Ordinance to merge J&K IAS, IPS, IFoS cadre with AGMUT Updated: Updated: The new Union Terriroties are beset with acute shortage of officers, MHA said earlier Share Article The new Union Terriroties are beset with acute shortage of officers, MHA said earlier The Centre promulgated an ordinance on Thursday to merge the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) cadre of All India Services Officers such as the IAS, IPS and the Indian Forest Service (IFoS) with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre. The ordinance implies that officers of the three services posted in the Union Territories of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Puducherry, Dadra Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu and Lakshadweep, Chandigarh and the three States mentioned above can now be posted in J&K and Ladakh and officers of the J&K cadre can be posted there too.