SRINAGAR / NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has appointed senior bureaucrat Sajjan Singh Yadav as the new Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, effective November 1, 2026.
Yadav, a 1995-batch Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre, assumes top executive responsibility over the Union Territory’s administration following an official order issued by the MHA on Saturday. His appointment comes at a critical juncture for administrative consolidation, governance initiatives, and economic development across the region.
