MUMBAI, Dec. 5 -- In a significant administrative reshuffle ahead of the long-pending BMC elections, additional municipal commissioner (eastern suburbs) Dr Amit Saini has been transferred. The state government has appointed Avinash Dhakne, a 2010-batch IAS officer and currently member secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to replace him. Dhakne, 55, who was transferred from MPCB on October 8 has previously served as Jalgaon collector, Solapur municipal commissioner, managing director of Goregaon Film City and later at MPCB. Saini, who took charge as additional commissioner in March 2024, will receive a new posting shortly, officials said. Meanwhile, the government has also cleared other senior-level transfers: Atul Patne, former tourism secretary, has been posted as principal secretary, Administrative Innovation, Excellence and Good Governance, GAD....