Srinagar, Nov 1: The government on Sunday ordered a major administrative reshuffle, assigning Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Finance Department, Shailendra Kumar the charge of Chief Secretary till Sajjan Singh Yadav joins Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. According to Government Order No 1725-JK(GAD) of 2026, issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Kumar, a 1995-batch IAS officer, who also holds the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, will look after the post of Chief Secretary in the interim. In a seperate government order, Shaleen Kabra, Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Jal Shakti Department, who was also holding additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Estates Department and Revenue Department, has been transferred and posted as Director General, Jammu and Kashmir Institute of Management, Public Administration and Rural Development (IMPARD). Chandraker Bharti, Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Financial Commissioner, Revenue, J&K, till further orders. M Raju, Commissioner Secretary, General Administration Department, will also hold the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Estates Department. Saugat Biswas, Commissioner Secretary, Health and Medical Education Department, has been assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Jal Shakti Department. Rehana Batul, Director General, IMPARD, has been transferred and posted as Commissioner Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, relieving Avny Lavasa of the additional charge. Avny Lavasa, who is Secretary, Tourism Department, has been divested of the additional charge of Tribal Affairs Department and assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Revenue Department. Both orders, issued by the General Administration Department on November 1, were made in the interest of administration and take immediate effect, except where a specific tenure has been mentioned. The orders were issued by Commissioner Secretary to the Government, M Raju, by order of the Lieutenant Governor.