SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has declared the services of 39 employees of the Jammu Kashmir Secretariat (Subordinate) Service as quasi-permanent, covering officials serving in various government departments, the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat and other offices.
The decision has been notified through Government Order No. 1708-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) on October 30. The order has been issued under Rule 3(1) of the Jammu and Kashmir Civil Services (Temporary Service) Rules, 1961.
The list comprises one Assistant Section Officer, 21 Junior Stenographers, eight Senior Secretariat Assistants, two Junior Secretariat Assistants and seven Multitasking Staff (MTS) members.
Bilal Ahmad Bhat, an Assistant Section Officer posted in the Finance Department, is the only official from that designation included in the order.
Among the 21 Junior Stenographers, those declared quasi-permanent include Tarun Sharma, posted in the Tribal Affairs Department; Prateek Dubey, in the Public Safety Act office; Abishek Gupta, in the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat at Lok Bhavan; Manu Pandey, in the Information Department; and Abhijeet Khajuria, in the Youth Services and Sports Department.
The list further includes Avinash Lajuwara, posted in the Estates Department; Waseem Raja, in the ARI and Trainings Department; Divakar Sharma, in the Agriculture Production Department; Raj Kumar, in the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat at Lok Bhavan; and Rufida Bashir, in the Hospitality and Protocol Department.
Saqib Tuhraf Bhat and Dheeraj Sharma, both posted in the General Administration Department, have also been included, along with Tabish Aftal of the Cooperative Department, Sunil Singh and Anees Hassan of the Civil Aviation Department, and Zubair Mushtaq of the Housing and Urban Development Department.
The remaining Junior Stenographers named in the order are Avish Kohli, posted in the General Administration Department; Irfan Rashid Shiekh and Saqib Javid Mir, both serving in the J&K Services Selection Board; Prikhat Shagotra of the Election Department; and Umar Farooq of the General Administration Department.
Eight Senior Secretariat Assistants have also been declared quasi-permanent. They include Mohammed Aftab, posted in the J&K Special Tribunal; Mir Tahir ul Gan, attached to the Private Secretary of the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Tribal Affairs and Transport departments; Uttam Singh, in the Jal Shakti Department; and Varun Gupta, in the Estates Department.
The other officials in this category are Gulzar Ahmad Gilkar, posted in the J&K Board of Professional Entrance Examinations; Mukesh Kumar Sharma, in the Planning, Development and Monitoring Department; Ishfaq Ahmad Wani, in the Health and Medical Education Department; and Bilal Ahmad Wani, in the General Administration Department.
The two Junior Secretariat Assistants covered by the order are Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan, posted in the Hospitality and Protocol Department in the capacity of Multitasking Staff, and Sanjeet Singh, posted in the Finance Department in the capacity of Multitasking Staff.
The order also covers seven Multitasking Staff members: Shevani Kumari Jamwal, posted in the Information Department; Ashish Dhar, in the General Administration Department; Kulbir Singh, Mamta Kumari and Imrana Kosser, all in the Department of Public Grievances; Rashmi Sharma, in the General Administration Department; and Mohinder Singh, in the Lieutenant Governor’s Secretariat at Lok Bhavan.
