Srinagar, August 14 (Scoop News) - The government has accorded sanction to the grant of Chief Minister Gold Medal for honesty/integrity and meritorious public service for the year-2012 in favour of five officers of state government. These officers will receive a cash prize of Rs. one lakh each, a citation and a certificate on the eve of Independence Day.

These are Chief Electoral Officer  Umang Narula, Commissioner Secretary, Rural Development Department,  Farooq Ahmad Peer, Vice-Chairman, LAWDA  Irfan Yaseen, Director, Resources and Institutional Finance Ms. Rashim Kashyap and Chief Engineer, R&B, Kashmir  Mushtaq Ahmad Lone.

Meanwhile the State Government will confer Sher-i-Kashmir Medals for meritorious  services to four police officers/ officials in recognition their unblemished, extra-ordinary and meritorious service in police on the occasion of Independence Day.

            These are DIGP Udhampur-Reasi Range  Jagjit Singh, SSP, Vigilance  Ali Mohammad Bhat, SP, CID Headquarter  Bashir Ahmad Tameel and ASI, NO. ARP-801813/ AP 4th Battalion,  Abdul Rashid.

            Moreover, the state government will also confer Sher-i-Kashmir Police Medal for Gallantry to eight police personnel for exemplary acts of bravery and courage beyond the call of normal duty while dealing with the grave law and order situation prevailing in the state.

            These are Javid Iqbal Ct. No. 855/D EXJ-977540, Sanjeev Singh Slathia, Inspr. EXJ 956212, Faizan Rana, Flr.No.98/F, Irshad Hussain, DYSP (Ops), Riyaz Iqbal, DYSP (Ops), Mohd Ramzan, Ct. No. 703/KP EXK-085728 and  Tashi Anchok, Sgct. No.296/KP, Javid Iqbal Dar, Ct.No. 809/AP-7th (ARP-085641).

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