Srinagar, May 16 -- The Ministry of Home Affairs on Friday ordered transfer of 26 IAS officers belonging to the AGUMT cadre, including several from Jammu and Kashmir, with immediate effect.

According to an order issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs reads, multiple officers serving in the Jammu and Kashmir administration have been posted to other UTs, while several IAS officers have been brought in from other regions.

"Pandurang K Pole, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri, Sanjiv M Gadkar, Shakeel Ul Rehman Rather, Pardeep Kumar, Rahul Sharma, Choudhary Mohammad Yasin, and Rakesh Kumar have been relieved from Jammu and Kashmir and posted to Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Puducherry and other regions," the order reads.

Several IAS officers have been ...