Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday ordered a reshuffle in the administration, second in past two days.

Here is the complete list of transfers and new postings ordered by the government:

1. Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin, lAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mahore, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, vice Mr. Mohammad Ahsan Mir.
2. Mr. Ajay Kumar, KAS, Member, J&K Services Selection Board, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, vice Chaudhary Mohammad Rashid.
3. Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Mir, KAS, Additional Distri::t Development Commissioner, Kupwara, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Bandipora, against an available vacancy.
4. Mr. Nazir Ahmad Khwaja, KAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Kulgam, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, vice Mr. Reyaz Ahmad Sofi.
5. Mr. Imam Din, KAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Doda. He shall also hold the additional charge of the post of Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Doda, till further orders.
6. Mr. Reyaz Ahmad Sofi, KAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Kulgam, vice Mr. Nazir Ahmad Khwaja.
7. Mr. Mohammad Ashraf Bhat, KAS, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Baramulla-Kupwara, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Kupwara, vice Mr. Mohammad Yousuf Mir.
8. Chaudhary Mohammad Rashid, KAS, Additional District Development Commissioner, Rajouri, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Poonch. He shall take over the charge after the retirement on superannuation of Mr. Abdul Hamid on
28.2.2019.
9. Mr. Mohammad Hanief Malik, KAS, Regional Director, Survey and Land Records (ex-officio Settlement Officer), Doda, holding additional charge of Additional District Development Commissioner, Doda, is transferred and posted as Additional District Development Commissioner, Kishtwar.
10. Mr. Pankaj Raj Katoch, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Additional Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department.
11. Mr. Altaf Ahmad Khan, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Awantipora, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, ~ Anantnag, vice Mr. Showkat Ahmad Rather.
12. Mr. Mohammad Ahsan Mir, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, vice Dr. Farooq Ahmad Baba.
13. Mr. Sanjay Gupta, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Basholi, is transferred and posted as Director, Land Management, Jammu Development Authority.
14. Mr. Showkat Ahmad Rather, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Ganderbal, relieving Additional District Development Commissioner, Ganderbal of the additional charge of the post. He shall also hold the additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Sonamarg, till further orders.
15. Mr. Malikzada Sheraz-ui-Haq, KAS, Joint Director (Administration) in the Directorate of Rural Development, Jammu, is transferred and posted
as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Poonch, against an available vacancy. He shall also hold the additional charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Poonch, till further orders.
16. Mr. Tilak Raj, KAS, Additional Secretary to the Government, Animal and Sheep Husbandry Department, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Basholi, vice Mr. Sanjay Gupta.
17. Mr. Bilal Khurshid, KAS, General Manager, DIC, Anantnag, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Awantipora, vice Mr. Altaf
Ahmad Khan.
18. Dr. Farooq Ahmad Baba, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Baramulla, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, relieving Additional District Development Commissioner, Kupwara of the additional charge of the post.
19. Mr. Sandish Kumar, KAS, Joint Registrar, Banking and Finance in the office of Registrar, Cooperative Societies, J&K, is transferred and
posted as Additional Secretary in the office of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K.
20. Mr. Krishan Lal, KAS, Additional Secretary in the office of Chief Electoral Officer, J&K, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy
Commissioner, Kalakote.
21. Dr. Tahir Firdous Dutta, KAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Rajouri, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy
Commissioner, Jammu, vice Mr. Pankaj Raj Katoch.
Mr. Sher Singh, KAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Rajouri shall hold the additional charge of the post of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Rajouri, till further orders.
22. Mr. Shabir Ahmad Raina, KAS, Chief Executive Officer, Tourism Development Authority, Sonamarg, is transferred and posted as Additional Deputy Commissioner, Tral.
23. Mr. Kewal Krishan, KAS, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Department of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, is transferred and posted
as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Mahore.
24. Mr. Ghulam Rasool Wani, KAS, Deputy Director, District Employment and Counselling Centre, Srinagar, is transferred and posted as SubDivisional Magistrate, Dooru. He shall take over the charge after retirement on superannuation of Mr. Abdul Rashid Miron 28.2.2018.
25. Mr. Tahir Ajaz, KAS, Secretary, Srinagar Development Authority, is transferred and posted as Deputy District Election Officer, Kupwara, against an available vacancy.
26. Mr. Rajesh Kumar Basotra, KAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kalakote, is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, Housing
and Urban Development Department.
27. Mr. Chand Kishore Sharma, KAS, Deputy District Election Officer, Kathua, is transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Chowki Choura, vice
Mr. Ravinder Sharma.
28. Mr. Reyaz Magistrate, Additional transferred Ahmad Malik, KAS, Sub-Divisional Tral, holding additional charge of Deputy Commissioner, Tral, is
and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Uri.
29. Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Malik, KAS, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Baramulla, is transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gurez,
vice r·1r. Rafiq Ahmad Lone.
30. Mr. Ashwani Kumar, KAS, awaiting orders of posting in the General Administration Department, is posted as Deputy District Election Officer, Kathua, vice Mr. Chand Kishore Sharma.
31. Mr. Ashok Kumar Chaudhary, KAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Katra, shall hold the charge of the post of Chief Executive Officer, Katra Development Authority, in addition to his own duties, till further orders.
32. Mr. Ravinder Sharma, KAS, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Chowki Choura, is transferred and posted as Deputy District Election Officer,
Ramban, vice Mr. Zaheer Abass Bhat.
33. Mr. Sanjay Kumar Badyal, KAS, Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Deputy District Election Officer, Reasi, vice Mr. Attar Chand, KAS, who shall report to the G. eneral Administration Department for further posting.
34. Mr. Pradeep Kumar, KAS, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Housing and Urban Development Depa:tment, is transferred and posted as Deputy
District Election Officer, Doda, against an available vacancy.
35. Mr. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Baramulla, is transferred and posted as Project Officer, Wage
Employment (ACD), Kupwara, vice Mr. Yar Ali Khan.
36. Mr. Zaheer Abass Bhat, Deputy District Election Officer, Ramban, is transferred and posted as Deputy District Election Officer, Shopian, against
an available vacancy.
37. Mr. Chander Parkash Kotwal, Deputy Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department, is transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Jammu, vice Mr. Sanjay Kumar Badyal.
38. Mr. Girdhari Lal, Assistant Commissioner in the Commercial Taxes Department, Jammu, is transferred and posted as Deputy Secretary to the Government, General Administration Department.
39. Mr. Varunjeet Charak, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Assar, Doda, is transferred and posted as SubDivisional Magistrate, Padder, Kishtwar, vice Mr. Rishi Kumar Sharma.
40. Mr. Rishi Kumar Sharma, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Padder, Kishtwar, is transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Assar, vice Mr. Varunjeet Charak.
41. Mr. Rafiq Ahmad Lone, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Gurez, is transferred and posted as Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Baramulla, vice _ L Mr. Mohammad Abdullah Malik.
42. Mr. Yar Ali Khan, Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Kupwara, is transferred and posted as Project Officer, Wage Employment (ACD), Baramulla, vice Mr. Ghulam Mohammad Bhat.
43. Syed Nazir Ahmad, Deputy Secretary to the Government, Power Development Department, is transferred and posted as Secretary, Srinagar Development Authority.
Advance T.E. as admissible under rules is also sanctioned in favour of the officer in whose case change of station is involved.

