In the interest of administration, the following transfers and postings are hereby ordered with immediate effect:

1. Mr. Dheeraj Gupta, IAS (AGMUT:1993), Principal Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, holding additional charge of smart Cities and proposed new Jammu/Srinagar Metropolitan Regional Development, is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment.

Mr. H. Rajesh Prasad, IAS (AGMUT: 1995), Principal Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department, shall hold the charge of the post of Principal Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Department, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.

2. Mr. Sanjeev Verma, IAS (AGMUT:2001) Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, is transferred and posted as Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department.

3. Mr. Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, IAS (AGMUT:2005) Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Revenue Department, holding additional charge of Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K Government, New Delhi, is transferred and posted as Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir.

4. Mr. Sarmad Hafeez, IAS (AGMUT:2009), Secretary to the Government, Tourism Department, holding additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Youth Services and Sports Department, is transferred and posted as Secretary to the Government, Youth 4. Services and Sports Department, on full time basis.

5. Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, IAS (AGMUT:2012), Special Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, holding additional charge of CEO, ERA & Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission, J&K, is transferred and posted as Administrative Secretary, Culture Department, relieving Mr. Zubair Ahmad, JKAS, of the additional charge of the post. He shall hold the charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Economic Reconstruction Agency, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.

6. Dr. Piyush Singla, IAS (AGMUT:2012), Administrative Secretary, General Administration Department, is transferred and posted as Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department.

7. Mr. Rakesh Minhas, IAS (AGMUT:2016), awaiting orders of adjustment in the General Administration Department, is posted as Managing Director, SIDCO. He shall also hold the charge of the post of Managing Director, SICOP, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.

8. Mr. Raman Kumar Kesar, JKAS, Managing Director, SIDCO, holding additional charge of Managing Director, SICOP, is transferred and posted as Secretary in the Power Development Department.

9. Ms. Deepika Kumari Sharma, JKAS, Chief Operating Officer, Himayat, holding additional charge of Executive Director, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society, is transferred and posted as Secretary in the Jal Shakti Department. She shall also hold the charge of the post of Executive Director, Mubarak Mandi Heritage Society, in addition to her own duties, till further orders.

10. Dr. Ghulam Nabi Itoo, JKAS, Special Secretary to the GOvernment, Jal Shakti Department, is transferred and posted as Mission Director, Jal Jeevan Mission.

11. Mr. Shabir Hussain Bhat, JKAS, Special Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department, is transferred and posted as Director, Rural Development, Kashmir.

12. Mr. Imam Din, JKAS, Director, Rural Development, Kashmir, is transferred and posted as Managing Director, J&K Horticulture, Produce, Marketing and Processing Corporation.

13. Mr. Rajneesh Gupta, JKAS, Additional Secretary to the Government, Jal Shakti Department, is transferred and posted as Chief Operating Officer, Himayat.

14. Mr. Shafat Sultan, Managing Director, J&K Horticulture, Produce, Marketing and Processing Corporation, is transferred and shall await further orders of adjustment in the General Administration J&K Department for further posting

15. Mr. Amit Vermani, JKAS, Member, J&K Services Selection Board, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department.

Parts of Kashmir Valley including Gulmarg received fresh snowfall while rains lashed plains in the last 24 hours. The weather has improved and is likely to stay mainly dry for next 24 hours even though there are chances of scattered rains and snow at isolated places, said a meteorological department official.

He said Srinagar received 0.8mm of rain during the 24 hours till 0830 hours today, Qazigund 27.6mm, Kokernag 22.2mm while Pahalgam had 7.4cms of snow, Kupwara 32cm( over 1-ft) and Gulmarg 33 cms(over 1.1-ft). Rains also lashed Jammu region with Jammu city receiving 1.1mm, Banihal 49.1mm, Batote 27.3mm, Katra 3.1mm, Bhaderwah 31.4mm during the time, he said.

Meanwhile, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of 0.7°C against 0.4°C on the previous night. Today’s minimum temperature, he said, was above normal by 0.5°C for the summer capital.

Pahalgam, he said, recorded a low of minus 0.3°C against minus 2.4°C on the previous night and it was 4.7°C above normal for the famous tourist resort in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.

Gulmarg recorded a low of minus 4.0°C against minus 4.2°C on the previous night and it was 2.2°C above normal for the world famous skiing resort in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, he said.

Jammu recorded a low of 12.8°C against 9.9°C on the previous night. It was 2.7°C above normal for J&K’s winter capital, he said.

Banihal, he said, recorded a low of 2.0°C (above normal by 0.8°C), Batote 2.2°C (below normal by 0.4°C), Katra 10.6°C (2.5°C above normal) and Bhadarwah 2.1°C (1.9°C above normal).