SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has placed the services of 21 Junior Scale probationers of the 2025 batch of the Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) at the disposal of various Administrative Departments for further posting.
The General Administration Department issued Government Order No. 1563-JK(GAD) of 2026 on September 22, directing the respective departments to post the officers immediately in accordance with the applicable transfer policy.
The order states that the officers should be posted outside their home districts. However, this condition will not apply to officers appointed to the JKAS on the basis of being residents of Backward Areas (RBA) or areas adjoining the Line of Actual Control (ALC). Such officers are to be posted in their respective areas in accordance with the J&K Reservation Act, 2004.
Of the 21 probationers, four have been placed at the disposal of the Cooperatives Department, two with the Employment Department, two with Handicrafts and Handloom, four with Industries and Commerce, two with Revenue, four with Rural Development and three with Social Welfare.
The officers placed with the Cooperatives Department are Iqra Farooq, Vasudha Sharma, Nadeem Ahmed and Shruti R Sharma.
Afiya Javaid and Tushar Mahajan have been placed with the Employment Department, while Akanksha Sharma and Ayush Abrol have been placed with Handicrafts and Handloom.
Sakshi Parihar, Ghulam Jallani, Wikas Bin Hassan and Hameem Akhter have been placed with Industries and Commerce.
Manpreet Kour and Sumit Kumar Kaith have been placed with Revenue, while Muneeb Afzal Parrah, Manik Gandhi, Priyanka Sharma and Waqar Ahmed have been placed with Rural Development.
Ishrat Hussain, Sajad Ahmad Lone and Sunali Verma have been placed with the Social Welfare Department.
The government has also transferred 21 Junior Scale JKAS posts to the respective Administrative Departments for the purpose of salary drawal.
The order further directs all the officers to join their allotted departments with immediate effect.
