18 October 2026
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Telangana: EC Orders Transfer of IPS & IAS Officers; Bharati Hollikeri Made Collector Rangareddy, Amber Kishore Jha Commissioner, Warangal Police

1990 batch IAS officer Sunil Sharma, Special Chief Secretary, Energy Department is transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary, Excise, Commercial Taxes
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After an administrative reshuffle by election commission in election bound state Telangana, K. Chandrashekar Rao led state government has issued the orders of postings for many IAS and IPS officers in some districts.

Posting of Collectors

2010 batch IAS officer Bharati Hollikeri has been posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Rangareddy. She was Special Secretary & Commissioner, WCD & SC Department.

Gowtham Potru, an IAS officer and CEO, Society of Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), has been posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Medchal- Malkajgiri.

2016 batch IAS officer Zendage Hanumant Kondiba, who was Special Commissioner, Agriculture is transferred and posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Yadadri-Bhongir.

2016 batch IAS officer Ashish Sangwan, IAS, Spl. Officer Ofo CCLA is posted as Collector & District Magistrate, Nirmal.

Posting of Commissioners

1990 batch IAS officer Sunil Sharma, Special Chief Secretary to Government, Energy Department is
transferred and posted as Special Chief Secretary to Government, Excise, Commercial
Taxes.

2002 batch IAS officer Buddha Prakash Jyoti, Secretary to Government (Handlooms, Textiles & Handicrafts), Industries & Commerce Department is transferred and posted as Commissioner, Prohibition & Excise.

Dr. Christina Z.Chongthu, an IAS officer of 2001 batch, Secretary to Government & Commissioner, Tribal Welfare Department is transferred and posted as Commissioner, Commercial Taxes.

1995 batch IAS officer Avani Prasad, who is Director General, EPTRI is transferred and posted as Principal Secretary to Government, Transport Department.

Posting of IPS Officers

2009 batch IPS officer and Rachakonda joint Commissioner, Amber Kishore Jha, appointed as the new Commissioner of Warangal Police. He took charge on 13 October.

While, 2013 batch IPS officer and Cyberabad deputy commissioner (crimes), Kalmeshwar Shingenwar has been posted as Nizamabad police Commissioner.

2017 batch IPS officer and Deputy Commissioner south east/west zone, Hyderabad city, Chennuri Rupesh has been transferred as Sangareddy Superintendent of Police and TSSP fourth battalion commander.

Chsindhu Sharma, IPS (RR:2014), Commandant, 4th Battalion, TSSP, Mamnoor is transferred as Superintendent of Police, Kamareddy.

Sunpreet Singh, IPS (RR:2011), Assistant Inspector General of Police (L&0) Telangana, is transferred as Superintendent of Police, Jagityal.

Harshvardhan, IPS (RR:2018), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic-I, Cyberabad, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Mahabubnagar.

Gaikwad Vaibhav Raghunath, IPS (RR:2018), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Peddapally, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Nagarkurnool.

Ritiraj, IPS (RR:2018), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Cyber Crimes, Cyberabad, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Jogulamba Gadwal.

Dr. Patil Sangram Singh Ganapatrao, IPS (RR:2015), Superintendent of Police (Vigilance), TSRTC, Hyderabad is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police,
Mahabubabad.

2018 batch IPS officer Yogesh Gautham, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Admn), Cyberabad, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Narayanpet.

Khare Kiran Prabhakar, IPS (RR:2017), Deputy Commissioner of Police, South Zone, Hyderabad City, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police Jayashankar
Bhupalapally.

B.K.Rahul Hegde B.K., IPS (RR:2014), Deputy Commissioner of Police, Traffic-I, Hyderabad City, is transferred and posted as Superintendent of Police, Suryapet.

The transfers followed the direction of the Election Commission of India to relieve the superintendents of police of around 10 districts claiming their performance was not up to the mark.


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