In a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued transfer and posting orders for IAS and IPS officers of the AGMUT cadre, resulting in the relocation of more than 15 officers from Jammu and Kashmir to various Union Territories across the country. The decision, which has been made with immediate effect, also includes the appointment of new officers to the region.
As per the order No. 15041/05/2023-UTS.I dated 16 May 2025, the following major transfers have taken place from and to the Jammu and Kashmir cadre:
IAS Officers Transferred Out of Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Pandurang K Pole (2004) – Transferred to Delhi
2. Vijay Kumar Bidhuri (2005) – Transferred to Delhi
3. Sanjiv M Gadkar (2013) – Posted to Goa
4. Yetindra M Maralkar (2013) – Transferred to Goa
5. Shakeel Ul Rehman Rather (2013) – Shifted to Goa
6. Pardeep Kumar (2013) – Sent to Chandigarh
7. Rahul Sharma (2013) – Transferred to Ladakh
8. Choudhary Mohammad Yasin (2015) – Moved to Puducherry
9. Shrikant Balasaheb Suse (2016) – Shifted to Jammu & Kashmir
10. Santosh G Sukhadeve (2017) – Sent to Goa
11. Rakesh Kumar (2021) – Transferred to Ladakh
12. **Nitish Rajora (2021)** – Shifted to **Ladakh**
IAS Officers Transferred Into Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Ashish Chandra Verma (1994) – From Delhi
2. Anil Kumar Singh (1995) – From Delhi
3. Naveen S L (2012) – From Delhi
4. Mahima Madan (2021) – From Delhi
5. Ananth Dwivedi (2021) – From Delhi
6. Rishi Kumar (2021) – From Delhi
IPS Officers Transferred Out of Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Umesh Kumar (2009) – Sent to Delhi
2. Sanjeev Kumar Yadav (2013) – Transferred to Delhi
3. Sandeep Gupta (2015) – Shifted to Delhi
IPS Officers Transferred Into Jammu & Kashmir:
1. Sameer Sharma (2011) – From Lakshadweep
2. Rishi Kumar (2021) – From Delhi