Jaipur, Oct. 4 -- The Bhajan Lal Sharma government reshuffled 15 Rajasthan Administrative Service (RAS) officers and transferred 14 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers shortly before the State Election Commission announced the Panchayati Raj election schedule on Saturday, bringing the model code of conduct into force. The RAS reshuffle, issued through a personnel department order, largely involves sub-divisional officers (SDOs) and additional district collectors (ADMs), who hold key administrative responsibilities in rural areas. SDOs can also serve as returning officers in Panchayat elections. Alwar Municipal Corporation commissioner Laxmikant Katara was placed on awaiting posting orders (APO), a day after a controversy over his and Mayor Sumanlata's absence during forest minister Sanjay Sharma's visit to the corporation on Gandhi Jayanti. Sharma visited the corporation on Friday morning to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. The mayor and commissioner were reportedly absent, prompting the minister to garland Gandhi's statue alone. Others placed on APO include Jhunjhunu ADM Ajay Kumar Arya, Jaisalmer ADM Parsaram, Dungarpur Zila Parishad chief executive officer Hanuman Singh Rathore and Baran ADM Bhanwar Lal Janagal. The list also includes Sawai Madhopur SDO Mangi Lal, Baran SDO Sunil Kumar Jhingonia, Mandawar SDO Priyanka Badgujar, Phuliyakalan SDO Arun Kumar Jain in Bhilwara district and Kishanganj SDO Hemant Kumar Ghanghor. The IPS reshuffle included changes to the superintendents of police (SPs) in Sikar, Dausa, Phalodi and Sirohi. Yogesh Goyal has been appointed deputy commissioner of police (crime), Jaipur; Satnam Singh as SP, Special Operations Group (SOG), Jaipur; and Piyush Dixit as SP, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Jaipur. Pushpendra Singh Rathore has been posted as commandant of the 7th Battalion, Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC), Bharatpur. Kundan Kanwaria has been appointed SP of Dausa, Praveen Nayak Nunawat as deputy commissioner of police (traffic), Jaipur, Ajay Singh Rathore as SP of Sirohi and Aditya Kakde as SP of Phalodi....