*Vyas new Pr Secy to CM; Jha FCR
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 8: State Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti here this afternoon, ordered transfers and postings in the civil administration and promotions in the Forest Department.
Pramod Kumar Jain, Financial Commissioner, Revenue has been transferred and posted as Chairman Bureau of Public Enterprises, Finance Department.
B B Vyas, Financial Commi-ssioner, Planning Development & Monitoring Department shall hold the charge of the post of Principal Secretary to Chief Minister in addition to his own duties till further orders. He will also hold the charge of the posts of Administrative Secretary, Information, Hospitality and Protocol, Civil Aviation and Estates Departments.
Lokesh Dutt Jha, Chairman, Bureau of Public Enterprises, Finance Department has been transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner, Revenue. Navin Kumar Choudhary, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister and also holding the charge of the posts of Administrative Secretary, Departments of Finance, Hospitality and Protocol, Civil Aviation and Estates Departments has been transferred and posted as Commi-ssioner/Secretary to Govern-ment, Finance Department.
Vineeta Gupta, Commis-sioner, Commercial Taxes has been transferred and posted as Transport Commissioner. Parvez Iqbal Khateeb, Transport Commissioner has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes.
R K Pandita, Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) has been transferred and posted as Managing Director, J&K SC/ST & OBC Development Corporation. Y P Suman, Managing Director, J&K SC/ST & OBC Develop-ment Corporation has been transferred and posted as Relief and Rehabilitation Commissi-oner (Migrants).
As far as promotions in the Forest Department are concerned, Ravi Kumar Kesar has been promoted to the level of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the Above Super Time Scale-II with effect from July 1, 2016.
Suresh Chugh has been promoted to the level of Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the Above Super Time Scale-II with effect from September 1, 2016. O P Sharma has been promoted to the level of Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in the Above Super Time Scale-I with effect from September 1, 2016.
N P Singh has been promoted to the level Chief Conservator of Forests in the Super Time Scale -II with effect from April 23, 2013. S K Sinha, R K Tiwari, Vasu Yadav, J Frankoi, Brij M Sharma, T Rabi Kumar, Sandip Kujur, F A Gillani and J Iqbal Punjoo have been promoted to the level of Chief Conservator of Forests in the Super Time Scale -II prospectively.
The Cabinet also released non-functional scale in favour of NP Singh with effect from November 19, 2012 and J Frankoi with effect from October 13, 2014 and in favour of Brij M Sharma, T Rabi Kumar, Sandip Kujur, F A Gillani and J Iqbal Punjoo with effect from September 1, 2015.
The Cabinet also accorded sanction to the promulgation of an Ordinance titled ‘ The Jammu and Kashmir Value Added Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016’ under Section 91 of the Constitution of J&K and transfer of State land measuring 70 kanals situated in village Gran of Reasi district to the Industries and Commerce Department for establishment of a Mini Industrial Estate.