Dr Bilal Mohi-ud-Din BhatIndian Administrative Service

Budgam district, central Kashmir

Deputy Commissioner, Budgam

Dr Bilal Mohi-ud-Din Bhat, IAS · 16 June 2025 to 25 February 2026

At the office of the District Magistrate, Budgam
Photo: Greater Kashmir

Dr Bilal Mohi-ud-Din Bhat served as Deputy Commissioner, District Magistrate and District Development Commissioner of Budgam from 16 June 2025 to 25 February 2026, succeeding Akshay Labroo, IAS, and handing over to Athar Aamir Ul Shafi Khan, IAS. He was concurrently District Election Officer for the bye-election to the 27-Budgam Assembly constituency.

Work During the Tenure

The September 2025 floods on the Shaliganga and at Panzan defined the tenure's first months: inspection of the damaged Panzan bridge, relief and restoration meetings, a briefing to the Inter-Ministerial Central Team, a Rs 71.25 lakh bridge restoration and a temporary Bailey bridge at Chadoora. The bye-election to 27-Budgam was conducted between October and November 2025, with counting on 14 November.

Development work included the 125-bed New District Hospital and 100-bed critical care unit at Reshipora, approvals of more than 2,000 cases under HADP, JKCIP and allied schemes, the demarcation and land-record authentication of the Hokarsar Ramsar wetland, land procedures for the expansion of Srinagar civil airport, ski infrastructure at Doodhpathri, and public darbars at Charar-i-Sharief, Khag, Beerwah and Pakherpora. In his final week he launched the e-Nigrani application for real-time monitoring of works and a hybrid learning system linking fifteen schools at Kanir.

Documented Initiatives

  1. Launched 'e-Nigrani' app (Constituency Development Management Information System) for real-time monitoring of works Source
  2. Inaugurated a hybrid learning system linking 15+ schools at BHSS Kanir and delivered the inaugural science lecture Source
  3. Launched 'Naqsh-e-Meeras' heritage-crafts workshop at NIFT; Gyan Bharatam manuscript-preservation review; Kanihama craft village Source
  4. Reviewed ski infrastructure at Doodhpathri for winter tourism; youth trekking camps to Pahalgam (boys Dec 2025, girls Jan 2026) Source
  5. Good Governance Week: revenue camps in every village; 'Ignite Space' library at Charar/Chadoora Source
  6. Hokarsar Wetland (Ramsar site) demarcation and land-record authentication drive Source
  7. Chaired meetings to expedite Srinagar civil airport expansion (land/admin procedures) Source
  8. As DEO conducted the bye-election to 27-Budgam AC: EVM randomisation, postal ballot/home voting, counting 14 Nov 2025 Source
  9. September 2025 floods (Shaliganga/Panzan): inspected Panzan bridge, relief and restoration meetings, briefed Inter-Ministerial Central Team; Rs 71.25 lakh Panzan bridge restoration; temporary Bailey bridge at Chadoora (Dec 2025) Source
  10. HADP/JKCIP/ISDS/IDDS approvals: 1,309 cases (Aug), 906 HADP cases (Dec); 253 ice boxes to fishers (Jan 2026); farm machinery at Khansahib Source
  11. Pushed the 125-bed New District Hospital and 100-bed CCU at Reshipora Source
  12. NCORD meetings 37th-39th: cannabis destruction, enforcement, rehabilitation; new drug de-addiction centre inspected (Nov 2025) Source
  13. Public darbars across the district (Charar-i-Sharief, Summerbugh Shalina, Khag, Beerwah, Pakherpora) Source
  14. Late-night surprise inspection of District Hospital Budgam; flagged emergency-service gaps Source
  15. Joined the Ashura (10th Muharram) procession, carried the Alam and served refreshments to mourners Source

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