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In India, the Head of Forest Forces (HoFF) is the highest ranking officer of the elite Indian Forest Service (IFS), one of the three all India services with the other two being IAS and IPS, in the Indian States and Union Territories. Each Head of Forest Forces is an IFS officer. The HoFF is the head of the forest department in Indian states and is selected by the Governor, based on the recommendation of the council of ministers led by the Chief Minister, from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The HoFF is equivalent to the State Police Chief, Chief Secretary and Lieutenant General of army in rank and influence.

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

Source: [1]

Heads of Forest Forces of States
S. No.StateHeadquartersName of HoFFBatch
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 Santosh Kumar, IFS [7]
7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Shri S. K. Chaturvedi IFS [8] 1985
8 Haryana Panchkula Amrinder Kaur, IFS [9] 1983
9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla S. S. Negi, IFS [10] 1983
10 Jharkhand Ranchi A. K. Rastogi, IFS [11] 1986
11 Karnataka Bengaluru Vinay Luthra, IFS [12] 1979
12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Brandson S. Corrie, IFS [13] 1980
13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Manoj Kumar Sapra, IFS [14] 1981
14 Maharashtra Nagpur Mr. Tembhurnikar, IFS [15] 1979
15 Manipur Imphal Bala Prasad, IFS [16] 1983
16 Meghalaya Shillong Sunil Kumar, IFS [17] 1979
17 Mizoram Aizawl J. L. Singh, IFS [18] 1979
18 Nagaland Kohima M. Lokeshwara Rao, IFS [19] 1983
19 Odisha Bhubaneswar S. S. Srivastava, IFS [20] 1980
20 Punjab Mohali Kuldip Kumar, IFS [21] 1984
21 Rajasthan Jaipur Anil Kumar Goel, IFS [22] 1983
22 Sikkim Gangtok Thomas Chandy, IFS [23] 1985
23 Tamil Nadu Chennai Vinod Kumar, IFS [24] 1980
24 Telangana Hyderabad R. Sobha, IFS [25] 1986
25 Tripura Agartala S. Talukdar, IFS [26] 1981
26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Pawan Kumar, IFS1983
27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Rajiv Bhartari, IFS [27] 1986
28 West Bengal Kolkata Ravi Kant Sinha, IFS1985
Heads of Forest Forces/ Forest Department Heads of Union Territories
S. No.Union TerritoryHeadquartersName of the HoFF/Forest Department HeadBatch
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Tarun Coomar, IFS1985
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Santosh Kumar, IFS [28] 1993
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Debendra Dalai, IFS1999
4 Delhi New Delhi Tarun Coomar, IFS [29] 1985
5 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (May–Oct) and Jammu (Nov–Apr)Dr Mohit Gera, IFS [30] 1987
6 Ladakh Leh TBD
7 Lakshadweep Kavaratti K. Kar, IFS1999
8 Puducherry Pondicherry G. Kumar, IFS1986

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