Srinagar, Nov 01 (KNO): The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday ordered a reshuffle among senior IAS officers, assigning new postings and additional charges to several top bureaucrats with immediate effect.
According to government order issued by the General Administration Department, a copy of which is available with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Shaleen Kabra, IAS, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Jal Shakti Department, has been transferred and posted as Director General, Jammu & Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration & Rural Development (IMPARD).
Chandraker Bharti, IAS, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, will hold the additional charge of the post of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
M. Raju, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Estates Department, in addition to his own duties.
Saugat Biswas, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department, will hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, till further orders.
Meanwhile, Rehana Batul, IAS, Director General, IMPARD, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, relieving Avny Lavasa of the additional charge.
Avny Lavasa, IAS, Secretary, Tourism Department, who was divested of the charge of Tribal Affairs, has been assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department, in addition to her own duties, till further orders. The orders have been issued in the interest of administration by order of the Lieutenant Governor.—(KNO)