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Four IAS officers transferred, eight promoted by J&K govt

The decision to this effect was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar last evening.

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A minor administration reshuffle was carried out by the Jammu and Kashmir government in which four IAS officers were transferred and eight others promoted.

The decision to this effect was taken at the cabinet meeting chaired by chief minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar last evening, an official spokesperson said here.

Jammu deputy commissioner Manoj Kumar Dwivedi has been transferred and posted as secretary, science and technology and information technology departments, relieving commissioner secretary, department of tourism and culture of the additional charge of the post, the spokesperson said.

Deputy commissioner of Leh Sanjeev Verma has been transferred and posted as deputy commissioner Jammu.

TA Angchok, presently on leave, has been posted as deputy commissioner Leh, he said.

Shabir Ahmad Bhat, additional district development commissioner Ramban, has been transferred and posted as deputy commissioner Ramban, the spokesperson said.

Bhat will join his new post after the retirement of Kulbhushan Magotra on October 31, 2010, he said.

The cabinet also ordered promotion of eight IAS officers. These include BB Vyas, Suresh Kumar, Mohammad Sayeed Khan, Ghulam Ahmad Peer, Tanveer Jehan, Jeet Lal Gupta, Bishan Dass Sharma and Bashir Ahmad Khawaja.

Khan, Jehan, Gupta and Sharma, all IAS, have been designated as commissioner-secretaries to government in their respective departments.

In another decision, the cabinet accorded special scale to 18 Selection Grade Officers of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS).

The state cabinet also approved promotion of two superintendent engineers as chief engineers.

Zahoor Ahmad Chat, superintendent engineer hydrolic, circle Baramulla, has been promoted as chief engineer UEED.

Ashok Kumar Koul, incharge superintendent engineer J&K ERA, Jammu has been also promoted as chief engineer and posted as chief engineer civil investigation and design wing (PDC), Jammu.

The cabinet also approved appointment of SS Jamwal as director, economic and statistics.

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