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Head of Forest Forces

In India, the Head of Forest Forces (HoFF) is the highest ranking Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Indian States and Union Territories. All HoFF's are IFS officers. The HoFF is usually the head of the forest department in every Indian state and is selected by the Governor, based on the recommendation of the council of ministers led by Chief Minister, from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The post of HoFF is equivalent in rank, in states, to that of the State Police Chief for the Indian Police Service.

List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India[1]Edit

Heads of Forest Forces of States
S. No. State Headquarters Name of HoFF Batch
1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada S. B. L. Misra, IFS [2] 1980
2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Omkar Singh, IFS [3] 1982
3 Assam Guwahati Darash Mathur, IFS [4] 1980
4 Bihar Patna A. K. Pandey, IFS[5] 1986
5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Arvind Anil Boaz, IFS [6] 1979
6 Goa Panaji Ajay Saxena, IFS
7 Gujarat Gandhinagar D. K. Sharma, IFS[7] 1985
8 Haryana Panchkula Amrinder Kaur, IFS [8] 1983
9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla S. S. Negi, IFS [9] 1983
10 Jharkhand Ranchi P. K. Verma, IFS [10] 1986
11 Karnataka Bengaluru Vinay Luthra, IFS [11] 1979
12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Brandson S. Corrie, IFS[12] 1980
13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Manoj Kumar Sapra, IFS[13] 1981
14 Maharashtra Nagpur A. K. Nigam, IFS[14] 1979
15 Manipur Imphal Bala Prasad, IFS [15] 1983
16 Meghalaya Shillong Sunil Kumar, IFS [16] 1979
17 Mizoram Aizawl J. L. Singh, IFS [17] 1979
18 Nagaland Kohima M. Lokeshwara Rao, IFS[18] 1983
19 Odisha Bhubaneswar S. S. Srivastava, IFS [19] 1980
20 Punjab Mohali Kuldip Kumar, IFS [20] 1984
21 Rajasthan Jaipur Anil Kumar Goel, IFS [21] 1983
22 Sikkim Gangtok Thomas Chandy, IFS [22] 1985
23 Tamil Nadu Chennai Vinod Kumar, IFS [23] 1980
24 Telangana Hyderabad R. Sobha, IFS [24] 1986
25 Tripura Agartala S. Talukdar, IFS[25] 1981
26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Pawan Kumar, IFS 1983
27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Rajiv Bhartari, IFS [26] 1986
28 West Bengal Kolkata Ravi Kant Sinha, IFS 1985
Heads of Forest Forces/ Forest Department Heads of Union Territories
S. No. Union Territory Headquarters Name of the HoFF/Forest Department Head Batch
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Tarun Coomar, IFS 1985
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Santosh Kumar, IFS [27] 1993
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Debendra Dalai, IFS 1999
4 Delhi New Delhi Tarun Coomar, IFS [28] 1985
5 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (May–Oct) and Jammu (Nov–Apr) Ravi Kumar Kesar, IFS[29] 1985
6 Ladakh Leh TBD
7 Lakshadweep Kavaratti K. Kar, IFS 1999
8 Puducherry Pondicherry G. Kumar, IFS 1986

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ http://ifs.nic.in/IFS_CivilList_2015.pdf
  2. ↑ http://forest.ap.nic.in Archived 2015-10-09 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ http://arunachalforests.gov.in/Contact_Us.html
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 August 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/
  8. ↑ http://www.indianmandarins.com/dr-sarabjit-singh-jattan-promoted-to-prl-chief-conservator-of-forests-hoff/
  9. ↑ http://hpforest.nic.in/files/notification.pdf
  10. ↑ http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/forest-who?dc=DIR19
  11. ↑ http://aranya.gov.in/Static%20Pages/OfficersAranayaBhavan.aspx
  12. ↑ http://forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=41
  13. ↑ https://in.linkedin.com/pub/narendra-kumar/59/1b8/253[permanent dead link]
  14. ↑ http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?oid=47&gid=1
  15. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 12 October 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ↑ http://megforest.gov.in/megfor_whoswho.htm
  17. ↑ https://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/list-of-officers170912030911.html
  18. ↑ http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nagaland-forest-officer-honoured-115082700001_1.html
  19. ↑ http://odishaforest.in/hrd_disposition_list_ifs_officers.jsp
  20. ↑ http://www.pbforests.gov.in/Pdfs/contact/CONTACTUS%20FINAL%2022-july-2015.pdf
  21. ↑ http://www.rajforest.nic.in/writereaddata/paripatra_.pdf
  22. ↑ http://www.sikkimforest.gov.in/contact_us.htm
  23. ↑ http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/CivilList/graphics/IFS%202015.pdf
  24. ↑ http://forests.telangana.gov.in/pages/ContactsHoff.aspx
  25. ↑ http://forest.tripura.gov.in/who-is-who
  26. ↑ http://forest.uk.gov.in
  27. ↑ http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_forest.pdf
  28. ↑ http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_forest/Forest/Home/Contact+Us
  29. ↑ "Welcome to the Official Website of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department".


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