DCs among 21 officers transferred by Cabinet

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, May 16: The State Cabinet today ordered transfer and posting of 21 officers. The transferred officers included some Deputy Commissioners.
The Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, kept in abeyance the order relating to posting of Mohammad Akram Malik as Managing Director, J&K Agro Industries Development Corporation, till further orders.
An official handout said Shagufta Parveen, Director School Education, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Secretary to Government, Public Enterprises Department while Mohammad Shafi Rather, Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara was been transferred and posted as Director School Education, Kashmir.
Ramesh Kumar Koul, Additional Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Jammu has been transferred and posted as Director Estates in place of Khurshid Ahmad Shah, who has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Budgam.
Mohammad Sharif Sood, Deputy Commissioner, Shopian has been transferred and posted as Director Horticulture, Planning and Marketing while Yasha Mudgal, Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan will be new Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara.
T. Ashok Kumar, IFS, Special Secretary (Technical), Forest Department has been transferred and posted as Secretary, J&K Public Service Commission while Saleem Mohammad, Settlement Officer, Jammu was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar.
Hilal Ahmad Parray, Director Social Welfare, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Project Director, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. Kifayat Hussain Rizvi, Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag has been transferred and posted as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes. Farooq Ahmad Renzu, awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department has been posted as Vice Chairman, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA).
Farooq Ahmad Shah, Director Tourism, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag while Bashir Ahmad Bhat, Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla would be new Director Social Welfare, Kashmir.
Farooq Ahmad Khan, Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary to Government, Finance Department while Ghulam Ahmad Khwaja, Special Secretary to Government, Housing and Urban Development Department has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla.
Mohammad Hussain Malik, Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar has been transferred and posted as Special Secretary to Government Planning and Development Department while Mohammad Javed Khan, Director, Horticulture, Planning and Marketing was transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Shopian.
Jehangir Mir, Director Rural Development Department, Kashmir has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Kulgam while Talat Parvez, Managing Director, J&K Cable Car Corporation has been transferred and posted as Director Tourism, Kashmir. He will also hold the additional charge of the post of Managing Director, J&K Cable Car Corporation, till further orders.
Mir Altaf Ahmad, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Pahalgam has been transferred and posted as Director Rural Development Department, Kashmir. He will also hold the additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Pahalgam, till further orders.
Dalip Thusoo, Managing Director, J&K Housing Board will report to GAD for further order. Chief Engineer, Public Works (R&B), Jammu shall hold the additional charge of the post of Managing Director, J&K Housing Board, till further orders.
Meanwhile, Jagdev Singh Manhas, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kathua has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner (Central) in the office of Financial Commissioner Revenue against an available vacancy.
The Government has ordered that Deepika Kumari Sharma, Additional Secretary in the Office of Resident Commissioner, J&K Government, New Delhi shall hold the additional charge of the post of Deputy Labour Commissioner, New Delhi, till further orders.