SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday ordered a major reshuffle of senior IAS officers, transferring Shaleen Kabra as Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD), while assigning the additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, to Chandraker Bharti.
The transfers and postings were ordered by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha through Government Order No. 1724-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated November 1, with immediate effect.
Kabra, IAS officer of the 1992 AGMUT batch, was serving as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Jal Shakti Department, and also held additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Administrative Secretary, Estates Department and Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department. He has now been posted as Director General, IMPARD.
Chandraker Bharti, IAS officer of the 1996 AGMUT batch and Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Jammu and Kashmir, till further orders.
Meanwhile, M Raju, IAS officer of the 2005 AGMUT batch and Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department (GAD), has been given the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Estates Department, alongside his existing responsibilities. He already holds additional charge of the Hospitality and Protocol Department and the Department of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction.
Saugat Biswas, IAS officer of the 2006 AGMUT batch and Commissioner/Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, till further orders.
In another change, Rehana Batul, IAS officer of the 2010 AGMUT batch and Director General, IMPARD, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, relieving Avny Lavasa of the additional charge.
Lavasa, IAS officer of the 2013 AGMUT batch and Secretary, Tourism Department, has been divested of the additional charge of the Tribal Affairs Department. She will now also hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department, till further orders.
