Head of Forest Forces
In India, the Head of Forest Force (HoFF) is the highest ranking officer of the Indian Forest Service (IFS), one of the three All India Services with the other two being IAS and IPS, in the Indian States and Union Territories. Each Head of Forest Forces is an IFS officer, and has the rank of Principal 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 the Chief Minister, from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The HoFF is equivalent to the State Police Chief/Head of Police Force (DGP), Chief Secretary and Lieutenant General of army in rank and influence.
List of current HoFF in India
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| S. No. | State | Headquarters | Name of HoFF | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | Mangalagiri | Chiranjiv Choudhary, IFS [2] | 1989 |
| 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 | 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 | Ashok Kumar, IFS [11] | 1991 |
| 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 | 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 | Dr. Samir Sinha, IFS [27] | 1990 |
| 28 | West Bengal | Kolkata | Niraj Singhal, IFS | 1990 |
| 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) and Jammu (Nov–Apr) | 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 | edit source]- 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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