Agriculture Production Dept Assigns Look-After Charges to Senior Officers in J&K 

By: Ziraat Times Correspondent

Jammu/Srinagar: In a major administrative move aimed at ensuring smooth operations and uninterrupted service delivery, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir’s Agriculture Production Department has issued Government Order No. 185-JK(APD) of 2025, assigning look-after charges of higher posts to various officers across the Union Territory.

According to the official order dated May 2, 2025, a copy of which is shared with Ziraat Times, several officers have been temporarily entrusted with additional responsibilities in the interest of administration and better coordination within the department. The reassignments cover a wide spectrum of posts from Joint Directors to Chief Agriculture Officers, District Agriculture Officers, and equivalent positions. Key assignments include:

Joint Directors:

• Anil Gupta, CAO Doda, has been assigned as Joint Director Kashmir (Extension).

• Yadvinder Singh Sasan, CAO Baramulla, will serve as Project Coordinator, Mushroom, Kashmir.

• Ashwani Kumar, SMS-RL Jammu, takes charge as Joint Director (Inputs), Jammu.

• Sohan Singh, CAO Rajouri, is appointed Joint Director, State Land Use Board Jammu.

Chief Agriculture Officers/Equivalent:

• Vinay Kumar Jandyal becomes CAO, Ramban.

• Karuna Nidhi takes over as Deputy Director Training, Jammu.

• Shabeena Kousar will now serve as CAO, Baramulla.

• Other officers, including Qazi Showkat, Muneer Ahmed, Asifa Nabi, Naseer Ahmad Khan, and Koushal Chandel, have been assigned as CAOs in different districts like Ganderbal, Shopian, Budgam, and Kishtwar.

District and Sectoral Reassignments:
Numerous District Agriculture Officers (DAOs), Sub-Divisional Agriculture Officers (SDAOs), Subject Matter Specialists (SMS), Agriculture Extension Officers (AEOs), and technical officers have also been given interim charges in districts including Poonch, Nowshera, Bandipora, Baramulla, Sopore, and Anantnag.

Notable among these are:

• S. Harbinder Singh, posted as SMS-II, Poonch.

• Raj Kumar shifted to ASCO, Poonch.

• Manzoor Ahmad Zargar now overseeing SMS-II SW&M CAD Jammu.

• Mudabir Jaleel, now posted as SMS-III, Gurez from SCA CAD Budgam.

The department has also ensured that several officers currently working in legal and administrative sections of the Directorate will continue to perform their assigned duties alongside these new responsibilities.