Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 14: The State Government today ordered transfer and postings of four IAS and three KAS officers.
Lokesh Dutt Jha, Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, was transferred and posted as Vice-Chairman/ Director General, J&K Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development, relieving Khurshid Ahmed, Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department of the additional charge of the post.
Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, vice Lokesh Dutt Jha.
Mohammad Javed Khan, Secretary to the Government, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports Department, will hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Higher Education Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
Owais Ahmed, Additional Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, was transferred and posted as Director, Tribal Affairs, J&K, vice Mohammad Rafi.
Mohammad Rafi has been transferred and posted as Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Srinagar, against an available vacancy.
Mohammad Akbar Bhat, Deputy Secretary to the Government, School Education Department has been transferred and posted as Special Assistant to the Minister for Agriculture Production.
Meanwhile, the Government has sanctioned Selection Grade (non-functional) in favour of two officers including Mohammad Yaqoob Dar and Bashir Ahmad.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Ashraf Hakak, Additional Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, has been transferred and posted as Joint Director, Information, Kashmir, against an available vacancy.