Admn Secys, DCs among 16 transferred

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 3: The Government today ordered transfer and posting of 16 officers including Administrative Secretaries and Deputy Commissioners and assigned additional charge to two others.
Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon, Financial Commissioner, Revenue, was transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department.
Sarita Chauhan, Chairperson, J&K Special Tribunal, was transferred and posted as Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, Higher Education Department, relieving Mohammad Javed Khan, Secretary to the Government, Technical Education, Youth Services and Sports Department of the additional charge of the post.
Raj Kumar Bhagat, Commissioner/ Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, was transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Tribal Affairs Department.
Salma Hamid, Secretary to the Government, Tribal Affairs Department, has been transferred and posted as Chairperson, J&K Special Tribunal.
Farooq Ahmad Shah, Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department.
Rigzian Sampheal, Secretary to the Government, Tourism Department, will also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, School Education Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
M Raju, Secretary to the Government, PHE, Irrigation and Flood Control Department, also holding the charge of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department, was transferred and posted as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, J&K.
Saugat Biswas, Transport Commissioner, J&K, will also hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Transport Department, till further orders.
Simrandeep Singh, Chairman, J&K Services Selection Board, was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Doda, vice Bhawani Rakwal, who will await orders of adjustment in the office of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu.
Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora, relieving Khurshid Ahmad Sanai, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Bandipora of the additional charge of the post.
Sushma Chauhan, Director, Urban Local Bodies, Jammu, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Samba, vice  Rajinder Singh Tara, who will await orders of adjustment in the office of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu.
Ramesh Kumar, Commissioner, Jammu Municipal Corporation, also holding the charge of CEO, SPV, Jammu City, was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, vice Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, who will await orders of adjustment in the office of Divisional Commissioner, Jammu.
Mohammad Aijaz, Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri, vice Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.
Rahul Yadav, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, vice Mohammad Aijaz.
Showkat Aijaz Bhat, Director, Area Planning and ex-officio Special Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department, was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Shopian, vice Gazanffer Ali, who will await orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department.
Shamim Ahmad Wani, Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam, vice Sajad Hussain Ganai, who will await orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department.
Indu Kanwal Chib, Deputy Labour Commissioner, New Delhi, wass transferred and posted as Director, Rural Sanitation, J&K, vice Mohammad Nazir Sheikh, who will await orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department.
Jahangir Hashmi awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, has been posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Planning, Development and Monitoring Department.