Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday started the process of reinstating officials, who had been transferred by the Election Commission of India after the Assembly polls had been declared on February 26, in the state civil and police administration.

On her first day as the chief minister for the third consecutive term, Mamata reinstated Virendra as the DGP of the state. Virendra had been removed by the EC and P. Nirajnayan was appointed as the DGP by it to conduct the polls.

Nirajnayan has now been appointed as the director general (fire and emergency services).

“The DG (Virendra), who was in the post before the election, has been brought back. He would retire in May,” the chief minister told a news conference at Nabanna.

Mamata also reinstated Jawed Shamim as the ADG (law and order), who was the first IPS officer to be transferred by the EC this year.

Jag Mohan, who was appointed as the ADG (law and order) by the EC, has been transferred to the civil defence department.

Sources in the state administration said Mamata had brought back those two senior IPS officers in their posts only to ensure that she could have a grip on the law and order.

“She promised to stop the post-poll violence. That is why she reinstated her trusted officers in the crucial posts as soon as she took oath as the chief minister,” said another officer.

Moreover, the state government on Wednesday transferred a total of 27 IPS officers at one go.

Vivek Sahay, who was removed as the director of security by the EC after the chief minister had suffered injury to the leg in Nandigram on March 10, was reinstated in the post.

Besides, SPs of East Midnapore, South Dinajpur, Jhargram and Diamond Harbour, Sunderbans and Baruipur police districts were transferred.

Interestingly, the SP of East Midnapore, Sunil Kumar Yadav, who was appointed as the SP of the district by the poll panel after the chief minister had been injured, was placed on compulsory waiting.

“Majority of the officers removed by the EC during the elections have been reinstated in their posts. Some other changes have also been made to handle the law and order properly in the backdrop of the post-poll violence,” said a senior government official.

Not only IPS officers, the state government has transferred two district magistrates also.

The DM of East Midnapore, Smita Pandey, who was appointed in the post by the EC after the incident in which the chief minister had been injured in Nandigram by removing Bibhu Goyel, was transferred as the MD of Webel. Purnendu Maji, a WBCS officer, has been appointed as the new DM of the district.

Maji was removed from the post of the district magistrate of West Burdwan by the EC.

The state government has also removed the Purulia district magistrate, Abhijit Mukherjee and sent Rahul Majumdar, another WBCS officer.