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JAMMU: The Government on Saturday accorded sanction for grant of Lt. Governor’s Award for honesty, integrity and meritorious public service in favour of nine senior officers including two IAS officers for the year 2021 on the Independence Day.
In an order, government stated that each awardee shall be felicitated with gold medal, cash prize of Rs 51, 000, citation and a certificate.
“Sanction is hereby accorded to the grant of Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Honesty, Integrity & Meritorious Public Service for the year, 2021, in favour of the following officers of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir,” reads the order.
As per the order, the awardees include Dheeraj Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, Housing & Urban Development Department; Manoj Kumar Dwivedi, IAS, Commissioner/Secretary, General Administration Department; Zubair Ahmad, JKAS, Commissioner/Secretary, Department of Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs; Rahul Sharma, JKAS, Excise Commissioner, J&K; Babila Rakwal, JKAS, Chief Executive Officer, Jammu & Kashmir Energy Development Agency; Er. Gurmeet Singh, Managing Director, JPDCL; Er. Aafaq Showkat, Superintending Engineer, Jal Shakti; Dr. Rajeshwar Sharma, Medical Superintendent, Chest Disease Hospital, Jammu and Dr. Tajamul Hussain Khan, Chief Medical Officer, Budgam.