Hours before the EC’s expected announcement of the schedule for the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in several states, including West Bengal, the state government on Monday notified a bulk rejig of over 200 bureaucrats and senior officials across districts.

As many as 61 IAS and 145 WBCS (Executive) officers were shuffled by the Personnel and Administrative Reforms (P&AR) of the West Bengal government, making it among the largest transfers at one go in recent times.

The reshuffle included 10 district magistrates, multiple special secretary ranked officers, several officers-on-special duty (OSDs) and a bunch of ADMs and SDOs from both IAS and WBCS cadres.

The MD of Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (HIDCO), municipal commissioner of the Kolkata Municipal

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