Shailendra Kumar gets chief secretary charge in Jammu and Kashmir reshuffle
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha reassigned six senior IAS officers in a major administrative reshuffle on Sunday.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday assigned the additional charge of Chief Secretary to senior IAS officer Shailendra Kumar. According to reports from The Tribune and Daily Excelsior, Kumar will hold the post until Sajjan Singh Yadav joins the Union Territory.
Kumar, of the 1995 AGMUT batch, currently heads the Finance Department and holds additional charge as administrative secretary of the Agriculture Production Department. He takes over following the retirement of the incumbent Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo.
The General Administration Department also issued orders for the transfer and reassignment of six other senior IAS officers. Shaleen Kabra, the 1992-batch financial commissioner of the Jal Shakti Department, has been posted as director general of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development.
Chandraker Bharti, a 1996-batch officer and financial commissioner of the Home Department, has been given additional charge as financial commissioner of Revenue. M. Raju, the 2005-batch commissioner secretary of the General Administration Department, will also hold additional charge as administrative secretary of the Estates Department.
Saugat Biswas, the 2006-batch commissioner secretary of the Health and Medical Education Department, has been assigned additional charge as administrative secretary of the Jal Shakti Department. Rehana Batul, the 2010-batch director general of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development, has been transferred to become commissioner secretary of the Tribal Affairs Department.
Avny Lavasa, the 2013-batch secretary of the Tourism Department, has been relieved of her additional charge in Tribal Affairs and assigned additional charge as administrative secretary of the Revenue Department.