Srinagar, Feb 20 (GNS): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has released the money it had seized from a businessman from Srinagar in 2017.

The money, Rs 14.13 lakhs, were seized from the businessman Imran Syed Kawoosa by the India’s premier investigation agency on 6 September 2017 as part of its investigations in the 2016 funding case and were released on the directions by Court of Special Judge, NIA Jammu.

The order was passed by the court on an application filed by Kawoosa through his counsels Mustahsun Mattu and Gagan Deep Sharma, contending that the money was his legal “business sale” and proven by all the GST bills and other documents.

The applicant, who is proprietor of Kawoosa and Sons said he had kept the cash in his home to liquidate the payments of the suppliers.

The NIA, in its reply, had said it no more required the cash for the investigation purpose and the same be released in Kawoosa’s favour.

“…the special public prosecutor, NIA, has stated in the open court (that) NIA has no objection if cash seized in the case is released in favour of its real owner on furnishing his undertaking and indemnity bond,” reads the Court order, copy of which lies with GNS.

“In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and also in view of the no objection stated by NIA for release of (the) amount, the present application is allowed to the limited extent of cash only and the same is ordered to be released in favour of applicant,” it added.

Complying with the Court orders, the NIA released the cash in Kawoosa’s favour at its Delhi headquarters.

It is the first material release in the 2016 funding case in which several arrests including that of businessmen have been made.

In September 2017, NIA had raided around 27 places in Kashmir, New Delhi and Gurugram (Haryana) in connection with the case and seized cash, documents and material from various persons and businessmen. (GNS)

A shawl trader from Soibugh area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district has become the latest victim of a string of mob attacks in West Bengal following last week’s bombing on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama which left 49 troopers dead.

Javid Ahmad Khan (27) of Astanpora mohallah of Soibugh was accosted and mercilessly beaten by an abusive mob in Taherpur area of Nadia district last night.

A graphic video of the attack which was posted on social media showed blood oozing out from the nose of Khan as the mob abused and forced him to shout ‘Vande Mataram’.

One of his cousins told Greater Kashmir that Khan was staying at his rented accommodation along with his brother when the mob attack took place around 9 pm last night.

“Both Javid and his brother Mehraj ud Din had closed their shops following tension over Pulwama attack. But last night a mob attacked Javid at his rented accommodation,” he said, adding that the police arrived at the scene after an hour.

“They saved him from the mob and shifted him to a safer location. But before their arrival on the scene Javid was assaulted by the mob,” he said.

Eldest among five siblings, Khan like scores of other Soibugh residents, has been engaged in shawl trading in West Bengal for past many years. “He has been visiting Kolkata for past ten years,” said his cousin.

Police Sub-inspector Avijit Biswas told Greater Kashmir over the phone from Taherpur that Khan was safe now.

“We have shifted him to a safer location in Krishna Nagar. He is absolutely fine,” said Biswas, adding they have taken cognisance of the incident. “We are looking for the attackers,” he said.

The attack on Khan comes just two days after chief minister Mamata Banerjee blamed the workers of the BJP and RSS for a string of assaults in the state, including a mob attack on a teacher who was forced to chant ‘Bharat Mata ki jay’ and issue an apology for his social media post on Pulwama attack.

Similar attacks took place on Kashmir traders at Budh Marg in Bihar last week when a mob vandalized their shops of Kashmiri traders and threatened them to leave the state following an attack on a CRPF convoy in Pulwama that left 49 troopers dead.

Courtesy Greater Kashmir