Janardhan Reddy to head TSPSC

Hyderabad: The Telangana government on Wednesday appointed IAS B Janardhan Reddy as the new chairman of the Telangana State Public Service Commission. He is also serving as the principal secretary (agriculture).
Along with the TSPSC chief, the government also appointed seven members to the recruitment body. This includes Ramavath Dhan Singh, retired as engineer-in-chief, Prof B Linga Reddy, professor in Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology (CBIT), Kotla Aruna Kumari, special grade deputy collector, Sumitra Anand, Telugu pandit, Karem Ravinder Reddy, retired government official, Aravelli Chandrashekhar Rao, practising Ayurvedic doctor and R Satyanarayana, former journalist.
“The chairman/member shall hold office for a term of six years from the date on which he/she enters upon his/her office or attain the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier,” read a government order issued by Somesh Kumar, chief secretary to the government.
The appointment of the TSPSC chairman was made almost five months after Ghanta Chakrapani completed his tenure in December, 2020. Three more members had retired with Chakrapani. The commission was left with only two members of which D Krishna Reddy was appointed as the acting chairman.
After Reddy’s tenure concluded, the state government appointed the last member, Chintha Sailu, as the new interim chairman of TSPSC in March 2021. Sailu is also set to retire in August, 2021.
Appointment of a bureaucrat has disappointed the unemployed youth who said that the government should have instead considered an academician for the post.
“We condemn the appointment of a bureaucrat as the TSPSC chief. We are upset that no social balance was maintained in even appointing the members of the body,” said Manavatha Roy, president of Telangana Unemployed Joint Action Committee.