Head of Forest Forces
InIndia,theHead of Forest Forces(HoFF) is the highest ranking officer of theIndian Forest Service(IFS), one of the threeAll India Serviceswith the other two beingIASandIPS,in the Indian States and Union Territories. Each Head of Forest Forces is an IFS officer, and has the rank ofPrincipal Chief Conservator of Forests(PCCF). The HoFF is the head of the forest department in Indian states and is selected by the Governor, based on the recommendation of the council of ministers led by theChief Minister,from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The HoFF is equivalent to theState Police Chief(DGP),Chief SecretaryandLieutenant Generalof army in rank and influence.
List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India
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| 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 | Santosh Kumar, IFS[7] | |
| 7 | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Shri S. K. Chaturvedi IFS[8] | 1985 |
| 8 | Haryana | Panchkula | Amrinder Kaur, IFS[9] | 1983 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | S. S. Negi, IFS[10] | 1983 |
| 10 | Jharkhand | Ranchi | A. K. Rastogi, IFS[11] | 1986 |
| 11 | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Brijesh Kumar Dikshit, IFS[12] | 1979 |
| 12 | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Ganga Singh, IFS[13] | 1980 |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Manoj Kumar Sapra, IFS[14] | 1981 |
| 14 | Maharashtra | Nagpur | Mr. Tembhurnikar, IFS[15] | 1979 |
| 15 | Manipur | Imphal | Bala Prasad, IFS[16] | 1983 |
| 16 | Meghalaya | Shillong | Sunil Kumar, IFS[17] | 1979 |
| 17 | Mizoram | Aizawl | J. L. Singh, IFS[18] | 1979 |
| 18 | Nagaland | Kohima | M. Lokeshwara Rao, IFS[19] | 1983 |
| 19 | Odisha | Bhubaneswar | S. S. Srivastava, IFS[20] | 1980 |
| 20 | Punjab | Mohali | Kuldip Kumar, IFS[21] | 1984 |
| 21 | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Anil Kumar Goel, IFS[22] | 1983 |
| 22 | Sikkim | Gangtok | Thomas Chandy, IFS[23] | 1985 |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Vinod Kumar, IFS[24] | 1980 |
| 24 | Telangana | Hyderabad | R. Sobha, IFS[25] | 1986 |
| 25 | Tripura | Agartala | S. Talukdar, IFS[26] | 1981 |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Pawan Kumar, IFS | 1983 |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Dhananjai Mohan, IFS[27] | 1986 |
| 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[28] | 1993 |
| 3 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Daman | Debendra Dalai, IFS | 1999 |
| 4 | Delhi | New Delhi | Tarun Coomar, IFS[29] | 1985 |
| 5 | Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar(May–Oct) andJammu(Nov–Apr) | Dr Mohit Gera, IFS[30] | 1987 |
| 6 | Ladakh | Leh | TBD | |
| 7 | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | K. Kar, IFS | 1999 |
| 8 | Puducherry | Pondicherry | G. Kumar, IFS | 1986 |
See also
[edit]- 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
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