7 IFS officers of J&K, Ladakh promoted

Jammu, Jan 4: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has promoted seven officers of the joint AGMUT cadre of the Indian Forest Service (IFS), presently posted in J&K and Ladakh.

Senior IFS officer of the 2000 batch, K Ramesh Kumar, presently posted as CCF, J&K has been promoted to the grade of APCCF (Level 15 in the pay matrix of Rs 1,82,200-Rs 2,24,100) with effect from January 1, 2025, or onwards on the assumption of charge.

Arashdeep Singh and Anup Kumar Soni, both 2012 batch IFS officers, presently posted as DCF, J&K, have been promoted to the Selection Grade in Level 13 in pay matrix of Rs 1,23,100-2,15,900 with effect from January 1, 2025.

Through a separate order, Navneet Singh and Suresh Manda, both IFS officers of the 2016 batch, presently posted as DCF, J&K and Mandeep Mittal, also IFS officer of the 2016 batch, presently posted as DCF Ladakh,  have been granted the Junior Administrative Grade (Level 12 in pay matrix of Rs 78,000-Rs 2,09,200 with effect from January 1, 2025.

Anurag Arya, IFS officer of the 2021 batch, presently posted as DCF, J&K, through another order, has been granted the Senior Time Scale (Level 11 in Pay matrix of Rs 67,700-Rs 2,08,700, with effect from January 1, 2025.