Jammu: The Govt today ordered postings and transfers of several IAS and JKAS officers, vide Order No. 230-JK(GAD) of 2026 Dated: 20.02.2026, in the interest of administration.
As per the order, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Ashwani Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1992), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Power Development Department. He shall also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Mining Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.Dr. Ashish Chandra Verma, IAS (AGMUT: 1994), Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Tourism Department, shall also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
The order further said that. Shailendra Kumar, IAS (AGMUT: 1995), Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Agriculture Production Department, is transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Finance Department while as M. Raju, IAS (AGMUT: 2005), Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department, shall also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
R Alice Vaz, IAS (AGMUT: 2005), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department. She shall also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Information Department, in addition to her own duties, till further orders, while as, Yasha Mudgal, IAS (AGMUT: 2007), Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Cooperatives Department.
Dr. Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, IAS (AGMUT: 2009), Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Science and Technology Department, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Youth Services and Sports Department.
Dr. Piyush Singla, IAS (AGMUT: 2012), Secretary to the Government, Information Technology Department, shall also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Public Grievances Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders, relieving Sh. Naveen S L, IAS (AGMUT: 2012) of the additional charge and Babila Rakwal, JKAS, Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Cooperatives Department, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Science and Technology Department.
Anjali Sehrawat, IAS (AGMUT: 2013), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission vice Mr. Khurshid Ahmad Shah, JKAS, who shall await further orders of posting in the General Administration Department and Nidhi Malik, IAS (AGMUT: 2013), Deputy Commissioner, Reasi, is transferred and posted as Inspector General of Registration, J&K vice Bashir Ahmad Bhat, IRS (2014), who shall await further orders in the General Administration Department.
Owais Ahmed, IAS (AGMUT: 2014), Director, Food , Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Kashmir, holding additional charge of the post of Special Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, is transferred and posted as Director, Skill Development, J&K. He shall continue to hold the additional charge of the post of Special Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
Dr. Sagar D Dattatray, IAS (AGMUT: 2014), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Kashmir.
Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, IAS (RJ: 2016), Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Budgam, while as Kumar Abhishek, IAS (AGMUT: 2016), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Deputy Commissioner, Reasi.
Dr. Bilal Mohiud Din Bhat, IAS (AGMUT: 2017), Deputy Commissioner, Budgam, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag; Minga Sherpa, IAS (AGMUT: 2017), Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur vice Saloni Rai, IAS (AGMUT: 2016), who shall await further orders in the General Administration Department, while as Syeed Fakhrudin Hamid, IAS (AM: 2017), Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla.
Shahzad Alam, IAS (AGMUT: 2019), Director, Employment, J&K, holding additional charge of the posts of Chief Executive Officer, Mission Youth and Mission Director, Mission YUVA and Director, Skill Development, J&K, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, while as Krishan Lal, JKAS, Special Secretary in the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat, is transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Doda.
Akriti Sagar, IAS (AGMUT: 2016), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Managing Director, National Health Mission, J&K. She shall also hold the charge of the post of Special Secretary to the Government, Health & Medical Education Department, in addition to her own duties, till further orders.
Harvinder Singh, IAS (AGMUT: 2019), Deputy Commissioner, Doda, is transferred and posted as Director, Employment, J&K. He shall also hold the charge of the posts of Chief Executive Officer, Mission Youth and Mission Director, Mission YUVA, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
