In a wide-ranging administrative shake-up, the Telangana Government on Thursday issued transfer orders for over 35 IAS officers and several non-cadre officials across critical departments and districts. Issued through G.O. Rt. Nos. 779 and 780 by the General Administration (SPL-A) Department, the reshuffle aims to enhance administrative responsiveness and support the state’s evolving governance priorities.

The high-level changes begin with Dr Shashank Goel (IAS:1990), who takes over as Special Chief Secretary and Resident Commissioner of Telangana Bhavan, New Delhi, replacing Gaurav Uppal (IAS:2005). Navin Mittal (IAS:1996) is reassigned from the Revenue Department to the Energy Department as Principal Secretary.

Other key appointments include N. Sridhar (IAS:1997) as Principal Secretary of PR & RD, RWS & RSAD, retaining charge of Mines & Geology; and Dr Jyoti Buddha Prakash (IAS:2002) taking over Housing, Planning, and Telangana Remote Sensing Applications Centre. Lokesh Kumar DS (IAS:2003) now holds additional responsibilities in the Revenue Department and the Chief Commissioner of Land Administration. Gaurav Uppal transitions to Secretary for Coordination (GoI Projects & CSS) in Telangana Bhavan.

• Harichandana Dasari (IAS:2010) appointed Collector, Hyderabad
• T. Vinay Krishna Reddy (IAS:2013) appointed Collector, Nizamabad
• Anudeep Durishetty (IAS:2018) appointed Collector, Khammam
• Dr. E. Naveen Nicolas (IAS:2018) posted as Director, School Education and SPD, Samagra Shiksha
• Chekka Priyanka (IAS:2018) becomes Special Commissioner, I&PR and EO Special Secretary, GA (I&PR)
  

Urban and Civic Administration:

• Chahat Bajpai (IAS:2019), Commissioner, GWMC, Warangal
• Praful Desai (IAS:2020), Commissioner, Karimnagar
• Ashwini Tanaji Wakade (IAS:2020), Additional Collector, Karimnagar
  

Non-Cadre & FAC Appointments:

• J. Shankaraiah, MD, TG OILFED
• Prof. P. Srikanth Babu, FAC Director, AYUSH
• Pavan Kumar, Executive Director (FAC), TGIIC
• G. Malsur, appointed as CPRO to the Chief Minister on contract
• B. Shafiullah (IFS:2003) appointed Secretary, Minority Welfare, continuing as Director, TG Minorities Residential Educational Institutions Society.

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These sweeping changes signal a determined push to reinforce departmental performance, accelerate service delivery, and realign administrative functions with the state’s development agenda.

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