In Jammu and Kashmir, Senior IAS officer Atal Dulloo on Friday (1st December 2023) took over as the new Chief Secretary of the Union Territory and received a rousing reception from hundreds of civil secretariat employees in Jammu and was then led to his office chamber.<br />''  <br />'' Akashvani Correspondent reports that Dulloo succeeded Arun Kumar Mehta who retired on Thursday(30 November 2023) . Dulloo, a 1989 batch IAS officer of the Union Territories of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) Cadre, was appointed as the Chief Secretary by the Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday. Dulloo, a B.Tech graduate from J&K, is a recipient of the state award for meritorious public service on Republic Day in 2013 and a silver medal for successfully conducting assembly elections in the erstwhile state in 1996. Dulloo holds the distinction of being the first person from J&K to occupy the top slot in the UT's bureaucracy since 2017, following B R Sharma's tenure from 2015-17. Known for his cordial style of functioning, Dulloo also has experience in roles such as a Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Ladakh and Deputy Commissioner in at least three districts in J&K.