Darbar Move: J&K Govt Retains 174 Officials at Srinagar Secretariat

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered the retention of 174 officers and officials at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar during the winter season of 2026-27 to ensure the functioning of essential administrative sections following the annual Darbar Move of government offices to Jammu.

Government Order No. 1720-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD) on October 31, provides for the continuation of the identified personnel at the Srinagar Secretariat. The order has been issued in continuation of Government Order No. 1664-JK(GAD) of 2026, dated October 19.

The retained personnel belong to 30 government departments and offices, including Agriculture Production, ARI and Trainings, Civil Aviation, Finance, General Administration, Health and Medical Education, Higher Education, Industries and Commerce, Information, Information Technology, Jal Shakti, Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Labour and Employment, Mining, School Education, Social Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Tourism, Tribal Affairs, Planning, Development and Monitoring, Power Development, Public Works (R&B), Revenue, and Youth Services and Sports.

The arrangement also covers the Chief Secretary’s Office, the office of the Chief Accounts Officer, G.P. Fund and other administrative establishments.

Among the senior officers retained are Deputy Secretary Ghulam Mohi Ud Din in the Agriculture Production Department; Deputy Secretary Farooq Ahmad in the Chief Secretary’s Office; Deputy Secretary Saddat Iqbal in Civil Aviation; Deputy Secretary Tariq Ahmad in Finance; Additional Secretary Kuldip Raj in Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs; Special Secretary Dr Nargis Suraiya in Higher Education; Special Secretary Abdul Hafiz Shah in Information Technology; Special Secretary Khalid Majeed in School Education; Joint Director Anika Mushtaq in Planning, Development and Monitoring; and Deputy Secretary Naveed Hussain Badroo in Public Works (R&B).

Others include Secretary Technical Rukhsana Najeeb in Health and Medical Education, Assistant Legal Remembrancer Aayat Ullah in the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Department, Technical Officer Aurif Wagay in Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, and Under Secretary Aflaq Ahmad in the Revenue Department.

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The retained workforce also comprises under secretaries, section officers, assistant section officers, stenographers, senior and junior secretariat assistants, accountants, statistical personnel, accounts assistants and multi-tasking staff. Support personnel have been assigned to various departments to keep their administrative sections operational during the winter period.

Apart from departmental staff, the government has ordered the retention of personnel at the Civil Secretariat Dispensary, Central Registry Unit (CRU) and Lieutenant Governor’s Reference Monitoring Cell in Srinagar.

The Civil Secretariat Dispensary will continue to function with four personnel, including Medical Officer Dr Rohini Bhan, Supervisor Lab Technician Gauhar Amin, ISM Pharmacist Shahnaza and driver Mushtaq Ahmad.

Nine officials have been retained for the Central Registry Unit. They include Assistant Section Officer Riyaz Ahmad Mir, Senior Assistant Syed Ahmad Shah, Junior Secretariat Assistant Sajjad Majid, and orderlies Mohd Ismail Mir and Nisar Ahmad Bhat.

Three officials assigned to Swagatam have also been retained: Assistant Section Officer Syed Tabish Raza, Editor (erstwhile Council) Feroza Hamid and Senior Secretariat Assistant Zubair Ahmad Parry. Class-IV employee Bashir Ahmad Beigh has also been included in the CRU-related arrangement.

The Lieutenant Governor’s Reference Monitoring Cell will continue operating with three officials: In-charge Assistant Section Officer Furkan Ahmed Najar, Senior Secretariat Assistant Zeenat Islam Usmani and Junior Secretariat Assistant Misba Manzoor.

The government order clarifies that the retention arrangement is temporary and will remain effective until the annual Darbar Move of offices from Jammu to Srinagar.

It further directs that all rooms in the Srinagar Civil Secretariat, except those specifically identified in the order, must be properly locked and sealed after the Darbar Move.

The responsibility for ensuring the security of the premises has been entrusted to the Senior Superintendent of Police (Security), Civil Secretariat, Srinagar.

However, rooms allotted to Ministers and Administrative Secretaries will remain open on days when they visit the Srinagar Civil Secretariat.

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