JK transfers senior bureaucrats and other officers

Jammu and Kashmir government has transferred 12 senior bureaucrats and other officers.
The transfers and postings were ordered at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah at the Civil Secretariat here late last night, an official spokesman said.
Shaleen Kabra, Commissioner Secretary to the government, Health and Medical Education Department, has been transferred and posted as Member, State Special Tribunal, in place of Tushar Kanti Sharma, who has been transferred and posted as Secretary BPE and Floriculture Departments, he said.
Kabra shall also hold the charge of Chairman, State Special Tribunal, till the incumbent chairman returns from leave, relieving B A Runiyal of the additional charge of the post.

Farooq Ahmad Factoo, Commissioner Secretary BPE and Floriculture Department, has been posted as Commissioner Secretary Industries and Commerce Department, in place of Saurabh Bhagat, who has been posted as Director, School Education, Jammu.
Gazzanfer Hussain, Secretary Social Welfare Department, has been posted as Secretary Health and Medical Education Department, the spokesman said.

M S Rather, Vice Chairman, Srinagar Development Authority (SDA) has been posted as Secretary Social Welfare Department, while Satish Nehru, Vice Chairman, Jammu Development Authority (JDA) has been posted as Secretary Housing and Urban Development Department.
Shafat Noor Barlas, has been posted as SDA Vice Chairman. He shall also hold the additional charge of the post of Director, Urban Local Bodies, Kashmir, till further orders.

Kuldip Lal Khajuria, Municipal Commissioner, Jammu, has been posted as JDA Vice Chairman and P K Pole, Director, School Education, Jammu, has been posted as Special Secretary Forest Department, the spokesman said.
Kiran Wattal, Managing Director, State Housing Board, has been posted as Municipal Commissioner, Jammu, while the secretary of the board, Ram Paul, has been asked to hold the charge of the post of Managing Director till further orders, he said.