Himachal Pradesh Forest Department
FOREST DEPARTMENT HIMACHAL PRADESH
OFFICE ORDER
No./ 397 /2012-13 Dated Shimla-1, the/ 10/05/2012
In supersession of all previous orders, the following Public Information Officers and Appellate Authorities at various levels of the Forest Department, Himachal Pradesh for the purpose of RTI Act, 2005 are hereby appointed with immediate effect :-
Sr. Name of office/unit PIOs/ Complete Office Office Jurisdiction/Units No. Appellate Address Telephone under his control for Authority Numbers which he will be rendering information under RTI Act, 2005 Part - I:
Pr. CCF HP, Talland Shimla-1 Pr.CCF HP Shimla-1 PIO CCF (FCA) 0177-2624857 Direction office, Shimla
Appellate Addl. Pr.CCF (Mgt.) 0177-2620281 Direction office, Shimla Authority Direction Office Shimla Part - II:
Territorial Forest Circles & Divisions 1 Shimla Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 0177-2624850 Circle Office Shimla. O/o Conservator of Forests, Khallini, Shimla-2
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1.1 Shimla Division PIO Divisional Forest 0177-2623412 Shimla Forest Division. Officer, Shimla Forest Division Khallini, Shimla-2 1.2 Rohru Forest PIO Divisional Forest 01781-240035 Rohru Forest Division. Division Officer, Rohru Forest Division 1.3 Chopal Forest PIO Divisional Forest 01783-260026 Chopal Forest Division. Division Officer, Chopal Forest Division 1.4 Theog Forest PIO Divisional Forest 01783-238264 Theog Forest Division. Division Officer, Theog Forest Division. Appellate Conservator of 0177-2624850 C.F. Shimla will be Authority Forests, Shimla Circle Appellate Authority for Shimla, HP. all the PIOs under his jurisdiction 2 Rampur Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01782-233068 Rampur Circle O/o Conservator of Forest Rampur Circle, Distt. Shimla 2.1 Rampur Forest Divn. PIO DFO Rampur Forest 01782-233107 Rampur Forest Divn. Divn. Rampur, Distt. Shimla HP 2.2 Kotgarh Forest Divn. PIO DFO Kotgarh Forest 01782-222243 Kotgarh Forest Divn. Divn. Kotgarh, Distt. Shimla HP 2.3 Kinnour Forest Divn. PIO DFO Kinnour Forest 01786-223358 Kinnour Forest Divn. Divn. Kinnour, Distt. Shimla HP 2.4 DFO Cat Plan PIO DFO CAT Plan Divn. 01786-252207 CAT Plan Divn. Nichar Nichar, Kinnour HP 2.5 Ani Forest Division PIO DFO Ani Forest 01904-243874 Ani Forest Division
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Division at Lhuri, Distt. Kullu, HP. Appellate Conservator of 01782-233068 CF Rampur will be Authority Forests, Rampur Appellate Authority for Circle Distt. Shimla all the PIOs under his HP. Jurisdiction. 3 Bilaspur Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01978-223396 Bilaspur Circle O/o CF Bilaspur, Distt. Bilaspur HP. 3.1 Bilaspur Forest PIO DFO Bilaspur Forest 01978-224809 Bilaspur Forest Division Division Bilaspur Division Distt. Bilaspur HP. 3.2 Nalagarh Forest PIO DFO Nalagarh, Forest 01975-223124 Nalagarh Forest Division Division Nalagarh Division Distt. Solan HP. 3.3 Kunihar Forest PIO DFO Kunihar Forest 01796-262228 Kunihar Forest Division Division, Distt. Solan Division HP. Appellate Conservator of 01978-223396 CF Bilaspur will be Authority Forests, Bilaspur, Appellate Authority for Circle Bilaspur Distt. all the PIOs under his Bilaspur HP. Jurisdiction. 4 Kullu Circle PIO TA/DFO 01902-222490 Kullu Circle (Headquarters) O/o CF Kullu HP. 4.1 Kullu Forest Division PIO DFO Kullu Forest 01902-222510 Kullu Forest Division Division Kullu, Distt. Kullu HP. 4.2 Parbati Forest PIO DFO Parbati, Forest 01902-265041 Parbati Forest Division Division Division Parbati, Distt. Kullu HP. 4.3 Seraj Forest Division PIO DFO Seraj, Forest 01903-222226 Seraj Forest Division Division Seraj at
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Banjar, Distt Kullu HP.
