Head of Forest Forces

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 State Police Chief for the Indian Police Service.

List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India^[1]

Heads of Forest Forces of States
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	Ajay Saxena, IFS
7	Gujarat	Gandhinagar	D. K. Sharma, IFS^[7]	1985
8	Haryana	Panchkula	Amrinder Kaur, IFS ^[8]	1983
9	Himachal Pradesh	Shimla	S. S. Negi, IFS ^[9]	1983
10	Jharkhand	Ranchi	P. K. Verma, IFS ^[10]	1986
11	Karnataka	Bengaluru	Vinay Luthra, IFS ^[11]	1979
12	Kerala	Thiruvananthapuram	Brandson S. Corrie, IFS^[12]	1980
13	Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal	Manoj Kumar Sapra, IFS^[13]	1981
14	Maharashtra	Nagpur	A. K. Nigam, IFS^[14]	1979
15	Manipur	Imphal	Bala Prasad, IFS ^[15]	1983
16	Meghalaya	Shillong	Sunil Kumar, IFS ^[16]	1979
17	Mizoram	Aizawl	J. L. Singh, IFS ^[17]	1979
18	Nagaland	Kohima	M. Lokeshwara Rao, IFS^[18]	1983
19	Odisha	Bhubaneswar	S. S. Srivastava, IFS ^[19]	1980
20	Punjab	Mohali	Kuldip Kumar, IFS ^[20]	1984
21	Rajasthan	Jaipur	Anil Kumar Goel, IFS ^[21]	1983
22	Sikkim	Gangtok	Thomas Chandy, IFS ^[22]	1985
23	Tamil Nadu	Chennai	Vinod Kumar, IFS ^[23]	1980
24	Telangana	Hyderabad	R. Sobha, IFS ^[24]	1986
25	Tripura	Agartala	S. Talukdar, IFS^[25]	1981
26	Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow	Pawan Kumar, IFS	1983
27	Uttarakhand	Dehradun	Rajiv Bhartari, IFS ^[26]	1986
28	West Bengal	Kolkata	Ravi Kant Sinha, IFS	1985

Heads of Forest Forces/ Forest Department Heads of Union Territories
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 ^[27]	1993
3	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Daman	Debendra Dalai, IFS	1999
4	Delhi	New Delhi	Tarun Coomar, IFS ^[28]	1985
5	Jammu and Kashmir	Srinagar (May–Oct) and Jammu (Nov–Apr)	Ravi Kumar Kesar, IFS^[29]	1985
6	Ladakh	Leh	TBD
7	Lakshadweep	Kavaratti	K. Kar, IFS	1999
8	Puducherry	Pondicherry	G. Kumar, IFS	1986

References

Template:Public Services of India Template:Civil service

Template:Uttarakhand

fr:Fonction publique en Inde#Fonction publique forestière indienne

[1] ttp://ifs.nic.in/IFS_CivilList_2015.pdf

[2] ttp://forest.ap.nic.in Template:Webarchive

[3] ttp://arunachalforests.gov.in/Contact_Us.html

[4] Archived copy. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[5] Archived copy. Retrieved 12 October 2015.

[6] Archived copy. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[7] ttps://forests.gujarat.gov.in/

[8] ttp://www.indianmandarins.com/dr-sarabjit-singh-jattan-promoted-to-prl-chief-conservator-of-forests-hoff/

[9] ttp://hpforest.nic.in/files/notification.pdf

[10] ttp://www.jharkhand.gov.in/forest-who?dc=DIR19

[11] ttp://aranya.gov.in/Static%20Pages/OfficersAranayaBhavan.aspx

[12] ttp://forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=41

[13] ttps://in.linkedin.com/pub/narendra-kumar/59/1b8/253 Template:Dead link

[14] ttp://www.mahaforest.nic.in/contact_detail.php?oid=47&gid=1

[15] Archived copy.

[16] ttp://megforest.gov.in/megfor_whoswho.htm

[17] ttps://forest.mizoram.gov.in/page/list-of-officers170912030911.html

[18] ttp://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nagaland-forest-officer-honoured-115082700001_1.html

[19] ttp://odishaforest.in/hrd_disposition_list_ifs_officers.jsp

[20] ttp://www.pbforests.gov.in/Pdfs/contact/CONTACTUS%20FINAL%2022-july-2015.pdf

[21] ttp://www.rajforest.nic.in/writereaddata/paripatra_.pdf

[22] ttp://www.sikkimforest.gov.in/contact_us.htm

[23] ttp://www.forests.tn.nic.in/CivilList/graphics/IFS%202015.pdf

[24] ttp://forests.telangana.gov.in/pages/ContactsHoff.aspx

[25] ttp://forest.tripura.gov.in/who-is-who

[26] ttp://forest.uk.gov.in

[27] ttp://chandigarh.gov.in/pdf/citizen_charter_forest.pdf

[28] ttp://delhi.gov.in/wps/wcm/connect/doit_forest/Forest/Home/Contact+Us

[29] Welcome to the Official Website of the Jammu and Kashmir Forest Department.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

[29]

Head of Forest Forces

List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India[1]

See also

References

List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India^[1]