LUCKNOW, May 4 -- The Uttar Pradesh government on Sunday transferred 38 IAS officers, including the district magistrates of eight districts - Deoria, Jaunpur, Mau, Maharajganj, Firozabad, Moradabad, Sambhal and Pratapgarh. Praful Kumar Sharma has been made chief development officer, Lucknow.

Rinku Singh Rahi, an IAS officer who was in the news after resigning in March on the ground that he had been denied postings and duty for a long period and later withdrew his resignation letter on April 27, has been made joint magistrate, Jalaun. In July last year, he was attached to the UP Revenue Board after his video performing sit-ups while holding his ears amid a protest by lawyers in Shahjahanpur went viral on social media.

Anuj Singh has been...