4.4 Lahaul Forest PIO DFO Lahaul, Forest 01900-222235 Keylong Division Division Division at Keylong, Distt, Lahaul & Spiti HP. Appellate Conservator of 01902-222490 CF Kullu will be Authority Forests, Kullu Circle, Appellate Authority for Distt. Kullu HP. all the PIOs under his Jurisdiction 5 Mandi Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01905-235447 Mandi Circle Mandi 5.1 Mandi Forest PIO DFO Mandi Forest, 01905-235360 Mandi Forest Division Division Division Mandi, Distt. Mandi HP. 5.2 Joginder Nagar PIO DFO Joginder Nagar, 01908-222100 Joginder Nagar Forest Forest Division Forest Division Division Joginder Nagar, Distt. Mandi HP. 5.3 Nachan Forest PIO DFO Nachan, Forest 01907-250267 Nachan Forest Division Division Division Nachan, Distt. Mandi HP. 5.4 Karsog Forest PIO DFO Karsog, Forest 01907-222205 Karsog Forest Division Division Division Karsog, Distt. Mandi HP. 5.5 Suket Forest PIO DFO Suket Forest 01907-267228 Suket Forest Division Division Division at Sunder Nagar Distt. Mandi HP. Appellate Conservator of 01905-235447 CF Mandi will be Authority Forests. Mandi, Appellate Authority for Distt. Mandi HP. all the PIOs under his Jurisdiction. RTI Proactive Disclosure 19-May-2012 Page 4 of 16
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6 Chamba Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01899-222237 Circle Chamba O/o Conservator of Forests Chamba, Distt. Chamba HP. 6.1 Chamba Forest PIO DFO Chamba 01899-222239 Chamba Forest Division Division 6.2 Dalhousie Forest PIO DFO Dalhousie, 01899-240616 Dalhousie Forest Division Forest Division Division Dalhousie, Distt Chamba HP. 6.3 Churah Forest PIO DFO Churah, Forest 01896-233245 Chamba Forest Division Division Churah, Division Distt. Chamba HP. 6.4 Pangi Forest Division PIO DFO Pangi, Forest 01897-222247 Pangi Forest Division Division Pangi, Distt. Chamba HP. Bharmour Forest PIO DFO Bharmour, 01895-225046 Bharmour Forest Division Forest Division Division Bharmour, Distt. 6.5 Chamba. HP. Appellate Conservator of 01899-222237 CF Chamba will be Authority Forests, Chamba, Appellate Authority for Distt. Chamba, HP. all the PIOs under his Jurisdiction 7 Nahan Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01702-224824 Nahan Circle O/o Conservator of Forest Nahan Circle, Distt. Sirmour HP. 7.1 Nahan Forest PIO DFO Nahan, Forest 01702-222240 Nahan Forest Division Division Division Nahan, Distt. Sirmour HP. 7.2 Rajgarh Forest PIO DFO Rajgarh, Forest 01799-220101 Rajgarh Forest Division Division Rajgarh, Division
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Distt. Sirmour HP.
7.3 Poanta Forest PIO DFO Paonta Sahib, 01704-222397 Paonta Forest Division Division Forest Division Paonta, Distt Sirmour HP. 7.4 Renuka Forest PIO DFO Renukaji, Forest 01702-267321 Renukaji Forest Division Division Renukaji, Division Distt. Sirmour HP. 7.5 Solan Forest Division PIO DFO Solan, Forest 01792-223751 Solan Forest Division Division Solan, Distt. Solan HP. Appellate Conservator of 01702-224824 CF Nahan will be Authority Forests, Nahan Appellate Authority for Circle, Distt. Sirmour, all the PIOs under his HP. Jurisdiction. 8 Dharamshala Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01892-224959 Dharamshala Circle O/o Conservator of Forest Dharamshala Circle, Distt. Kangra, HP. 8.1 Dharamshala PIO DFO Dharamshala, 01892-224887 Dharamshala Forest Division Forest Division Division Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra, HP. 8.2 Palampur Forest PIO DFO Palampur, 01894-232630 Palampur Forest Division Forest Division Division Palampur, Distt. Kangra, HP. 8.3 Nurpur Forest PIO DFO Nurpur, Forest 01892-220490 Nurpur Forest Division Division Division Nurpur, Distt Kangra, HP.
