Notable among the 20 babus, who have been transferred, is Principal Secretary (Industries) Gauri Kumar, who has been shifted to the Urban Development department.

She has been replaced by Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation's MD Maheshwar Sahu. Kumar was moved out of the Industries department as she reportedly "failed to deliver the goods in the department" and was not available during the crucial Vibrant Gujarat Investors' Summit in January this year.

A 1980-batch IAS official, Sahu, being widely considered as a corporate-friendly bureaucrat, was put in charge of the investors' summit in the absence of Kumar. The government has apparently rewarded him by appointing him in the key Industries department for his successful handling of the summit, sources said.

Another important transfer is that of A K Joti, MD of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL). He has been appointed as Additional Chief Secretary in the General Administration Department (GAD). R K Tripathy, joint MD, SSNNL, has been elevated to the post of MD in the Nigam.

On his repatriation to the state cadre, 1978-batch IAS officer Ravi Saxena has been appointed as Principal Secretary in the Health and Family Welfare department, replacing Rita Teaotia, who has been made Commissioner of Rural Development.

Another Joint MD (SSNNL) P K Taneja has been appointed as secretary in the Social Justice and Empowerment department. Thus, the government has filled up the vacant slots in the Urban Development, GAD and Social Justice and Empowerment.

G R Aloria, MD, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner of Land Reforms in the Revenue department in place of Sunaina Tomar, who has been shifted to the Women and Child Development department as its Commissioner. She replaces Rajiv Gupta, who has been transferred and appointed as secretary, Animal Husbandry, Cow Breeding and Fisheries.

Arun Sutaria, who was heading this department, has been shifted and appointed as Revenue Inspection Commissioner. Raj Gopal, the Commissioner of Geology and Mining, has been shifted to the GSRTC as its MD.

He has been replaced by V Y Vyasa, the Commissioner of Rural Development.

Another key department where the government has effected a change is the Roads and Building, with its incumbent Secretary S I Patel having been shifted to the SSNNL and appointed as Director (Canals). Principal Secretary (Water Resources) S S Rathore has been brought back to the R&B department. Patel has replaced S J Desai, who has been moved out to the Water Resources department in place of Rathore.

A 1984-batch IAS officer, C L Meena, Revenue Inspection Commissioner, has been transferred to the Finance Department as Secretary (Expenditure). Gujarat State Financial Corporation's MD Arvind Agarwal has replaced Sahu as the GIDC MD. Agarwal has been asked to hold the additional charge of the GSFC MD.

R P Gupta, Settlement Commissioner and Director of Land Records, has been transferred and appointed as Secretary (Primary Education). This post in the Education department was lying vacant after the Election Commission appointed incumbent Anita Karwal as state's additional CEO.