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In [[India]], the '''Head of Forest Forces''' ('''HoFF''') is the highest ranking [[Indian Forest Service]] (IFS) officer in Indian States and Union Territories. All HoFF's are IFS officers. The HoFF is usually the head of the forest department in every Indian state and is selected by the Governor, based on the recommendation of the council of ministers led by Chief Minister, from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The post of HoFF is equivalent in rank, in states, to that of the [[Director General of Police|State Police Chief]] for the [[Indian Police Service]].

==List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India<ref>http://ifs.nic.in/IFS_CivilList_2015.pdf</ref>==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+<big>Heads of Forest Forces of States</big>
!style="padding-center:15px;"|S. No.
!style="padding-center:15px;"|State
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Headquarters
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Name of HoFF
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Batch
|-
|1
|[[Andhra Pradesh]]
|[[Vijayawada]]
|align=center|S. B. L. Misra, IFS <ref>http://forest.ap.nic.in {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009052021/http://forest.ap.nic.in/ |date=2015-10-09 }}</ref>
|align=right|1980
|-
|2
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]]
|[[Itanagar]]
|align=center|Omkar Singh, IFS <ref>http://arunachalforests.gov.in/Contact_Us.html</ref>
|align=right|1982
|-
|3
|[[Assam]]
|[[Guwahati]]
|align=center|Darash Mathur, IFS <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://assamforest.in/common/ccf_dcfEtc.php |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150826042200/http://assamforest.in/common/ccf_dcfEtc.php |archive-date=26 August 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align=right|1980
|-
|4
|[[Bihar]]
|[[Patna]]
|align=center|A. K. Pandey, IFS<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://forest.bih.nic.in/Contacts.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=12 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503194001/http://forest.bih.nic.in/Contacts.htm |archive-date=3 May 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align=right|1986
|-
|5
|[[Chhattisgarh]]
|[[Raipur]]
|align=center|Arvind Anil Boaz, IFS <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ifsassocg.org.in/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=11 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907123644/http://www.ifsassocg.org.in/ |archive-date=7 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align=right|1979
|-
|6
|[[Goa]]
|[[Panaji]]
|align=center|Ajay Saxena, IFS
|align=right|
|-
|7
|[[Gujarat]]
|[[Gandhinagar]]
|align=center|D. K. Sharma, IFS<ref>https://forests.gujarat.gov.in/</ref>
|align=right|1985
|-
|8
|[[Haryana]]
|[[Panchkula]]
| align="center" |Amrinder Kaur, IFS <ref>http://www.indianmandarins.com/dr-sarabjit-singh-jattan-promoted-to-prl-chief-conservator-of-forests-hoff/</ref>
|align=right|1983
|-
|9
|[[Himachal Pradesh]]
|[[Shimla]]
|align=center|S. S. Negi, IFS <ref>http://hpforest.nic.in/files/notification.pdf</ref>
|align=right|1983
|-
|10
|[[Jharkhand]]
|[[Ranchi]]
|align=center|P. K. Verma, IFS <ref>http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/forest-who?dc=DIR19</ref>
|align=right|1986
|-
|11
|[[Karnataka]]
|[[Bengaluru]]
|align=center|Vinay Luthra, IFS <ref>http://aranya.gov.in/Static%20Pages/OfficersAranayaBhavan.aspx</ref>
|align=right|1979
|-
|12
|[[Kerala]]
|[[Thiruvananthapuram]]
|align=center|Brandson S. Corrie, IFS<ref>http://forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=41</ref>
|align=right|1980
|-
|13
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[Bhopal]]
|align=center|Manoj Kumar Sapra, IFS<ref>https://in.linkedin.com/pub/narendra-kumar/59/1b8/253{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|align=right|1981
|-
|14
|[[Maharashtra]]
|[[Nagpur]]
|align=center|A. K. Nigam, IFS<ref>http://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?oid=47&gid=1</ref>
|align=right|1979
|-
|15
|[[Manipur]]
|[[Imphal]]
|align=center|Bala Prasad, IFS <ref>{{cite web |url=http://manipurforest.gov.in/AboutUs.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2015-10-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150521071150/http://manipurforest.gov.in/AboutUs.htm |archivedate=2015-05-21 }}</ref>
