IAS officers shuffle: Eight Telangana districts get new collectors

HYDERABAD: The Telangana government on Monday night transferred eight district collectors and gave postings to some officers who have been waiting for an appointment. New collectors have been appointed for Rajanna Sircilla, Jangaon, Warangal, Kamareddy, Nagarkurnool, Jogulamba Gadwal, Vikarabad and Mahabubabad.
Most of the new collectors belong to 2016 batch IAS, who have been working as municipal commissioners.Rajanna Sircilla district collector D Krishna Bhaskar was transferred as director of industries and Khammam municipal commissioner Anuraag Jayanti has been posted to Rajanna Sircilla as collector.
Nizampet municipal corporation commissioner B Gopi is the new collector of Warangal and Jangaon collector K Nikhila has been shifted to Vikarabad district. P Udaya Kumar, who was working as Ramagundam municipal commissioner, was posted as Nagarkurnool district collector, relieving M Manu Chowdary from full additional charge.
Valluri Kranthi, Karimnagar municipal commissioner, was posted as Jogulamba Gadwal district collector. Ch Shivalingaiah, deputy secretary to government, was appointed as new collector of Jangaon district.
Kamareddy district collector V Sharath was posted as commissioner of panchayat raj and rural development. Nizamabad district collector Jitesh V Patil will now take over as Kamareddy district collector. K Shashaka, who was Karimnagar fistrict collector and waiting for posting, has been made Mahabubabad district collector.
Apart from appointing new collectors, the government gave postings to the officers waiting for appointments. Anitha Ramachandran, who was waiting for a posting after she was transferred from Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, got posting as secretary of Telangana State Public Service Commission.
M Raghunandan Rao, who is holding additional charge of agriculture department, has been made secretary of agriculture. Former collector of Medchal Malkajgiri district D Venkateshwarlu has been posted as director of youth services.
Former collector of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district Mohammed Abdul Azeem has been posted as deputy secretary in the minority welfare department.