2 IAS officers senior to J&K’s new Chief Secretary transferred to Delhi

Two senior IAS officers from Jammu and Kashmir have been transferred to Delhi with immediate effect, following the appointment of new Chief Secretary Sajjan Singh Yadav on Tuesday. These officers are Ashwani Kumar and Dr Ashish Chandra Verma. Kumar, a 1992-batch officer, serves as Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary) in the Power Development Department.

Verma, a 1994-batch officer, is Financial Commissioner (ACS) in the Agriculture Production Department. Yadav, a 1995-batch AGMUT cadre officer, is set to assume the role of Chief Secretary in J&K next month. This transfer presents a unique situation, as at least half a dozen bureaucrats in the Union Territory's top administrative positions are either seniors or batchmates of Yadav.

The four other officers transferred include Shaleen Kabra, Dheeraj Gupta, and ACS-rank IAS officers Shailendra Kumar and Anil Kumar Singh, who hold positions as Financial Commissioners in various departments.