Examiner News Desk | Srinagar:
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Thursday ordered a major reshuffle of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers belonging to the AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories) cadre, transferring several officers into and out of Jammu & Kashmir with immediate effect.
According to an order issued by the MHA, IAS officer Saugat Biswas (2006 batch) has been transferred from Arunachal Pradesh to Jammu & Kashmir. Mamta Yadav (2021 batch) has been shifted from Delhi to the Union Territory, while Ishita Rathi (2022 batch) has been transferred from Puducherry to Jammu & Kashmir.
In the outgoing transfers, IAS officer Shahid Iqbal Choudhary (2009 batch) has been posted from Jammu & Kashmir to Arunachal Pradesh, while Swati Sheemar (2023 batch) has been transferred from J&K to Delhi.
Among IPS officers, Vishnu Kumar (2019 batch) has been transferred from Delhi to Jammu & Kashmir. The MHA has also posted Arshi Aadil (2019 batch) from Goa, Tikam Singh Verma (2020 batch) from Goa, K. M. Priyanka (2021 batch) from Chandigarh, and Rajeev Kumar Ambasta, Deepak Yadav, Anand Kumar Mishra, and Satish Kumar from Delhi to the Union Territory.
Meanwhile, several IPS officers currently serving in Jammu & Kashmir have been transferred out. Rajesh Kumar Sharma (2014 batch) has been posted to Chandigarh, Tanushree (2017 batch) to Delhi, Deepika (2018 batch) to Puducherry, and Gaurav Sikarwar (2019 batch) to Goa.
The Ministry said the transfers will take effect immediately and will remain in force until further orders.
