Examiner Bureau | Srinagar:
The Jammu and Kashmir Government’s Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment has ordered the transfer and posting of 17 forest officers and officials, with several officers also assigned additional responsibilities.
The orders were issued with immediate effect through Government Order No. 205-JK(FST) of 2026, dated September 16, 2026, in the interest of administration.
Mudasir Mehmood Malik, DCF and DFO Forest Division Awantipora, has been assigned the additional charge of General Manager, Extraction Circle South, Harang, Anantnag, J&K FDCL, alongside his existing duties.
Neha Mehta, ACF and Principal, Soil Conservation Training School, Miran Sahib, has been posted as DFO Research, Division Jammu (SFRI). She will take over the additional responsibility from Bishan Dass, DCF, who has been relieved of the charge.
In another change, Harpreet Kour, ACF, who was awaiting adjustment in the office of the PCCF/HoFF, J&K, has been posted as Special Secretary (Technical), Civil Secretariat, replacing Vivek Modi, ACF.
Modi has subsequently been posted as Principal, Soil Conservation Training School, Miran Sahib, vice Neha Mehta.
Shabir Ahmad Sheikh, ACF and DFO Srinagar, has been assigned the additional charge of DFO Planning and Publicity, Srinagar.
S. Amrik Singh, ACF, who was awaiting adjustment in the PCCF/HoFF office, has been posted as Wildlife Warden, Kathua, replacing Vijay Kumar, ACF. Kumar has been directed to report to the PCCF/HoFF for further posting.
Abid Ali Lone, DFO Planning and Publicity, Srinagar, has been posted as Wildlife Warden, Wetland Division Kashmir, replacing Altaf Dento, DCF. Dento has also been directed to report to the PCCF/HoFF for further posting.
Range Officers Get New Assignments
Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, RO-I, DSCO Kupwara, has been assigned the additional charge of Divisional Manager, Extraction Division, Ganderbal, J&K FDCL.
Sheikh Mohammad Iqbal, RO-I, who was awaiting adjustment in the PCCF/HoFF office, has been posted as Range Officer, Ramhal Range, Kehmil Forest Division.
Mudasir Ahmad Shah, RO-I, Range Officer Mawar Range, has been given the additional charge of Rajwar Range.
Arooq Shah, RO-I, Range Officer Tral Range, has been transferred and posted as Range Officer, Shopian Range, Shopian Division, replacing Farooq Ahmad Mir, RO-I.
Suhail Ahmad Wani, RO-I, Range Officer ZSCO Pampore, has been posted as Range Officer, SPSP Range, Tangmarg Forest Division.
Sameer Ahmad, RO-I, who was awaiting adjustment in the PCCF/HoFF office, has been posted as Assistant Administrative Officer, JKFDCL.
Changes in Poonch and Haveli Ranges
Haroon Mushtaq, RO-I, Range Officer Haveli Range, has been posted as Range Officer, Wildlife Range Poonch, replacing Mohd Idris Khan, Forester.
Khan has been directed to report to the PCCF/HoFF, J&K, for further posting.
Farooq Ahmad Mir, RO-I, Range Officer Shopian Range, Shopian Division, has been posted as Range Officer, Tral Range, Awantipora Division, vice Arooq Ahmad Shah.
Aurangzeb, RO-I, presently serving in the office of the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment, has been posted as Range Officer Haveli Range and will also hold charge of Mendhar Range.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Shamim, Forester, who was holding charge as Range Officer Mendhar Range, has been posted to the office of the Minister for Forest, Ecology and Environment.
The department said the transfers and postings have been ordered with immediate effect in the interest of administration.
