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Manoj Sinha reassigns 6 IAS officers in Jammu and Kashmir
The Indian Express·
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered transfers of six senior IAS officers a day before Sajjan Singh Yadav takes charge as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary. Yadav is a 1995-batch AGMUT officer succeeding C S Atal Dulloo, who retired October 31. Shaleen Kabra leaves Jal Shakti for the management institute. Rehana Batul becomes Commissioner-Secretary Tribal Affairs.
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What It Means For You
- Posting orders reshuffle who handles revenue, tribal affairs, jal shakti and estates in the UT.
- Residents dealing with those departments may see new secretaries handling files from Monday.
- At least half a dozen UT bureaucrats outrank the incoming Chief Secretary on seniority lists.
What's Happening
- Former Chief Secretary C S Atal Dulloo retired on October 31.
- Earlier, Ashwani Kumar and Dr Ashish Chandra Verma were shifted from Jammu and Kashmir to Delhi.
- Dheeraj Gupta, 1993 batch, remains Additional Chief Secretary to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.
Who runs the UT bureaucracy
- Financial Commissioner ranks sit below the Chief Secretary but above department secretaries.
- Kabra had held Financial Commissioner Jal Shakti plus additional Revenue and Estates charges.
- Two other 1995-batch Financial Commissioners remain in Finance and Public Works roles.
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