate states were created; Punjab included the former Raj province of Punjab, while the princely states of Patiala, Nabha, Jind, Kapurthala, Malerkotla, Faridkot and Kalsia were combined into a new state, the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU). Himachal Pradesh was created as a union territory from several princely states and Kangra District. In 1956, PEPSU was merged into Punjab state, and several northern districts of Punjab in the Himalayas were added to Himachal Pradesh.

That’s why since 1954 not after India’s Independence in 1947

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List of Deputy Commissioner – DISTRICT PATIALA

S.No. Name Date of Joining Date of Relieving
1. Mr. S. S. Sodhi IAS 1954 30.05.1957
2. Mr. D.S. Bhambri IAS 31.07.1957 25.11.1957
3. Mr.Sampuran Singh IAS 04.12.1957 08.03.1958
4. Mr. R. S. Bhatnagar IAS 13.03.1958 02.08.1958
5. Mr.Sampuran Singh IAS 05.08.1958 22.12.1958
6. Mr. S. N. Vasudev IAS 31.01.1959 24.02.1960
7. Mr. R. S. Bhatnagar IAS 25.02.1960 08.04.1960
8. Mr. P. N. Bhalla IAS 12.04.1960 09.03.1961
9. Mr. S. N. Bhanot IAS 10.03.1961 22.03.1963
10. Mr. Sundar Singh IAS 22.03.1963 16.01.1967
11. Mr. P. C. Behal PCS 17.01.1967 24.07.1967
12. Mr. S. L. Kapoor IAS 24.07.1967 25.07.1968
13. Mr. Ajit Singh Chattha IAS 25.07.1968 04.09.1968
14. Mr. S. L. Kapoor IAS 05.09.1968 12.05.1970
15. Mr. S. S. Boparai IAS 14.05.1970 09.06.1971
16. Mr. K. K. Mukherji IAS 10.06.1971 02.08.1971
17. Mr. Hardial Singh IAS 11.08.1971 06.06.1972
18. Mr. Gurdev Singh Gill IAS 07.06.1972 31.05.1973
19. Mr. Darshan Kumar IAS 01.06.1973 18.05.1974
20. Mr. Inderjit Singh Bindra IAS 19.05.1974 14.07.1975
21. Mr. D.S. Choudhary IAS 14.07.1975 22.04.1977
22. Mr. S. S. Dawra IAS 22.04.1977 02.02.1980
23. Mr. S. S. Sidhu IAS 12.02.1980 05.03.1980
24. Mr. Pritam Singh Bala IAS 10.03.1980 30.09.1981
25. Mr. Karam Singh Raju IAS 02.10.1981 23.06.1982
26. Mr. S.P. Singla IAS 23.06.1982 13.06.1984
27. Mr. S. K. Sinha IAS 13.09.1984 29.06.1987
28. Mr. Bhushan C. Gupta IAS 29.06.1987 05.11.1990
29. Mr. Satpal Karkra IAS 06.11.1990 15.05.1992
30. Mr. Navreet Singh Kang IAS 18.05.1992 05.05.1993
31. Mr.T.C. Gupta IAS 11.05.1993 19.07.1995
32. Mr. Jagpal Singh Sandhu IAS 19.07.1995 09.08.1996
33. Mr. C. Roul IAS 09.08.1996 02.09.1996
34. Mr.Amarjit Singh Sidhu IAS 02.09.1996 31.05.1997
35. Mr. Vishwajeet Khanna IAS 01.06.1997 16.12.1998
36. Mr.Jasbir Singh Bir IAS 16.12.1998 04.03.2002
37. Mr.Tejveer Singh IAS 04.03.2002 10.04.2006
38. Mr.R.K.Verma IAS 10.04.2006 11.03.2007
39. Mr. D.S. Grewal IAS 12.03.2007 01.09.2008
40. Mr.Vikas Garg IAS 01.09.2008 28.01.2009
41. Mr Deepinder Singh IAS 28.01.2009 25.02.2010
42. Mr. Priyank Bharti IAS 26.02.2010 10.04.2010
43. Mr Deepinder Singh IAS 11.04.2010 28.07.2011
44. Mr.Vikas Garg IAS 09.08.2011 20.04.2012
45. Mr.G.K. Singh IAS 21.04.2012 01.04.2014
46. Mr. Priyank Bharti IAS 01.04.2014 29.05.2014
47. Mr.Varun Roojam IAS 30.05.2014 02.02.2016
48. Mr. Ramvir IAS 02.02.2016 17.03.2017
49. Mr. Kumar Amit IAS 17.03.2017 05.10.2021
50. Sh. Sandeep Hans IAS 05.10.2021 04.04.2022
51. Mrs. Sakshi Sawhney IAS 04.04.2022 30.01.2024
52. Sh. Showkat Ahmad Parray, IAS 30.01.2024 till date