Major administration reshuffle, 30 officials transferred

Tribune News Service

Jammu/Srinagar, February 3

In a major administrative reshuffle, the J&K Union Territory administration ordered the transfer of 30 officials holding various positions in different departments across the UT.

Pradeep Kumar, Secretary, J&K State Vigilance Commission, has been transferred and posted as Transport Commissioner, relieving Owais Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer, JAKEDA, of the additional charge of the post.

Gazanffer Ali, Special Secretary to School Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). Majid Khalil Ahmad Drabu, Special Secretary to the PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, has been shifted and posted as Managing Director, J&K Cable Car Corporation, relieving Shamim Ahmad Wani of the additional charge.

Shabnam Kamili, Mission Director, ICDS, J&K, has been shifted and posted as Mission Director, ICPS, relieving Mir Tariq Ali, Director General, Women Child Development.

Dr Ravi Shankar Sharma, awaiting orders of adjustment in GAD, is being posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department. Nitu Gupta, Controller, Legal Metrology, has been posted as Mission Director, ICDS, J&K.

Dr Firdous Ahmad Giri, Administrator, Associated Hospitals, Srinagar, has been posted as Secretary, Board of Professional Entrance Examination.

Abdul Hafiz Shah, Secretary, J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examination, has been posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Anantnag.

Khurshid Ahmad Sanai, Commissioner, SMC, has been posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Baramulla-Kupwara.

Ram Savak, Additional Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, has been posted as Director, Horticulture, Jammu. Raj Kumar Katoch, Director, Horticulture, Jammu, has been posted as Director, Tourism, Jammu, relieving Deepika Kumari Sharma, Executive Director, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society, Jammu.

Babu Ram, Additional Secretary to Social Welfare Department, has been posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Agriculture Production Department.

Pankaj Raj Katoch, Additional Secretary to Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, has been posted as Mission Director, Mission Dairy Development.

Puneet Sharma, Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Samba), is transferred and posted as Director, Land Management, Jammu Development Authority. Sanjay Gupta, Director, Land Management, JDA, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Samba).

Dr Fayaz Ahmad Banday, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Director, Land Management, Srinagar Development Authority. He may also hold the additional charge of the post of Secretary, Srinagar Development Authority, till further orders.

Mohammad Anwar Banday, Additional Secretary in the Union Territory of Ladakh, has been posted as Joint Director (Administration) in the Directorate of Rural Development, Jammu, against an available vacancy.

Peerzada Zahoor Ahmad, Additional Secretary to the Government, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department has been transferred and posted as General Manager, DIC, Anantnag, relieving Nazir Ahmad Khwaja, Additional District Development Commissioner, Anantnag of the additional charge of the post.

Akhtar Hussain Qazi, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Doda, has been posted as Collector, Land Acquisition, Defence, Udhampur, against an available vacancy.

Narayan Dutt, Deputy Director, Rural Sanitation, Jammu, has been posted as Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Kathua.

Sukh Paul Singh, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Kathua, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department.

Sammer Naik, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Khansahib, has been posted as Deputy Director, Tourism, Kashmir. Nissar Ahmad Malik, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Ganderbal, has been posted as Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Anantnag.

Mohammad Aslam, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Anantnag, has been posted as Deputy Director, Estates, Kashmir.