After kicking up a political storm, the Mufti Mohd Sayeed-led alliance Government in Jammu & Kashmir seems to be gradually getting its act together and implement its agenda of good governance for the welfare of the people in the State. Ahead of the start of a maiden Session of the State Assembly, the State Cabinet which met here under the chairmanship of Chief Minister, ordered transfer and postings of over 60 civil and police officers.
The State Cabinet also set the ball rolling to reconstitute the Public Service Commission (PSC) in the State. The Cabinet recommended names of six prominent personalities to the Governor to recast PSC. Moreover, the State Cabinet also cleared the name of senior lawyer Reyaz Ahmad Jan for the post of Advocate General. The State Cabinet shifted sitting Divisional commissioners of Jammu and Srinagar along with Inspector General of Police Jammu & Kashmir range during the first round of major reshuffle.
Commissioner Secretary Suresh Kumar has also been shifted out of the Home department and handed over charge of Institute of Management and Public Administration (IMPA). On the other hand, IG(CID) Dr B Srinivas was shifted and posted as IG Home Guards. Officers holding the charge of CID and traffic police department were also shifted. Commissioner Secretary Planning department BR Sharma has been handed over additional charge of Home department till further orders.
Briefing mediapersons inside Chief Ministers official residence, Education Minister Nayeem Akhtar said, “The Cabinet meeting was the first business meeting of the alliance Government and an effort has been made to give a facelift to the civil and police administration”. Akhtar said the State Cabinet had recommended names of chairperson and five members of the PSC to the Governor for his clearance. He said PSC in the State was defunct as the previous Government had not completed the process to appoint new members in the right manner.