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Appellate Conservator of 01892-224959 CF Dharamshala will Authority Forests, be Appellate Authority Dharamshala, Distt. for all the PIOs under Kangra, HP. his Jurisdiction. 9 Hamirpur Circle PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01972-223217 Hamirpur Circle. O/o Conservator of Forest Hamirpur Circle, Distt. Hamirpur, HP. 9.1 Hamirpur Division PIO DFO Hamirpur, 01972-224922 Hamirpur Forest Forest Division Division Hamirpur, Distt. Hamirpur, HP. 9.2 Dehra Forest PIO DFO Dehra, Forest 01970-233156 Dehra Forest Division Division Division Dehra, Distt. Kangra, HP. 9.3 Una Forest Division PIO DFO Una, Forest 01975-223636 Una Forest Division Division Una, Distt Una, HP. Appellate Conservator of 01972-223217 CF Hamirpur will be Authority Forests, Hamirpur, Appellate Authority for Distt. Hamirpur, HP. all the PIOs under his Jurisdiction. Part - III:
PUBLICITY DIVISION Publicity Forest PIO DFO Publicity, Forest 0177-2622527 Publicity Division Division Division Shimla-2 Appellate Conservator of 0177-2624376 Publicity Division Authority Forests (T&E) O/o Pr. CCF HP Shimla Part - IV:
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WORKING PLAN & SETTLEMENT 1 CCF (WP & PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01905-237070 Working plan Activities Settlement) O/o Chief in the State. Mandi Conservator of Forests, Working Plan & Settlement Mandi, HP. Appellate Conservator of 01905-237070 Working plan Activities Authority Forests, Working in the State. Plan & Settlement Mandi HP. 2 WP Solan PIO Supdt. Office 94184-85544 OSD,WP Office Solan Incharge O/o OSD, Solan HP. Appellate OSD, Working Plan 94184-85544 OSD,WP, Solan will be Authority Solan Appellate Authority for PIO under his Control 3 WP Palampur PIO Supdt. Office 9816037953 OSD,WP Office Incharge O/o OSD, Palampur Palampur HP. Appellate OSD, Working Plan OSD,WP, Palampur Authority Palampur. will be Appellate Authority for PIO under his Control Part - V:
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1 O/o Chief PIO Dy. Director (Admn) 01792-223043 O/o Chief Project Project (Sr.DCS) Solan, Distt. Director. Director Solan, HP. Appellate Chief Project 01792-223004 Entire project areas Authority Director, H.P. MID Himalayan watershed Himalayan Development project. Watershed Development Project, Solan, Distt. Solan, HP. 2 RPD PIO T.A.-cum-Asstt. 01892-223345 RPD Dharamshala Dharamshala Director (Admn.) (DDO-ACF)O/o Inst Dev. & Training. Appellate Project Director, H.P. 01792-223043 Baner, Bhatiyat, Authority MID Himalayan Mandi, Dehra, Parvati Watershed & Hamir watershed Development Project, Development Divisions. Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra, HP. 2.1 DWDO PIO Divisional Watershed 01892-223345 Selected SWS of Dharamshala Development Officer, Bhawarana,Nagrota, Baner, Watershed Bagwans, Kangra & Development Division Rait, Distt.Kangra, HP. Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra, HP. 2.2 DWDO Nurpur PIO Divisional Watershed 01893-220259 Selected SWS of Development Officer, Nagrota Surian, Dehra, Watershed Nurpur, Pragpur & Development Division Fatehpur Blocks of Nurpur, Distt. Kangra Distt.HP. Kangra, HP.
