Chikkamagaluru DC transferred within four-and-a-half months; Kalaburagi ZP CEO to take his place

Karnataka authorities connected May 19, 2026, issued an bid transferring Nagaraja N.M. from the station of Deputy Commissioner of Chikkamagaluru — conscionable 4 and a fractional months aft helium assumed charge. The unusually abbreviated tenure has triggered wide speculation astir the reasons down the move. He had taken complaint arsenic DC of the territory connected January 1 this year.

Nagaraja has been replaced by Bhanwar Singh Meena, a 2017-batch IAS serviceman who was serving arsenic Chief Executive Officer of Kalaburagi Zilla Panchayat. Nagaraja himself has been posted arsenic Ombudsman of the Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society successful Bengaluru.

When The Hindu reached retired to Nagaraja, helium said helium would comply with the government’s bid and made wide helium had nary volition of challenging the transportation successful court.

Speculation is rife that the transportation is linked to caller developments surrounding the recounting of postal ballots successful the Sringeri constituency. Following the recount, BJP campaigner D.N. Jeevaraj was declared the winner, but Congress campaigner T.D. Raje Gowda moved the Supreme Court, which ruled successful his favour and restored him arsenic MLA.