Srinagar, Jan 27: The Jammu and Kashmir government has announced a significant administrative reshuffle involving several senior officers in the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Services (JKAS).
The General Administration Department (GAD) issued Government Order No. 143-JK(GAD) of 2025, detailing the transfers and postings, which take immediate effect.
Munir-ul-Islam, Secretary of the J&K Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board, has been transferred and posted as Secretary in the Information Department.
Ajaz Abdullah Saraf, Additional Transport Commissioner, has been assigned as the Chief Executive Officer/Secretary of the J&K Building and Other Construction Workers Welfare Board.
Dr. Firdous Ahmad Giri, Additional Director at SKIMS, Srinagar, will now serve as the Mission Director of RUSA, J&K.
Qazi Sarwar, Additional Commissioner in the Divisional Commissioner’s Office, Kashmir, has been appointed as the Director of Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir.
Bashir Ahmad Wani, Additional District Development Commissioner, Kulgam, has been transferred as Additional Registrar Cooperatives, Kashmir, while Altaf Ahmad Khan will take over his previous position.
Sanjay Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes (Samba), has been posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Mining Department.
Masarat Hashim, Chief Executive Officer of the Pahalgam Tourism Development Authority, has been assigned as Deputy Labour Commissioner (Central), J&K.
Mridhu Salathia, Additional Mission Director of J&K Rural Livelihood Mission, Jammu, will now hold additional responsibilities as Mission Director of the National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM).
Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Mir, JKAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development.
Mr. Zahoor Ahmad Mir, JKAS, Special Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, is transferred and posted as Additional Director SKIMS, Srinagar.
Mr. Sanjay Gupta, JKAS, Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Samba), is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Mining Department.
Mr. Arun Kishore Kotwal, JKAS, Additional Secretary to the Government, Mining Department, is transferred and posted as Additional Transport Commissioner, J&K.
Mr. Bal Krishan, JKAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Bhaderwah, is transferred and posted as Additional Registrar Cooperatives, Jammu, relieving Ms. Purnima Mittal, JKAS, of the additional charge of the post.
Mr. Masarat Hashim, JKAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Pahalgam, is transferred and posted as Deputy Labour Commissioner (Central), J&K.
Mr. Shahnawaz Shah, JKAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Kokernag, holding additional charge of Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Verinag, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner.
Mr. Waseem Raja, JKAS, Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Central) Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment.
Mr. Ajeet Singh, JKAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Bani-Basohli, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, State Taxes, Enforcement (Samba).
Ms. Mridhu Salathia, JKAS, Additional Mission Director, J&K Rural Livelihood Mission, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department. She will also hold the additional charge of Mission Director, National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM), in addition to her own duties, till further orders.
Mr. Ideel Saleem, JKAS, Deputy Labour Commissioner (Central), J&K, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary in the J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, Kashmir.
Mr. Mir Nasrool Hilal Jeri, JKAS, Joint Registrar, Cooperative (Audit), Srinagar, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department.
Ms. Manpreet Kour, JKAS, Assistant Commissioner, State Taxes Department, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Additional Mission Director, J&K Rural Livelihood Mission, Jammu.
Ms. Bureeda Majid, JKAS, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD) Budgam, is transferred and posted as Programme Officer, ICDS Project, Ganderbal, against an available vacancy.
Mr. Hilal Ahmad Mir, JKAS, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD) Budgam. (KDC)
