Jammu, Oct 4: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday assigned Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Agriculture Production Department (APD), Shailendra Kumar, the additional charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Power Development Department, till further orders.
Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) ordered the transfer of the incumbent Administrative Secretary, Power Development Department (PDD), J&K, and senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1995 batch of AGMUT cadre, H Rajesh Prasad, and posted him as the Chief Secretary of Chandigarh with immediate effect.
Consequent to it, the J&K General Administration Department issued an order assigning the charge of Prasad to Shailendra Kumar, in addition to his own duties.
“In the interest of administration, it is hereby ordered that Shri Shailendra Kumar, IAS [AGMUT: 1995], Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Agriculture Production Department, shall, in addition to his own duties, hold the charge of the post of Administrative Secretary, Power Development Department, till further orders,” read the GAD order.
