Amravati: The Andhra Pradesh government has transferred 18 IAS officers in a significant bureaucratic reshuffle, marking the second major move since Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu assumed office.
As per the order issued by Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad, several district collectors were reassigned. Notably, S. Nagalakshmi, previously Vizianagaram District Collector, was appointed as Guntur District Collector, replacing M. Venugopal Reddy. B.R. Ambedkar is now the Vizianagaram District Collector. A. Mallikarjuna, previously Visakhapatnam District Collector, and other key officials were also transferred, with some awaiting new postings.
The Secretaries were instructed to ensure interim arrangements for the vacant positions, while Peeyush Kumar, Additional Secretary, Department of Commerce, was repatriated to Andhra Pradesh.
List of Officers Transferred:
– S. Nagalakshmi: Vizianagaram to Guntur
– M. Venugopal Reddy: Report to GAD
– B.R. Ambedkar: Mid-day Meals and Schools Sanitation Director to Vizianagaram
– A. Mallikarjuna: Visakhapatnam to report to GAD
– A.S. Dinesh Kumar: Prakasam to Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR)
– M. Vijaya Suneetha: Report to GAD
– A. Thameem Ansariya: Srikakulam to Prakasam
– Sagili Shan Mohan: Chittoor to Kakinada
– J. Nivas: Transferred without posting
– C. Naga Rani: Technical Education Director to West Godavari
– Sumit Kumar: West Godavari to Chittoor
– K. Vetriselvi: Women Development and Child Welfare Director to Eluru
– V. Prasanna Venkatesh: Report to GAD
– P. Prasanthi: Agriculture Marketing Director to East Godavari
– K. Madhavi Latha: Transferred without posting
– Srijana Gummalla: Kurnool to NTR district
– S. Dilli Rao: Report to GAD
– P. Ranjit Basha: Bapatla to Kurnool
– Peeyush Kumar: Repatriated to Andhra Pradesh
