3 IAS, 14 KAS officers transferred in Jammu and Kashmir

JAMMU: The Jammu and Kashmir government has transferred three IAS and 14 Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officers, an official spokesman said today.nnThe Cabinet, under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, in a meeting last evening issued orders for the transfers or postings, he said.nnSheetal Nanda, Deputy Commissioner, Samba, was posted as special secretary, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj department, the spokesman said.nnHe said that Niraj Kumar, who is attached with the office of the Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, was posted as director of the Indian System of Medicine.nnKumar relieved Abdul Kabir Dar, secretary (Technical), Health and Medical Education department of the additional charge, the spokesman said.nnIAS officer Vikas Kundal, additional deputy commissioner, Srinagar, was posted as deputy commissioner, Kargil, on the retirement on superannuation of KAS officer Gulzar Hussain on March 31, he said.nnDar has been given the additional charge of commissioner, Food Safety, relieving Pawan Kotwal, principal secretary, Health and Medical Education department from the post, the spokesman said.nnKAS officer Talat Parvez Rohella, deputy commissioner, Kulgam, was posted as secretary, Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction department, he said.nnHe will also hold the charge of administrative secretary, Floriculture, Parks and Gardens department. Rohella relieves IAS officer Khurshid Ahmad Shah, commissioner/secretary, General Administration department, of the additional charge, the spokesman said.nnKAS officer Reva Kumari, special secretary, Culture department, was posted as secretary, Ladakh Affairs department.nnNazim Zai Khan, KAS, special secretary, Resident Commission of the J-K government in New Delhi, was posted as director of the Horticulture, Planning and Marketing department, he said.nnKAS officer Bashir Ahmad Dar, special secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, was posted as special secretary, General Administration department.nnRajesh Sharma, KAS, Director Handlooms, was posted as special secretary, School Education Department.nnKAS officer Rajinder Singh Tara, director at the Industries and Commerce department, Jammu, was posted as deputy commissioner, Samba, relieving Sheetal Nanda of the post, the spokesman said.nnRavi Shanker Sharma, KAS, OSD with the Minister for Industries and Commerce, was posted as director, Industries and Commerce, Jammu.nnKAS officer Sajad Hussain Ganai, deputy commissioner, Bandipora, was posted as deputy commissioner, Kulgam, he said.nnManzoor Ahmad Qadri, KAS, director at the Horticulture, Planning and Marketing department, was posted as director, Horticulture, Kashmir.nnKAS officer Rubina Kounsar, who was awaiting orders of posting in the General Administration department, was posted as Director Handlooms.nnMohammad Qasim Wani, KAS, additional district development commissioner, Baramulla, was posted as director, Social Welfare department, Kashmir.nnSudershan Kumar, KAS, chief executive officer, Tourism Development Authority, Lakhanpur-Sarthal, was posted as additional secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.nnRakesh Kumar Srangal, KAS, additional secretary in the Chief Minister’s Secretariat, was posted as director, School Education, Jammu, against an available vacancy.nnRajesh Sharma, KAS, joint commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, was posted as additional secretary, Power Development department.nnSource: Press Trust of India