Sajjan Singh Yadav, a 1995-batch IAS officer of the AGMUT cadre, will be the new Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, according to an order issued by the Central Government on Saturday. Yadav will be the first AGMUT cadre IAS officer to be Chief Secretary.

AGMUT stands for Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram and Union Territories. It is a joint cadre for IAS and IPS officers serving these states and union territories.

The order, issued by Anish Muraleedharan, Director (S) in the Ministry of Home Affairs, with the approval of the competent authority, states that his appointment will take effect from “November 1 or from the date he assumes charge, whichever is later”.

Yadav, who will succeed incumbent Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, retiring on October 31, is currently posted as Additional Chief Secretary and CEO Secretary of the Delhi Jal Board.

Hailing from Haryana, Yadav will be the first AGMUT cadre IAS officer to head the bureaucracy in Jammu and Kashmir.…