Sheshadri has beforehand labored on the Prime Minister’s Workplace (PMO) for seven years, earlier than transferring again to the house cadre in 2020.
A local of Karnataka, Sheshadri joined the PMO in 2013 as a director when Manmohan Singh was the prime minister. Later, as a joint secretary underneath Narendra Modi, he was taking care of the appointments committee of the cupboard, judiciary, regulation and order, DoPT [Department of Personnel and Training], cupboard secretariat issues and so forth.
Sheshadri rejoined the state authorities in 2020 as a secretary within the chief minister’s workplace (CMO) underneath KCR. He was later given the extra cost of secretary, basic administration division.
The CMO PS has the duty of coordinating varied facets of administration, file actions between completely different departments and the CMO.In Sheshadri’s case, his PMO expertise and acquaintances are anticipated to assist the Congress CM preserve a superb relation with the centre.
In the meantime, sources instructed ThePrint that some IAS officers who had been seen as being near the earlier KCR authorities, and had been calling the pictures in key departments, had been being shunted to different posts which had been perceived to be unimportant.
In keeping with officers within the CM’s workplace, nonetheless, Revanth is making an attempt to usher in honest, upright officers to run an efficient, environment friendly administration.
“The CM’s thinking that to live up to the people’s expectations and deliver on the Congress’s six guarantees [of Mahalakshmi, Rythu Bharosa, Gruha Jyothi, Indiramma Indlu, Yuva Vikasam and Cheyutha for women, farmers and the youth of the state] and other poll promises, we need competent officials who operate with concern for the public, society. The thumb rule is sincerity, capability and not where the official was during the past several years,” a key Revanth aide instructed ThePrint.
The CMO functionary added: “Let’s say, after a few months, the work feedback on the successors, replacements are negative, then these officials would also be moved out somewhere else.”
Amongst key officers who stay in the identical posts, are Santhi Kumari, a 1989 batch IAS officer, and Ravi Gupta, a 1990 batch IPS, who proceed to function Telangana chief secretary (CS) and director-general of police (DGP), respectively.
Kumari was made the CS in January, after the Telangana excessive courtroom, whereas reviewing the All India Providers (AIS) cadre allotment had despatched again then CS Somesh Kumar to Andhra Pradesh. A sulking Somesh, after reporting to the AP authorities, later took voluntary retirement and was made KCR’s chief advisor in Could amid talks of him becoming a member of the BRS.
A blue-eyed bureaucrat within the BRS regime, Somesh, a 1989 batch IAS hailing from Bihar, was made the CS in 2020 by KCR whereas superseding a number of senior officers.
In the meantime, Gupta turned the DGP after the Election Fee of India suspended Anjani Kumar who referred to as on then Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief Revanth Reddy with a flower bouquet on 3 December, even because the counting of votes within the state was within the early levels.
The ECI revoked Kumar’s suspension final week after the official tendered an apology and likewise primarily based on the state authorities’s suggestion. It has, nonetheless, requested the Telangana authorities to not affiliate him with any poll-related work in future. Kumar is now posted as chairman, Telangana Street Security Authority.
Elections to the 119-member Telangana meeting had been held on 30 November. Within the outcomes introduced on 3 December, the Congress received 64 seats, surpassing the straightforward majority mark of 60 and marking the tip of the two-term rule of the KCR-led Bharat Rashtra Samithi authorities.
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BRS’s blue-eyed babus
Since changing into CM, Revanth has affected a number of transfers within the high paperwork, 11 of which got here Sunday.
This consists of the much-anticipated switch of 1991-batch IAS officer Arvind Kumar, who had been serving because the particular chief secretary within the Municipal Administration and City Growth division underneath minister Okay.T. Rama Rao within the BRS authorities. Kumar had served within the submit since January 2018.
He was additionally heading the vital — from actual property perspective — Hyderabad Metropolitan Growth Authority and was commissioner and director of the Municipal Administration, with full extra cost.