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2.3 DWDO PIO Divisional Watershed 01972-227146 Selected SWS of Sujanpur Development Officer, Sujanpur, Tihra, Hamir, Watershed Hamirpur, Bamson & Development Division Nadaun Blocks of Sujanpur, Distt Hamirpur Distt.HP. .Kangra, HP. 2.4 DWDO Chowari PIO Divisional Watershed 01899-266424 Selected SWS of Development Officer, Bhatiyat & Salooni, Bhatiyat, Watershed Blocks of Chamba Development Division Distt.HP. Chowari, Distt. Chamba, HP. 2.5 DWDO Mandi PIO Divisional Watershed 01905-235055 Selected SWS of Mandi Development Officer, & Sadar, Darang, Mandi, Watershed Gopalpur, Dharampur, Development Division Gohar, Sunder Nagar Mandi, Distt. Mandi, & Chountra ,Blocks of HP. Mandi Distt.HP. Appellate Project Director, H.P. 01892-223345 Baner, Bhatiyat, Authority MID Himalayan Mandi, Dehra, Parvati Watershed & Hamir watershed Development Project, Development Divisions. Dharamshala, Distt. Kangra, HP. 3 RPD MHWDP PIO Asstt. Director 01978-221924 RPD MHWDP Bilaspur Bilaspur Technical (Animal Husbandry) Appellate Project Director, H.P. 01978-221924 Renukaji, Solan, Authority MID Himalayan Govind Sager (Bhakra) Watershed Bhadarpur & Development Project, Bushahar Watershed Bilaspur, Distt. Development Divisions Bilaspur HP. HP. RTI Proactive Disclosure 19-May-2012 Page 10 of 16
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3.1 DWDO Namhol PIO Divisional Watershed 01978-240434 Selected SWS of Sadar Development Officer, & Jhanduta Blocks of Bhadarpur Bilaspur Distt.& Watershed Kunihar Block of Solan Development Division Distt. Namhol, Distt. Bilaspur, HP. 3.2 DWDO PIO Divisional Watershed 01978-284020 Selected SWS of Sadar Swarghat Development Officer, & Jhanduta Blocks of Govind Sager Bilaspur Distt.& (Bhakra) Watershed Bangana Block of Una Development Division Distt. Swarghat, Distt. Bilaspur, HP. 3.3 DWDO Solan PIO Divisional Watershed 01792-225773 Selected SWS of Development Officer, Pachad, Rajgarh in Solan, Watershed Sirmour Distt. & Solan Development Division Kandaghat, Solan, Distt. Solan, Dharampur & Kunihar HP. Development Blocks of Solan Distt.HP. 3.4 DWDO PIO Divisional Watershed 01702-222423 Selected SWS of Renukaji Development Officer, Pachad, Nahan, Shilai, Renukaji, Watershed Paonta &Sangrah Development Division Development Blocks of at Nahan, Distt. Sirmour Distt. HP. Sirmour, HP. 3.5 DWDO Rampur PIO Divisional Watershed 01782-233920 Selected SWS of Development Officer, Rampur,Narkanda, Bushahar, Watershed Rohru & Chhohara Development Division Development Blocks of at Rampur, Distt. Shimla Distt.& Ani
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Shimla, HP. Block of Kullu Distt.HP.
3.6 DWDO Kullu PIO Divisional Watershed 01902-226636 Selected SWS of Development Officer, Nager,Kullu & Banjart Parbati Watershed Blocks of Kullu Development Division Distt.HP. Shamshi,Distt. Kullu, HP. Appellate Project Director, H.P. 01978-221924 Renukaji, Solan, Authority MID Himalayan Govind Sager (Bhakra) Watershed Bhadarpur & Development Project, Bushahar Watershed Bilaspur, Distt. Development Divisions Bilaspur HP. HP. Part - VI:
SWAN PROJECT 1 Dy. Dir. Swan PIO Dy. Director O/o 01976-260916 Dy. Director Swan River (IWM) CCF-Cum-Project River (IWM) Project Project Amb. Director Swan River Amb Distt.Una.HP. (IWM) Project, Amb Distt. Una. HP. 1.1 Dy. Dir. Swan PIO Dy. Director O/o 01976-240255 Dy. Director Swan River (IWM) CCF-Cum-Project River (IWM) Project Project, Gagret. Director Swan River Gagret Distt. Una HP. (IWM) Project Gagret Distt. Una HP.
