At least 17 IPS officers are likely to get promoted to various higher ranks in Jammu and Kashmir after the joint departmental promotion committee (DPC) holds its meeting on Wednesday.
Official sources said two IPS officers will be promoted to the rank of director general of police (DGP). Both of them belong to the J&K cadre and are presently on central deputation.
Four IGPs will get the higher rank of additional DGPs. All of these are direct recruits of the 1997 batch of IPS.
Five DIGs are being promoted as IGPs while three SSPs tipped to be promoted as DIGs. Selection Grade of IPS has been proposed in favour of three IPS officers of 2009 batch on completion of 13 years of qualifying service.
The DPC meeting to be held on Wednesday will be chaired by chief secretary, Arun Kumar Mehta. Members of the committee include Umang Narula, Advisor to Lt. Governor of Ladakh, Shaleen Kabra, Principal Secretary Home Department J&K, Secretary Home Department Ladakh, Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Dilbag Singh and Additional Director General of Police (Head of the Police Force), Ladakh S.S. Khandarey.
Meanwhile, the J&K administration on Tuesday ordered transfer of five officers in the civil administration.
Navneet Singh, DFO, Doda, has been transferred and posted as Additional Chief Executive Officer, Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
Naresh Kumar, Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bhawan, Katra, has been transferred and posted as Joint Director in the Directorate of Information, J&K, vice Irshad Ahmad, who has been asked to report to the General Administration Department, for further posting.
Sudhir Bali, Assistant Commissioner Revenue in the Jammu Municipal Corporation, has been transferred and posted as Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Bhawan, Katra.
Chander Parkash, Deputy Director (Audio Visual) in the Directorate of Information, J&K, has been transferred and posted as Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board.
Deepak Dubey, Deputy Chier Executive officer, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board, has been recalled and posted as Deputy Director (Audio-Visual) in the Directorate of Information, J&K.
As per a separate order, Umesh Shan, Assistant Director, Tourism, NH, Batote, under orders of transfer as Assistant Commissioner Panchayat, Reasi, in terms of Government Order No. 93-JK(GAD) of 2022 dated 27.1.2022, has been relieved today on February 8 with the directions to join at his new place of posting, immediately.