Major rejig in admn before LS poll

Amir Karim Tantray

Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 19

Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, the state on Tuesday ordered major reshuffle in the administration and transferred several deputy commissioners.

In an order issued here on Tuesday, Bandipora Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shahid Iqbal Choudhary has been transferred and posted as Srinagar DC in place of Syed Abid Rashid who has been transferred and posted as Pulwama DC.

Area planning director Kumar Rajeev Ranjan has been transferred and posted as additional CEO, Metropolitan Regulatory Authority, Jammu.

Udhampur DC Ravinder Kumar has been transferred and posted as managing director, J&K IT infrastructure company. Ganderbal DC Piyush Singla has been posted as Kathua DC whereas Kargil DC Vikas Kundal has been posted as additional CEO, Metropolitan Regulatory Authority, Srinagar.

Doda DC Anshul Garg has been transferred and posted as Kupwara DC whereas Reasi DC Doifode Sagar Dattatray has been transferred and posted as Doda DC. Uri Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Baseer-uI-Haq Chaudhary has been transferred and posted as Kargil DC.

Kupwara DC Khalid Jahangir has been transferred and posted as Anantnag DC relieving MY Malik who has been transferred and posted as Director, School Education, Kashmir.

Survey and land records commissioner Shahbaz Mirza has been transferred and posted as Bandipora DC.

Khaltsi SDM Sachin Kumar Vaishy has been transferred and posted as Leh Additional DC. Hospitality and protocol director Hashmat Ali Khan has been transferred and posted as Ganderbal DC.

Kathua DC Rohit Khajuria has been transferred and posted as DC Udhampur. Integrated Child Development Services, J&K, managing director Veer Ji Hangloo has been transferred and posted as urban local bodies director, Jammu, whereas Baramulla DC Nasir Ahmed Naqash has been transferred and posted as area planning director.

Director, School Education, Kashmir, GN Itoo has been transferred and posted as Baramulla DC. Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs special secretary Leena Padha has been transferred and posted as director, rural sanitation.

Urban local bodies director, Jammu, RS Tara has been transferred and posted as joint financial commissioner, agrarian reforms, whereas sericulture director GA Dar has been transferred and posted as information director relieving Tariq Ahmed Zargar, who has been transferred and posted as hospitality and protocol director.

Rural sanitation director IK Chib has been transferred and posted as Reasi DC whereas Neyoma SDM Tsering Mutup has been transferred and posted as Khaltsi SDM.

Besides this, there have been many more transfers.