Top 5 IAS officers among 7 transferred in J&K, Samoon heads School Education, Pole appointed new Div Com Kashmir

Srinagar/March,17: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday ordered the transfer and posting of top five IAS officers holding the positions of administrative secretaries and appointed Pandurang Kondbarao Pole as full fledged Divisional Commissioner Kashmir since appointed as Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor. Two KAS officers were also transferred.
According to an order issued from the General Administration Department (GAD) following transfers were on Tuesday ordered:
1.Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department, has transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department. He has been asked to continue to hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
2.Navin Kumar Choudhary, IAS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Education Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Technical Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department. He has also been asked to hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture Departments, upon the retirement on superannuation of Manzoor Ahmad Lone, IAS on 31.03.2020. “He shall also continue to hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Technical Education Department, in addition to his own till further orders.
3. Shailendra Kumar, IAS, Chief Electoral Officer, J&K and Principal Secretary to the Government, Election Department, has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Social Welfare Department. The officer has been also asked to be Officer on Special Duty in the Public Works (R&B) Department. “He shall hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department, upon the retirement on superannuation of Khurshid Ahmad Shah, IAS on 30.4.2020.
4. Simrandeep Singh, IAS, Administrative Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction, has been asked to hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
5. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, IAS, Additional Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, holding additional charge of CEO, Mission Youth, has been asked to also hold the additional charge of Chief Executive Oficer, J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency, till further orders, relieving Principal Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department of the additional charge of the post.
6.Babila Rakwal, KAS, Director, Handlooms, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Vice-Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, relieving Avny Lavasa, IAS, Commissioner, lammu Municipal Corporation of the additional charge of the post. “She shall also hold the charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Jammu, in addition to her own duties, till further orders. 7.Mussarat-ul-Islam,KAS, Director Handicrafts, J&K, has been asked to hold the charge of the post of Director, Handlooms, J&K, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.