|align=right|1983
|-
|16
|[[Meghalaya]]
||[[Shillong]]
|align=center|Sunil Kumar, IFS <ref>http://megforest.gov.in/megfor_whoswho.htm</ref>
|align=right|1979
|-
|17
|[[Mizoram]]
|[[Aizawl]]
|align=center|J. L. Singh, IFS <ref>https://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/list-of-officers170912030911.html</ref>
|align=right|1979
|-
|18
|[[Nagaland]]
|[[Kohima]]
|align=center|M. Lokeshwara Rao, IFS<ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nagaland-forest-officer-honoured-115082700001_1.html</ref>
|align=right|1983
|-
|19
|[[Odisha]]
|[[Bhubaneswar]]
|align=center|S. S. Srivastava, IFS <ref>http://odishaforest.in/hrd_disposition_list_ifs_officers.jsp</ref>
|align=right|1980
|-
|20
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
|[[Mohali]]
|align=center|Kuldip Kumar, IFS <ref>http://www.pbforests.gov.in/Pdfs/contact/CONTACTUS%20FINAL%2022-july-2015.pdf</ref>
|align=right|1984
|-
|21
|[[Rajasthan]]
|[[Jaipur]]
|align=center|Anil Kumar Goel, IFS <ref>http://www.rajforest.nic.in/writereaddata/paripatra_.pdf</ref>
|align=right|1983
|-
|22
|[[Sikkim]]
|[[Gangtok]]
|align=center|Thomas Chandy, IFS <ref>http://www.sikkimforest.gov.in/contact_us.htm</ref>
|align=right|1985
|-
|23
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[Chennai]]
|align=center|Vinod Kumar, IFS <ref>http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/CivilList/graphics/IFS%202015.pdf</ref>
|align=right|1980
|-
|24
|[[Telangana]]
|[[Hyderabad]]
|align=center|R. Sobha, IFS <ref>http://forests.telangana.gov.in/pages/ContactsHoff.aspx</ref>
|align=right|1986
|-
|25
|[[Tripura]]
|[[Agartala]]
|align=center|S. Talukdar, IFS<ref>http://forest.tripura.gov.in/who-is-who</ref>
|align=right|1981
|-
|26
|[[Uttar Pradesh]]
|[[Lucknow]]
|align=center|Pawan Kumar, IFS
|align=right|1983
|-
|27
|[[Uttarakhand]]
|[[Dehradun]]
|align=center|Rajiv Bhartari, IFS <ref>http://forest.uk.gov.in</ref>
|align=right|1986
|-
|28
|[[West Bengal]]
|[[Kolkata]]
|align=center|Ravi Kant Sinha, IFS
|align=right|1985
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+<big>Heads of Forest Forces/ Forest Department Heads of Union Territories</big>
!style="padding-center:15px;"|S. No.
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Union Territory
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Headquarters
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Name of the HoFF/Forest Department Head
!style="padding-center:15px;"|Batch
|-
|1
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]
|[[Port Blair]]
|align=center|Tarun Coomar, IFS
|align=right|1985
|-
|2
|[[Chandigarh]]
|[[Chandigarh]]
|align=center|Santosh Kumar, IFS <ref>http://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_forest.pdf</ref>
|align=right|1993
|-
|3
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]
|[[Daman, India|Daman]]
|align=center|Debendra Dalai, IFS
|align=right|1999
|-
|4
|[[Delhi]]
|[[New Delhi]]
|align=center|Tarun Coomar, IFS <ref>http://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_forest/Forest/Home/Contact+Us</ref>
|align=right|1985
|-
|5
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|[[Srinagar]] (May–Oct) and [[Jammu]] (Nov–Apr)
|align=center|Ravi Kumar Kesar, IFS<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://jkforest.gov.in/list_pccfn.html|title = Welcome to the Official Website of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department}}</ref>
|align=right|1985
|-
|6
|[[Ladakh]]
|[[Leh]]
|align=center|''TBD''
|align=right|
|-
|7
|[[Lakshadweep]]
|[[Kavaratti]]
|align=center|K. Kar, IFS
|align=right|1999
|-
|8
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]]
|[[Pondicherry]]
|align=center| G. Kumar, IFS
|align=right|1986
|}

== See also ==
* [[Indian Forest Service]]
* [[Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education]]
* [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|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 (India)|Chief Secretary]]
* [[Director General of Police]]
* [[Advocate general (India)|Advocate General]]

==References==
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{{Public Services of India}}
{{Civil service}}

{{Uttarakhand}}

[[Category:All India Services]]
[[Category:Forest administration in India]]
[[Category:Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change]]

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