JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday affected a major reshuffle in higher-rung bureaucracy, transferring and posting 7 IAS officers among 15 officers.
The revenue secretary Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, who has been at the forefront of Jammu and Kashmir government’s ongoing land eviction drive, has been transferred out and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, a post which fell vacant after incumbent P K Pole was appointed as Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month.
The government has given the charge of Revenue department to Piyush Singla, who has been transferred and posted as department’s Administrative Secretary.
Sanjeev Verma, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department while Dheeraj Gupta, who was serving as Principal Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department for four years now, was also transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment.
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Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department, holding additional charge of Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K Government, New Delhi, is transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, said the government order.
Dheeraj Gupta, Principal Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, holding additional charge of smart Cities and proposed new Jammu/Srinagar Metropolitan Regional Development, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment.
The government has assigned the charge of Housing and Urban Development Department to H Rajesh Prasad, Principal Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
Dheeraj will replace Sanjeev Verma, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, who was transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department vice Dr Piyush Singla.
Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary to the Government, Tourism Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, is transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department, on full time basis, while Rakesh Minhas, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Managing Director, SIDCO.
He shall also hold the charge of the post of Managing Director, SICOP, in addition to his own duties, till further orders, the government said.
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Dr Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Special Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, holding additional charge of CEO, ERA & Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, J&K, is transferred and posted as Administrative Secretary, Culture Department, relieving Zubair Ahmad, JKAS, of the additional charge of the post.
He shall hold the charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Economic Reconstruction Agency, in addition to his own duties, till further orders, the government added.
Besides, the government also shifted 8 JKAS officers on Friday.
Raman Kumar Kesar, Managing Director, SIDCO, holding additional charge of Managing Director, SICOP, was transferred and posted as Secretary in the Power Development Department.
Rajneesh Gupta, Additional Secretary to the Government, Jal Shakti Department, was transferred and posted as Chief Operating Officer, Himayat while Amit Vermani, Member, J&K Services Selection Board, was transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department.
Dr Ghulam Nabi Itoo, Special Secretary to the Government, Jal Shakti Department, was transferred and posted as Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission; Shabir Hussain Bhat, Special Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department, was transferred and posted as Director, Rural Development, Kashmir vice Imam Din, who was transferred and posted as Managing Director, J&K Horticulture, Produce, Marketing and Processing Corporation in place of Shafat Sultan, who would await further orders of adjustment in the GAD for further posting.
Deepika Kumari Sharma, Chief Operating Officer, Himayat, holding additional charge of Executive Director, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society, was transferred and posted as Secretary in the Jal Shakti Department.
She shall also hold the charge of the post of Executive Director, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society, in addition to her own duties, till further orders, the government said.
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