Karwar: The Karnataka government has issued transfer orders involving four IAS officers, including Uttara Kannada Deputy Commissioner K. Lakshmipriya. According to the official notification, Lakshmipriya has been transferred and appointed as Special Commissioner at the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA), while Bhoyar Harshal Narayan Rao has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada district.

K. Lakshmipriya (IAS 2015) has been assigned the responsibility of Special Commissioner (FECC, Elections, Disaster Management, Public Relations and Co-ordination) at the Greater Bengaluru Authority. She has been posted against an existing vacancy.

Bhoyar Harshal Narayan Rao (IAS 2016), who was previously serving as Director of Electronic Delivery of Citizen Services (EDCS) and the e-Governance Division under the Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms in Bengaluru, has been appointed as the Deputy Commissioner of Uttara Kannada district with immediate effect.

Under the same notification, Shivamogga Deputy Commissioner Prabhuling Kavalikatti (IAS 2013) has been transferred and appointed as Commissioner of the Department of School Education in Bengaluru. Prakash G.T. Nittali (IAS 2018), who was serving as Chairman of the Karnataka School Examination and Evaluation Board, has been appointed as the new Deputy Commissioner of Shivamogga district.

The transfer notification issued by the Karnataka government is dated October 6, 2026, which appears to be a typing error, as the date should have been November 6, 2026.