Major reshuffle in Forest Deptt

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Apr 18: Just on the second day, after taking over the additional charge of Forest Department, Dy Chief Minister Dr Nirmal Singh today ordered major reshuffle in the J&K Forest Department.
A senior IFS officer, Manoj Pant, presently Chief Wild Life Warden (J&K), has been transferred and posted as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (PCCF) vice Ravi Kumar Kesar. Mr Kesar has been placed as Chief Wild Life Warden, J&K and this post shall be equivalent to PCCF (HOFF) till the time it is held by Mr Kesar.
Suresh Chug, Project Chief IWDP- Hills, has been transferred and posted as Managing Director, J&K State Forest Corporation vice Suresh Gupta, who has now been shifted and placed as Project Chief- IWDP –Hills.
Sameer Bharti, Member Secretary, State Pollution Control Board has been shifted and placed as Chief Conservator of Forests, Jammu vice Farooq Ahmed Geelani, who has been shifted and posted as Chief Conservator of Forests, Kashmir. He shall take over the charge of the post on the retirement of Nissar Ahmed Darzi (CCF) on April 30, 2018.
Qamar-u-Din (DCF-SG), presently holding the charge of Conservator of Forests East Circle, Jammu and additional charge of I/C FPF Jammu, has been attached with the office of CCF Jammu.
Ms Shally Ranjan, Jt Director IWDP Hills has been transferred ad posted as Regional Director, State Pollution Control Board (PCB) Jammu vice Showkat Choudhary, who has now been shifted and posted as Joint Director, IWDP Hills.
B Mohan Dass, CF Jammu West Circle, shall hold the additional charge of Joint Director FPF Jammu in addition to his own duties. Kuldip Singh, DFO Basohli has been shifted and posted as I/C DFO Kargil vice Mohd Abbas who shall report to CCF Kashmir.
Arshid Qadri, holding the charge of Dy Director FPF Kehmil Division, has been shifted and posted as I/C DM, SFC Kehmil vice Fayaz Ahmed who shall report to MD SFC, J&K.
Feroz Ahmed Chakat, I/C DM SFC Anantnag has been shifted and posted as I/C DFO Lidder vice Mohd Ashraf Kutoo, who has now been placed as Agrostologist Kashmir.
Mehraj-u-Din Bhat I/C FPF Anantnag has been transferred and posted as I/C DFO Social Forestry Pulwama; Sajjad Ahmed Khan (ACF) attached with DFO Anantnag has been shifted and posted as I/C DM SFC Anantnag; Imtiaz Ahmed Khan I/C Range Officer SF Division Srinagar has been shifted and posted as I/C Range officer Gulmarg Range, Spl Forest Division Tangmarg, vice Altaf Hussain Mehmood, who has been repatriated back to SFC.
Girdhari Lal Sharma, Range Officer –II awaiting orders of posting at PCCF office has been placed as I/C Range Officer Social Forestry Akhnoor while Mukhtar Ahmed Malik, I/C Range Officer awaiting orders of posting with PCCF has been placed as I/ C Range Officer Romshi Range, Shopian against available vacancy.

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