In a major step to streamline the system, the Ministry of Home Affairs ordered the transfer of IAS and IPS officers from AGMUT cadre in Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect.
The significant bureaucratic reshuffle includes relocation of 15 IAS/IPS officers from AGMUT cadre in J&K.
Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Vijay Kumar Bidhuri and CEO J&K PK Pole have been transferred to Delhi.
IAS Officers who have been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir are MD JPDCL Mohd Yasin Choudhary to Pondicherry; Sanjeev M Gatkar to Goa, Yatindra M Malakar to Goa; Shakeel Ul Rehman Rathar to Goa; Pradeep Kumar to Chandigarh, Rahul Sharma to Ladakh; Shrikant Baba Sahib to Ladakh; Santosh Sukhdeva to Goa; Rakesh Kumar to Ladakh; Director information Nitish Rajora to Ladakh.
IAS Officers transferred to Jammu and Kashmir are Ashish Chandra Verma (1994 batch); Anil Kumar Singh (1995 batch); Navin SL (2012 batch); Mahima Madan (2021 batch) Ananth Dwivedi (2021 batch) and Rishi Kumar (2021 batch)
IPS Officer transferred from J&K include Umesh Kumar to Delhi, Sanjeev Yadav to Delhi and Sanjeep Gupta to Delhi.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) today ordered the transfer and posting of several Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the AGMUT cadre, with immediate effect. The reshuffle includes key changes in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
Among the notable transfers, Pandurang K Pole (IAS, 2004) and Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (IAS, 2005), both serving in Jammu and Kashmir, have been moved to Delhi. Nitesh Rajora (IAS, 2021) has been transferred from Jammu and Kashmir to Ladakh, while Choudhary Mohammad Yasin (IAS, 2015) has been shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Puducherry.
In a reciprocal move, several officers from other regions have been posted to Jammu and Kashmir.
Ashish Chandra Verma (IAS, 1994), Anil Kumar Singh (IAS, 1995), and Sanjeev M Gadkar (IAS, 2013) have been transferred from Delhi and Goa to the Union Territory. Additionally, Rishi Kumar (IAS, 2021) and Ananth Dwivedi (IAS, 2021) are among the newer batch officers posted to J&K.
The reshuffle also includes transfers between other Union Territories and states under the AGMUT cadre. Officers have been reassigned across Delhi, Mizoram, Puducherry, Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh, and Lakshadweep.
These transfers are part of a routine administrative restructuring and aim to ensure better governance and optimized utilization of senior civil services across the Union Territories.