Patna: The Bihar government has released the Civil List-2026 of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers of the Bihar cadre, formally laying out the seniority of 316 officers currently in service. The list, issued by the General Administration Department, reflects both long-serving bureaucrats occupying key posts in New Delhi and senior officers steering the state’s administration.
At the top of the list is Anshuli Arya, currently serving as Secretary, Official Language, in the Ministry of Home Affairs. She is the most senior IAS officer of the Bihar cadre and is due to retire on November 30, 2026. Ranked second is Sanjay Kumar, Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Government of India, who is scheduled to retire on June 30, 2026. Both officers are presently on central deputation.
Third on the list is K K Pathak, Special Secretary in the Cabinet Secretariat, with a retirement date of January 31, 2028.
Bihar’s administrative leadership features prominently near the top. The state’s Chief Secretary, Pratyaya Amrit, is ranked fourth and will retire on July 31, 2027. He is followed by C K Anil, Principal Secretary of the Revenue and Land Reforms Department, at number five. Rajit Punhani occupies the sixth position, while Mihir Kumar Singh, the Development Commissioner of Bihar, is ranked seventh.
The list also includes senior officers on central assignments, such as Arunish Chawla at number eight and Chanchal Kumar at number nine. Completing the top ten is Harjot Kaur Bamrah, currently serving as Chairperson of the Bihar Revenue Board.
At the other end of the spectrum are the newest entrants to the service. The bottom of the civil list is occupied by Deepak Kumar, an officer of the 2025 batch who is presently undergoing training. The ranks just above him are held by fellow 2025-batch officers Amit Meena, Prince Raj, Nilesh Gowal, Kalpana Rawat, Chetan Shukla and Kumud Mishra.
The Civil List-2026 provides an official snapshot of Bihar’s administrative hierarchy, underscoring the span of experience within the cadre—from officers nearing retirement after decades of service to probationers just beginning their careers in the civil services.