In June, months earlier than the November meeting polls within the state, Revanth slammed Arvind for authorized notices despatched to him over allegations of rip-off raised by the Congress chief within the Hyderabad Outer Ring Street lease to a personal entity. Revanth had accused Arvind of speaking, behaving like a politician, “and sending the notice to help the BRS”.
The IAS officer has now been moved to the catastrophe administration division, whereas 1996 cadre officer Dana Kishore, who has earned credit score as an environment friendly administrator and introduced in reforms on the Hyderabad water works, has been given Arvind’s submit and the 2 extra prices being dealt with by him.
The chief minister has additionally introduced in 1999 cadre officer Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi as secretary, power division and chairman and managing director (CMD) of Telangana State Energy Technology and Transmission Companies (TS-GENCO, TS-TRANSCO) to reform the ability sector, which is reportedly in deep disaster.
The Congress authorities is blaming the “previous regime’s bad governance,” for the ability utilities in “a deep financial crisis with a staggering debt of Rs 81,516 crore”.
Rizvi, {an electrical} engineer from IIT Kanpur, had earlier served as CMD of one of many energy distribution firms.
In the meantime, phrase will not be but out on 1992 cadre officer Jayesh Ranjan and 2001 cadre officer Smita Sabharwal, two different outstanding faces within the BRS authorities.
As principal secretary in the important thing IT, electronics, industries and commerce departments, Ranjan had labored carefully with KTR. He has served within the IT division since 2015.
Sabharwal, a secretary within the CMO, has been related to KCR’s workplace since June 2014 when Telangana state was shaped. She has been in control of the vital irrigation division, BRS’s bold consuming water scheme Mission Bhagiratha, and had additionally been monitoring the works of the Kaleshwaram irrigation undertaking on the Godavari river.
Whereas media studies have claimed that Sabharwal, spouse of IPS officer Akun Sabharwal, has not greeted CM Revanth since he took cost, in a post on social media platform X (beforehand Twitter), the IAS officer has refuted what she stated is “fake news of her going on central deputation”.
“It is totally false and baseless. As an #IAS officer of Telangana cadre, I will continue to serve and execute whatever responsibility the Government of Telangana deems fit for me. Am proud to be part of the journey of my state,” Smita posted on 13 December.
On 15 December, Sabharwal accompanied Panchayat Raj and Rural Growth Minister Danasari Seethakka for a departmental assembly.
“As IAS officers, we have to execute the job given by the incumbent government. Let’s see what the assessment about me is and if I remain here or asked to move,” a senior IAS official in a key division instructed ThePrint.
Police transfers
Adjustments have additionally been made within the Telangana police division, with CM Revanth selecting to offer powers to officers who’re perceived to be sincere and upright by the individuals.
Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy, an IPS officer of the 1994 cadre, serving as assistant director basic of police (ADGP, organisations and authorized), has been made the Hyderabad metropolis commissioner, whereas Avinash Mohanty, a 2005 cadre officer has been posted as Cyberabad Commissioner.
Sudheer Babu, a 2001 cadre IPS officer, has been given cost of the Rachakonda Commissionerate, which covers part of the capital metropolis.
Sandeep Shandilya, a 1993 cadre officer serving because the Hyderabad commissioner, has been made director of the Telangana State Anti-Narcotics Bureau.
In a break from custom, Shahnawaz Qasim, an IPS officer of the 2003 cadre, has been posted as secretary to the CM. These administrative jobs are usually dealt with by IAS officers.
Gummi Chakravarthy, superintendent of police (SP) Telangana Anti-Narcotics Bureau, has been shifted and quickly hooked up as SP to CM’s Safety Group (intelligence wing).
In an order issued Tuesday, itemizing the additional transfers and postings of 20 IPS officers, the Revanth authorities introduced 1991 batch officer C.V. Anand’s posting as director basic of the state’s Anti Corruption Bureau, 1995 batch officer Mahesh Bhagwat as extra director basic (ADG) roads and security, and 1999 batch officer Stephen Raveendra’s posting as inspector basic of police (IGP), Dwelling-Guards.
These three officers had earlier served because the chiefs of Hyderabad, Rachakonda and Cyberabad commissionerates, respectively.
(Edited by Poulomi Banerjee)
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