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 state cabinets 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]
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 | Shri Ajay Saxena, IFS | |
7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Dr. 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 | Shashi Nandkeolyar, 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 | Mumbai | 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 | Jai Raj, IFS [26] | 1983 |
28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Ravi Kant Sinha, IFS | 1985 |
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 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (May-Oct) and Jammu (Nov-Apr) | Ravi Kumar Kesar, IFS[28] | 1985 |
5 | Ladakh | Leh and Kargil | TBD | |
6 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | K. Kar, IFS | 1999 |
7 | National Capital Territory of Delhi | Delhi | Tarun Coomar, IFS [29] | 1985 |
8 | Puducherry | Pondicherry | G. Kumar, IFS | 1986 |
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See also
- Indian Forest Service
- Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education
- Ministry of Environment and Forests
- Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
- All India Services
- Van Vigyan Kendra (Forest Science Centres)
- Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy
- Chief Secretary
- Director General of Police
- Advocate General
References
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- https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/
- http://www.indianmandarins.com/dr-sarabjit-singh-jattan-promoted-to-prl-chief-conservator-of-forests-hoff/
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- http://forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=41
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- http://megforest.gov.in/megfor_whoswho.htm
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- http://www.rajforest.nic.in/writereaddata/paripatra_.pdf
- http://www.sikkimforest.gov.in/contact_us.htm
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- http://forests.telangana.gov.in/pages/ContactsHoff.aspx
- http://forest.tripura.gov.in/who-is-who
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