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1.2 Dy. Dir. Swan PIO Dy. Director O/o 01976-223854 Dy. Director Swan River (IWM) CCF-Cum-Project River (IWM) Project Project Una. Director Swan River Una Distt. Una HP. (IWM) Project Una Distt. Una HP. 1.3 Joint Dir. PIO Joint Director 01976-225427 Joint Director (Admn) (Admn) Swan (Admn) O/o CCF- Swan River (IWM) River (IWM) Cum-Project Director Project Una Distt. Una Project Una. Swan River (IWM) HP. Project Una Distt. Una HP. Appellate O/o CCF-Cum- 01976-225427 For all matters Authority Project Director Una connected with C.C.F - Distt. Una HP. cum- Project Director Distt. Una HP. Part - VII:
TRAINING SCHOOLS 1 Forest Training PIO Director Forest 01792-248160 Forest Training School School, Chail Training School, Chail Chail 2 Forest Training PIO Director Forest 01907-264114 Forest Training School School Sunder Training School Sunder Nagar Nagar. Sunder Nagar Appellate C.F.(T&E) 0177-2623153 Appellate Authority Authority under his jurisdiction
Part - VIII:
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(WILD LIFE) 1 Principal PIO D.F.O (Headquarters) 0177-2625205 For all matters CCF(WL), H.P O/o Pr.CCF (WL), HP. Ext.203-257 connected with O/o Pr. Talland, Shimla Talland Shimla-1 CCF (WL) at HQ. Appellate APCCF (WL) Talland 0177-2625205 For all matters Authority Shimla. Ext.203-257 connected with O/o Pr. CCF (WL) at HQ. 2 CF (WL) South PIO DFO, Zoo & Rescue 0177-2620151 For all matters Shimla Division Shimla connected with O/o C.F. Wild Life.(South) Shimla. Appellate Conservator of 0177-2620151 Appellate Authority. Authority Forests (WL) Shimla H.P. 2.1 Shimla WL PIO Divisional Forest 0177-2623993 Shimla Wild Life Division Officer (WL) Shimla Division 2.2 Sarahan WL PIO Divisional Forest 01782-274232 Sarahan WL Division Division Officer (WL) Sarahan 2.3 DFO (WL) Spiti PIO DFO (WL), Spiti at 01906-222263 (WL), Divn. Spiti at at Kaza Kaza. Kaza. Appellate Conservator of 0177-2620151 Conservator Wild Life Authority Forests, Wild Life Shimla. Shimla. 3 National Park PIO D.F.O (Headquarters) 01902-265320 Shamshi National Park Shamshi O/o CF National Park Shamshi Shamshi. 3.1 Kullu (WL) PIO Divisional Forest 01902-222276 Kullu Wild Life Division Officer (WL) Kullu, Division Distt. Kullu, HP. Appellate CF National Park 01902-265320 C.F. National Park Authority Shamshi. Shamshi. will be Appellate Authority
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under his Jurisdiction
4 CF WL (North) PIO DFO (Headquarters) 01892-224939 C,F, Wild Life (North) Dharamshala O/o C.F. Wild Life Dharamshala (North) Dharamshala, H.P. 4.1 D.F.O (WL) PIO Forest Division (WL) 01972-222319 Hamirpur Wild Life Hamirpur Hamirpur, Distt. Division Hamirpur, HP. 4.2 Chamba (WL) PIO Forest Division (WL) 01899-222639 Chamba Wild Life Division Chamba, Distt. Division Chamba, HP. Appellate CF Wild Life (North) 01892-224939 For all Matters Authority Dharamshala, H.P. connected with O/o C.F.WL.(North) Dharamshala Part - IX:
ECOTOURISM 1 Chief PIO DCF (Ecotourism), 0177-2623036 Conservator of Forests Conservator of O/o Chief Ecotourism, Mist Forests, Conservator of Chamber Khalini, Ecotourism, Forests, Ecotourism, Shimla-2 H.P Shimla. Mist Chamber, Khalini, H.P. Shimla- 2 Appellate Chief Conservator of 0177-2623036 For all matters Authority Forests Ecotourism, connected with C.C.F Mist Chamber Ecotourism in the Khalini,Shimla-2 State. Part - X: RTI Proactive Disclosure 19-May-2012 Page 15 of 16
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CCF (FP&FC) Bilaspur 1 CCF (FP&FC) PIO T.A. O/o CCF 01978-221616 CCF (FP&FC) Office & Bilaspur (FP&FC) Bilaspur Flying squad unit Distt. Bilaspur HP. Bilaspur HP. Appellate CCF (FP&FC) 01978-221616 For all matters Authority Bilaspur Distt. connected with CCF Bilaspur HP. (FP&FC) Bilaspur Distt. Bilaspur HP. Part - XI:
CCF (Soil) 1 CCF (Soil) PIO DCF Soil O/o CCF 0177-2622523 CCF(Soil) Shimla HP. (Soil)
Appellate CCF (Soil) Shimla HP. 0177-2622523 For all matters Authority connected with CCF (Soil) Shimla HP.
Sd/- Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (T), Himachal Pradesh, Shimla-1
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