Principal Secretary Finance Santosh Vaidya assigned additional charge of Home Department

In a surprise move, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has assigned the additional charge of Administrative Secretary, Home Department, to Santosh D Vaidya, IAS (AGMUT:1998). This comes through Government Order No. C.A-3K(GAD) of 2024 dated February 4th, 2024.

Vaidya, currently the Principal Secretary to the Government, Finance Department, will hold both positions “till further orders.” The order, signed by Commissioner/Secretary to the Government, Sanjeev Verma, cites “the interest of administration” as the reason for the additional responsibility.