SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday ordered the transfer and posting of 19 officers of the State Taxes Department with immediate effect.
The orders were issued by the Finance Department in the interest of administration. The officers include officials of the JKAS cadre as well as State Tax Officers posted across Kashmir and Jammu divisions.
As per Government Order No. 506-FD of 2026, Talat Mahmood Wani, Sheikh Ansar Hussain and Khanzada Mohd Usman, all Junior Scale JKAS officers, have been posted as Deputy Commissioners in the State Taxes Department’s Enforcement wings at North Sopore, Central Kashmir in Srinagar and Lower Munda, Qazigund, respectively.
Dr Aafreen Wahid Ganai and Shefali Bhagat, both Junior Scale JKAS officers, have been posted to Circle-R, Srinagar and Circle-I, Jammu, respectively.
Among other transfers, Parvaiz Ahmad Ganie has been posted as State Tax Officer, Enforcement North Kashmir, while Shokhat Ahmed Shoketh has been shifted from Circle Baramulla-III to Circle Baramulla-I, Sopore. Farooq Ahmad Dar has been transferred from Circle Budgam to Circle Anantnag-III.
Khalid Mohammad Chesti has been posted from Circle Anantnag-III to Circle-C, Srinagar, while Aijaz Hussain Malik has been transferred from Circle-C, Srinagar to Circle Budgam.
In the Jammu division, Sandeep Gupta has been posted from Circle Ramban to State Taxes Enforcement, Kathua, with headquarters at Lakhanpur, while Sandeep Singh has been posted as STO, Circle Udhampur. Ranju Gupta has been transferred to Circle-II, Kathua.
Parvez Ahmed Wani has been shifted from Circle Poonch to Circle-O, Jammu, while Dr Tanvi Gupta has been transferred from Circle-O to Circle-L, Jammu. Shakeel Khan has been posted from Enforcement Rajouri to Circle Poonch, and Satyabushan from Circle Kathua-II to Circle Ramban.
Ranjeet Kour and Sonia Khajuria have been transferred between Circle-Q and P-Side, Jammu, with Ranjeet Kour moving to P-Side and Sonia Khajuria to Circle-Q.
The government order states that the officers concerned shall be deemed relieved from their present places of posting, wherever applicable, with immediate effect.
The order was issued by Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Finance Department, Shailendra Kumar, and circulated to the concerned departments and officers for immediate compliance
