136 JKAS Officers Transferred In Major Reshuffle

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Tuesday ordered a major bureaucratic reshuffle involving 136 officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS), with several senior officials being given new assignments in the civil secretariat, districts and key government institutions. According to an order issued by General Administration Department following transfers and posting have been ordered
Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza, presently Member of the J&K Special Tribunal, has been appointed Secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission against an available vacancy. Among the other significant changes, Rifat Kohli has been named Chief Operating Officer of Himayat, replacing Rajneesh Gupta, who will now serve as Special Secretary in the Hospitality and Protocol Department.
Gulzar Ahmad Dar has been posted as Special Secretary in the Cooperatives Department, while Bhumesh Sharma has been moved from the J&K Advisory Board for Development of Kisans to head the Advisory Board for Development of Pahari Speaking People as its secretary. The government has appointed Kanta Devi as Special Secretary in the Health and Medical Education Department and Rajinder Singh as Special Secretary in the Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Department.
Sanjay Gupta, who was serving as Additional Secretary in the Mining Department, has been shifted to the Forest, Ecology and Environment Department in the same rank. Several changes have also been made in district administration. Amarjeet Singh has been posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Poonch, while Ghulam Rasool will take charge as Additional District Development Commissioner, Kupwara.
Gulzar Ahmad Bhat, Administrator of Associated Hospitals, Srinagar, has been transferred as Additional District Development Commissioner, Pulwama. Masarat Hashim will succeed him as Administrator of Associated Hospitals, Srinagar. Rifat Aftab Qureshi has been appointed Director, Command Area Development, Kashmir. Dr Fayaz Ahmad Banday, meanwhile, has been transferred as Director, Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir.
In another key appointment, Anju Gupta has been posted as Additional Inspector General of Registration, Jammu, while Pankaj Gupta has been appointed Regional Director, Survey and Land Records, Doda. Namrita Dogra has been transferred as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records, Jammu. Jogindera Singh Rai has been appointed Managing Director of the J&K Agro Industries Development Corporation, while Basharat Hussain has been posted as Chief Executive Officer of the Tourism Development Authority, Rajouri.
Tazayun Mukhtar has been appointed Secretary of the J&K Sports Council. Dhananter Singh has been posted as Additional Commissioner, State Taxes, Jammu, while Shazia Koser has been appointed Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes (IT, Data Analytics and Economic Intelligence), Jammu. Dr Zahoor Ahmad Magray has been posted as Additional Commissioner in the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir.
The order also includes a number of other postings and transfers across departments and field formations, covering areas including revenue, education, health, taxation, cooperatives, social welfare, rural development and urban administration. Officials said the transfers and postings would take effect immediately.