J&K Government Orders Major Administrative Reshuffle; 49 IAS and JKAS Officers Transferred, Several Deputy Commissioners and Top Secretaries Changed

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered a massive reshuffle in the administration under Government Order No 1612-JK(GAD) of 2026 dated 07-10-2026 issued by the General Administration Department

As per the order, Shaleen Kabra IAS 1992 Financial Commissioner Jal Shakti shall also hold additional charge of Administrative Secretary Revenue Department

Dr Ashish Chandra Verma IAS 1994 has been posted as Financial Commissioner Agriculture Production Department

M Raju IAS 2005 has been divested from Health and Medical Education and shall hold additional charge of Hospitality and Protocol and Disaster Management Relief Rehabilitation and Reconstruction

R Alice Vaz IAS 2005 has been posted as Commissioner Secretary Transport with additional charge of Civil Aviation

Saugat Biswas IAS 2006 has been posted as Commissioner Secretary Health and Medical Education

Sarmad Hafeez IAS 2009 has been posted as Commissioner Secretary Youth Services and Sports

Ramesh Kumar IAS 2011 has been posted as Secretary Rural Development and Panchayati Raj with additional charge of Culture and Resident Commissioner New Delhi

Avny Lavasa IAS 2013 has been posted as Secretary Tourism and shall continue Tribal Affairs

Anjali Sehrawat IAS 2013 has been posted as Secretary Public Grievances

Vikas Kundal IAS 2013 has been posted as Divisional Commissioner Jammu

Majid Khalil Drabu IAS 2013 has been posted as Inspector General of Registration

Rahul Yadav IAS 2014 has been posted as Administrative Secretary Information Technology with additional charge of MD JK Power Development Corporation

Owais Ahmed IAS 2014 has been posted as Administrative Secretary Planning Development and Monitoring with additional charge of Director Skill Development

Sagar Doifode Dattatray IAS 2014 has been posted as Administrative Secretary Social Welfare

Devansh Yadav IAS 2016 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Rajouri

Rakesh Minhas IAS 2016 has been posted as CEO State Health Agency

Shrikant Balasaheb Suse IAS 2016 has been posted as Chairman JK Services Selection Board

Akriti Sagar IAS 2016 has been posted as MD JK Tourism Development Corporation

Athar Aamir Khan IAS 2016 has been posted as MD National Health Mission

Basharat Qayoom IAS 2016 has been posted as Commissioner Srinagar Municipal Corporation with additional charge of CEO Smart City Srinagar

Ayushi Sudan IAS 2017 has been posted as Commissioner Jammu Municipal Corporation

Minga Sherpa IAS 2017 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Jammu

Faz Lul Haseeb IAS 2018 has been posted as Additional Secretary Agriculture Production Department

Abhishek Sharma IAS 2018 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Kupwara

Rupesh Kumar IAS 2019 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Samba

Jatin Kishore IAS 2020 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Budgam

Shreya Singhal IAS 2020 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Ganderbal

Ananth Dwivedi IAS 2021 has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Udhampur

Mamta Yadav IAS 2021 has been posted as Director Information

Kuldeep Krishan Sidha JKAS has been posted as Deputy Commissioner Pulwama and Charandeep Singh JKAS as Deputy Commissioner Shopian among other JKAS transfers

The order was issued by order of the Lieutenant Governor(GNS)