LG Sinha orders major reshuffle in Forest Department, 14 Officers transferred

Srinagar: In a significant administrative reshuffle, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has ordered the transfer and posting of 14 officers in the Forest Department to streamline functioning and enhance field-level efficiency.According to an order issued by the Commissioner Secretary to the Government, Forest Department the following transfers and postings have been made in the interest of administration with immediate effect. Dr. M. K. Kumar, IFS (AGMUT:2006), Chief Conservator of Forest, Jammu, has been assigned the additional charge of Regional Director, Social Forestry, Jammu. Mr. Irfan Rasool Wani, IFS (AGMUT:2006), Chief Conservator of Forest, Kashmir, shall also hold the charge of Regional Director, Social Forestry, Kashmir. Mr. Satyendra Maurya, IFS (AGMUT:2020), DFO Baramulla Forest Division, is transferred and posted as DFO Udhampur. Mr. Shahbazul Rahman, IFS (AGMUT:2022), DFO Mahore, is posted as DFO Doda. Mr. Bishan Dass, DCF, presently I/c General Manager P&P Jammu, is transferred and posted as DFO Ramban, replacing Mr. Ankit Sinha, IFS (AGMUT:2022), who will await further posting at PCCF/HOFF, J&K.Zahid Aslam Moghal, DCF, previously under orders for Ecology, Environment & Remote Sensing, Jammu, is now posted as DFO Baramulla. Mr. Owais Farooq Mir, DCF, I/c Project Coordinator, WUCMA, is posted as DFO Kamraj.Mr. Vijay Kumar Verma, DCF, DFO Kishtwar, is transferred to DFO Mahore. Mr. Mahesh Kumar, ACF, I/c DFO Doda, will now look after DFO Kishtwar. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Kattoo, ACF, I/c DFO Kulgam, is posted as DFO Anantnag.Himayun Kabir Qadri, ACF, I/c DFO Agrostology Kashmir, is now in charge of DFO Lidder.Mr. Qamar Rashid Khan, ACF, earlier attached to Nowshera, will now look after DFO Shopian.Mr. Mushtaq Hussain Choudhary, ACF, I/c Social Forestry Poonch, is posted as DFO Poonch. Mr. Naveed Iqbal, ACF, I/c DFO Poonch, is now posted as DFO Rajouri, reads the order.