SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has accepted the technical resignation of Dr Ifrah Khalil Kangoo, Medical Officer in the JK Health and Family Welfare (Gazetted) Service, with retrospective effect from January 9, 2026, following her appointment as Deputy Medical Superintendent at Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar.
The decision was issued by the Health and Medical Education Department through Government Order No. 522-JK(HME) of 2026.
According to the order, Dr Kangoo was appointed as a Medical Officer under Government Order No. 482-HME of 2019 dated May 17, 2019. She was later deputed to SKIMS, Soura, to pursue Senior Residency in Hospital Administration under Government Order No. 173-JK(HME) of 2023 dated February 27, 2023.
During her senior residency, she applied for the post of Deputy Medical Superintendent at GMC Srinagar, advertised by the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC). Her application was routed through the Dean, Medical Faculty, SKIMS, and subsequently forwarded by the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, to the Health and Medical Education Department, which transmitted it to the JKPSC for consideration.
Following her selection by the JKPSC, Dr Kangoo was appointed as Deputy Medical Superintendent, GMC Srinagar, under Government Order No. 01-JK(HME) of 2026 and joined the post on January 9, 2026, after being formally relieved by SKIMS and the Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir.
The Directorate of Health Services, Kashmir, subsequently recommended acceptance of her technical resignation from the Health and Family Welfare (Gazetted) Service with effect from the date she joined her new assignment.
Invoking Article 201 of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Service Regulations (CSR), Volume I, the government accepted her technical resignation with effect from January 9, 2026, and ordered that her lien in the JK Health and Family Welfare (Gazetted) Service shall stand terminated.
