In a major reshuffle that took place on Tuesday night, as many as 34 top officials were transferred by the government of Jammu and Kashmir. Out of these 34 officials, 21 were Indian Administrative Service officers. The transfers and postings include the shifting of 12 deputy commissioners and a divisional commissioner of the Jammu region.
According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) Commissioner Secretary Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, Raghav Langer, a 2009 batch IAS officer, who was a deputy commissioner in Pulwama, is transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Jammu. The new DC has been posted in both Jammu and Srinagar, which house winter and summer capital cities of the union territory.
Mohammad Aijaz, who was a Managing Director, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Srinagar. Anshul Garg, who was posted for a short stint as Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Jammu.
Among senior officials, Bipul Pathak is transferred and posted as the principal secretary to the government, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Alok Kumar, IRS, Principal Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department, shall hold the charge of principal secretary to the government, Science and Technology Department and Chief Executive Officer, Jammu and Kashmir Energy Development Agency (JAKEDA), in addition to his own duties, Sarita Chauhan is transferred and posted as Commissioner-Secretary to the government, Labour and Employment Department, and Sanjeev Verma, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Commissioner-Secretary to the government, Department of Forest, Ecology, and Environment.
