The State government of Telangana has reshuffled several IAS officers. S Harish, a 2015 batch IAS officer and Joint Secretary to the Revenue Department, has been appointed as the Special Commissioner to the State Information and Public Relations (I&PR) Department. He will also serve as the Executive Officer and Special Secretary of the General Administration (I&PR) Department. The current officer in that position, M Hanumantha Rao (IAS, 2013), has been transferred and now serves as the Collector and District Magistrate of Yadadri Bhongir district.
In total, 13 IAS officers have been transferred to different departments and positions, including district Collectors. Narayana Reddy, who was the Collector of Nalgonda, has been reassigned as the Collector of Rangareddy district.
Tourism Director Ila Tripathi has been transferred and appointed as the new Collector of Nalgonda. Dr. T K Sreedevi, who was serving as the Commissioner of Social Welfare (SCD), has been made the Commissioner and Director of Municipal Administration. This move relieves V P Gautham from the additional charge of that position.
Manda Makarandu, the Commissioner of Nizamabad Municipal Corporation, has been reassigned as Project Director (CMRO) in the office of CCLA in Hyderabad. K Shashanka has been posted as the Commissioner for State Flagship Projects.
T Vinay Krishna Reddy, who was the Joint Secretary to the Health, Medical, and Family Welfare Department, has been transferred to the position of Commissioner for Rehabilitation and Resettlement (R&R) and Land Acquisition (LA) in the Irrigation and CAD Department. Aisha Masrat Khanam, who was waiting for a posting, has now been appointed as Joint Secretary to the Health, Medical, and Family Welfare Department.
Nikhil Chakravarthi, who is currently the Executive Director of Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (TGIIC), has been given additional charge as the Additional Commissioner of Commercial Taxes (CT).
K Chandra Sekhar Reddy, Managing Director of HACA, has been given additional charge as Managing Director of the Telangana State Dairy Development Cooperative Federation, taking over from Chittem Lakshmi, who has been transferred. Lastly, S Dilip Kumar, CEO of Zilla Parishad in Medchal Malkajgiri, has been posted as the Commissioner of Nizamabad Municipal Corporation.