TS Announces Major Reshuffle of IAS Officers

In a first major reshuffle of IAS officers after the Congress came to power in Telangana state, the government on Thursday issued orders transferring health secretary Syed Ali Murtaza Rizvi and posted him as as energy secretary, with full additional charge of the post of chairman and managing director of Telangana State Transmission Corporation (TS Transco) and Telangana State Generation Corporation (TS Genco). The post of TS Transco, and TS Genco CMD fell vacant following the resignation of Devulapalli Prabhakar Rao last week, who was appointed by the previous BRS government in 2014,

Principal secretary for tourism Shailaja Ramaiyer has been given full additional charge as principal secretary for health, medical and family welfare and also commissioner of health and family welfare.

Joint secretary for tourism Sandeep Kumar Jha was transferred and posted as joint managing director of TS Transco. Director of industries and joint secretary



for finance D. Krishna Bhaskar was transferred and posted as the officer on special duty (OSD) to the Deputy Chief Minister.

Musharraf Ali Faruqui, who was waiting for posting, was posted as the chairman and managing director of Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSSPDCL). Karnati Varun Reddy, who is waiting for posting, is posted as the chairman and managing director of Telangana State Northern Power Distribution Company Limited (TSNPDCL) at Warangal.

Amrapali Kata, who was waiting for posting, was posted as joint metropolitan commissioner, Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA), with full additional charge of the post of managing director, Musi River Development Corporation Limited (MRDCL), with immediate effect. B Gopi, who was waiting for posting, was posted as director of agriculture, duly relieving M. Raghunandan Rao from the said post.