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The Jammu and Kashmir Home Department has ordered the transfer and posting of 100 IPS and JKPS officers with immediate effect under Government Order No. 499-Home of 2026, dated October 9.
Among the senior IPS officers, Danesh Rana (IPS, AGMUТ:1996), who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Managing Director of J&K Police Housing Corporation, relieving S.J.M. Gillani (IPS, AGMUТ:1994) of the additional charge. Garib Dass (IPS, AGMUT:1997), Director SKPA Udhampur, has been posted as ADG Home Guards, Civil Defence and SDRF. Abdul Jabbar (IPS, AGMUT:2008) has been appointed IG Armed Police Jammu, while Dr. Mohd. Haseeb Mughal (IPS, AGMUT:2009) has been posted as Director SKPA Udhampur.
Shahid Mehraj Rather (IPS, AGMUT:2009) has been appointed IG Technical Services J&K, retaining the additional charge of Director Police Telecommunications. Rayees Mohammad Bhat (IPS, AGMUT:2010) has been shifted from DIG CID Kashmir to DIG CID Headquarters J&K. Shiv Kumar Sharma (IPS, AGMUT:2011) has been posted as DIG Railways, while Swarn Singh Kotwal (IPS, AGMUT:2012) will take over as DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range. Zahid Naseem Manhas (IPS, AGMUT:2012) has been posted as DIG Armed Police Jammu.
Other IPS postings include Aijaz Ahmad Bhat as Commandant, 23 JKAP IR; Mohd. Yaseen Kichloo as Principal, STC Talwara; Sanjay Kumar Kotwal as Commandant, 18 JKAP IR; Sudhanshu Dhama as SSP Kupwara; Ms. Bisma Qazi as SSP Traffic City Srinagar; Hareesh H.P. as Director SSF; and Vishnu Kumar as SSP Technical CID Headquarters.
Ms. Arshi Aadil has been posted as Commandant, 1 JKAP Women; Tikam Singh Verma as Commandant, 16 JKAP IR; Kamal Pal Singh Malhotra as SSP Administration Wing JK4C; Ms. K.M. Priyanka as SSP Traffic National Highway; Vaibhav Meena as SSP Poonch; Neha Jain as SSP Sopore; Anna Sinha as SSP Ramban; and Harshal Rajesh Mahajan as SSP Ganderbal. Rajeev Kumar Ambasta has been posted as Commandant, 3 JKAP Security; Deepak Yadav as SP Operations JK4C; Anand Kumar Mishra as SSP ANTF J&K; and Satish Kumar as SSP Railways Jammu.
Among the JKPS officers, Imtiyaz Hussain Mir has been appointed Director, CTC Lethpora, while Shailender Singh will head Civil Defence and SDRF Kashmir. Shoket Hussain has been posted as AIG Welfare PHQ; Wasim Qadri as SSP Security Kashmir; Rohit Baskotra as AIG Personnel Headquarters; Arun Gupta as SSP SS CID Headquarters; Tahir Saleem Khan as SSP Bandipora; Mohd. Yousuf as SSP Railways Kashmir; Khalil Ahmad Poswal as SSP Headquarters CID; Girdhari Lal as Commandant, 8 JKAP; Ramesh Chander Kotwal as SSP Railways Katra; Sukhdev Raj as Commandant, 12 JKAP IR; and Sanjay Rana as Commandant, 11 JKAP IR.
Further postings include Shafket Hussain as Commandant, 2 JKAP Women; Suram Singh as Deputy Director SKPA Udhampur; Raj Singh Gouria as SSP Security VIP (Technical); Dr. S.D. Choudhary as Commandant, 12 JKAP Security; Sanjay Sharma as Commandant, 7 JKAP Security; Syed Al Tahir Gilani as SSP PCR Kashmir; Master Popsy as SSP Rural Traffic Jammu; Sajad Ahmad Shah as Commandant, 17 JKAP IR; Raja Adil Hamid Ganaie as Commandant, 13 JKAP; Sajad Khaliq Bhat as SSP Handwara; Aijaz Ahmed Zargar as SSP A CID Headquarters; Farooq Qesor Malik as Commandant, 22 JKAP IR; and Mushim Ahmad as AIG Technical PHQ.
Mohd. Anwar-ul-Haq has been posted as SO to IG Crime; Zahoor Ahmed Wani as SP PTWS Srinagar; Ayaz Ahmad Sheikh as SP SCW Kashmir; Vivek Shekhar Sharma as Additional SP Bhaderwah; Irshad Hussain Rather as SSP Awantipora; Iftkhar Talib as SP SIA Headquarters; Mashkoor Ahmed Zargar as SSP South Srinagar; Pardeep Singh as Deputy Commandant, 8 JKAP IR; Raj Paul Singh as Deputy Director SSG; Gawhar Ahmed Khan as Deputy Commandant, 20 JKAP IR; Ashiq Hussain Tak as SP Security Civil Secretariat; and Shabir Ahmad Khan as Deputy Commandant, 10 JKAP IR.
The order also appoints Naeem Ahmad Wani as SP Hazratbal; Syed Yasir Qadri as Vice Principal, CTC Lethpora; Sandeep Bhat as SP Headquarters Jammu; Sajad Ahmad Sheikh as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Border; Vinod Kumar as Deputy Director SKPA Udhampur; Dr. Ajay Sharma as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Border; Hilal Khaliq Bhat as Deputy Commandant, 8 JKAP IR; Fahad Tak as Additional SP Baramulla, with additional charge of Additional SP Operations Baramulla; Shah Umar as Additional SP PCR Srinagar; Baljit Singh as SP North Jammu; Pardeep Kumar as Additional SP Samba; and Musadiq Majid Basu as SP East Srinagar.
Other officers assigned new roles include Arvinder Singh Kotwal as SO to DIG JSK Range; Mohd. Shafiq as Additional SP Kishtwar; Mohd. Shafi Sheikh as Deputy Commandant, 4 JKAP IR; Bikram Kumar as Vice Principal, PTTI Vijaypur; Garu Ram as Deputy Commandant, 1 JKAP Border; Rameez Rashid Bhat as Deputy Commandant, 23 JKAP IR; Shivender Singh Jamwal as Additional SP Udhampur; Nikhil Rasgotra as Additional SP Nowshera; Mubashir Rasool as SP Enforcement; Tariq Mehmood as Deputy Commandant, 2 JKAP Women; Raies Ahmed Mir as Deputy Commandant, 9 JKAP IR; and Owaise Rashid as Deputy Commandant, 6 JKAP IR.
The remaining postings include Gh. Mustafa Bhat as SP Headquarters Srinagar; Ab. Raqeeb Malik as Additional SP CID Headquarters (AWP); Hamid Ali Banday as Additional SP Operations Poonch; Abdul Maajid Magray as Additional SP Shopian; Mir Burhan-ul-Haq Kanth as Deputy Commandant, 12 JKAP Security; Sajad Sarwer as Additional SP CID CI Jammu; Vaseem Mehmood as Additional SP Rajouri; Suresh Kumar Sharma as Additional SP SB CID Jammu; Nissar Ahmad Darzi as Additional SP Ganderbal; and Varun Jandial as SP South Jammu.
The order was issued on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor and signed by Chandraker Bharti, IAS, Financial Commissioner/Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department. The postings have been ordered with immediate effect.
