Head of Forest Forces
S. No Union Territory Headquarters Name of the HoFF/Forest Department Head Batch
1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Tarun Coomar , IFS 1985
2 Chandigarh Chandigarh Santosh Kumar , IFS 1993
3 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Daman Debendra Dalai , IFS 1999
4 Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar ( May-Oct ) and Jammu ( Nov-Apr ) Ravi Kumar Kesar , IFS 1985
5 Ladakh Leh and Kargil TBD
6 Lakshadweep Kavaratti K. Kar , IFS 1999
7 National Capital Territory of Delhi Delhi Tarun Coomar , IFS 1985
8 Puducherry Pondicherry G. Kumar , IFS 1986
List of current Heads of Forest Forces in the States and Union territories of India [ 1 ]
Heads of Forest Forces of States S. No . State Headquarters Name of HoFF Batch 1 Andhra Pradesh Vijayawada S. B. L. Misra , IFS 1980 2 Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Omkar Singh , IFS 1982 3 Assam Guwahati Darash Mathur , IFS 1980 4 Bihar Patna A.K.Pandey , IFS 1986 5 Chhattisgarh Raipur Arvind Anil Boaz , IFS 1979 6 Goa Panaji Shri Ajay Saxena , IFS 7 Gujarat Gandhinagar Dr. D. K. Sharma , IFS 1985 8 Haryana Panchkula Amrinder Kaur , IFS 1983 9 Himachal Pradesh Shimla S. S. Negi , IFS 1983 10 Jharkhand Ranchi Shashi Nandkeolyar , IFS 1986 11 Karnataka Bengaluru Vinay Luthra , IFS 1979 12 Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Brandson S. Corrie , IFS 1980 13 Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Manoj Kumar Sapra , IFS 1981 14 Maharashtra Mumbai A. K. Nigam , IFS 1979 15 Manipur Imphal Bala Prasad , IFS 1983 16 Meghalaya Shillong Sunil Kumar , IFS 1979 17 Mizoram Aizawl J. L. Singh , IFS 1979 18 Nagaland Kohima M. Lokeshwara Rao , IFS 1983 19 Odisha Bhubaneswar S. S. Srivastava , IFS 1980 20 Punjab Mohali Kuldip Kumar , IFS 1984 21 Rajasthan Jaipur Anil Kumar Goel , IFS 1983 22 Sikkim Gangtok Thomas Chandy , IFS 1985 23 Tamil Nadu Chennai Vinod Kumar , IFS 1980 24 Telangana Hyderabad R.Sobha , IFS 1986 25 Tripura Agartala S. Talukdar , IFS 1981 26 Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Pawan Kumar , IFS 1983 27 Uttarakhand Dehradun Jai Raj , IFS 1983 28 West Bengal Kolkata Ravi Kant Sinha , IFS 1985
In India, the Head of Forest Forces (HoFF) is the highest ranking Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer in Indian States and Union Territories. All HoFF's are IFS officers. The HoFF is usually the head of the forest department in every Indian state and is selected by the state cabinets from among the senior most Principal Chief Conservators of Forests in the state. The post of HoFF is equivalent in rank, in states, to that of the State Police Chief for the Indian Police Service.