Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 17: The Government has ordered transfer and postings of 5 IAS and one KAS officer.
According to the order, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, School Education Department and will also continue to hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department in addition to his own duties, till further orders, while Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary, Education Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Technical Education Department has been transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department and will hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture Departments, upon the retirement on superannuation of Manzoor Ahmad Lone on 31.03.2020. He shall also continue to hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Technical Education Department, in addition to his own duties till further orders.
Shailendra Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer, J&K and Principal Secretary, Election Department was transferred and posted as Principal Secretary, Social Welfare Department. The officer will also be Officer on Special Duty in the Public Works (R&B) Department and will hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Public Works (R&B) Department, upon the retirement on superannuation of Khurshid Ahmad Shah on 30.4.2020.
Pandurang Kondbarao Pole, Secretary, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs has been transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner Kashmir. Simrandeep Singh, Administrative Secretary, Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction will hold the charge of Administrative Secretary, Department of Food, Civil, Supplies and Consumer Affairs, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Additional Secretary, Finance Department, holding additional charge of CEO, Mission Youth, will also hold the additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, J&K Economic Reconstruction Agency, till further orders, relieving Principal Secretary, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department of the additional charge of the post.
Babila Rakwal, Director, Handlooms, J&K was transferred and posted as Vice-Chairman, Jammu Development Authority, relieving Avny Lavasa, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation of the additional charge of the post. She will also hold the charge of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Metropolitan Region Development Authority, Jammu, in addition to her own duties, till further orders. Mussarat-ul-Islam, Director, Handicrafts, J&K will hold the charge of the post of Director, Handlooms, J&K, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.