In Uttar Pradesh, 40 IAS officers of the 2009 batch will be elevated from Special Secretary to Secretary rank. Among them are 5 District Magistrates who are likely to be elevated to Commissioner rank. They are: Suryapal Gangwar, DM Lucknow; S Rajalingam, DM Varanasi; Indra Vikram Singh, DM Ghaziabad; Shailendra Kumar Singh, DM Mathura; Rakesh Kumar Singh, DM, Kanpur. Selection of Amitava Mukherje selected as CMD, NMDC