The IAS officers’ division between Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is not a matter of surprise or worry for the two States, as the senior most officers occupying the key positions will remain in their places.
Telangana Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma and his counterpart in Andhra Pradesh IYR Krishna Rao will remain in their respective positions.Similarly, in the list of IPS officers too, there were no disputes as the DGPs Anurag Sharma or Telangana and JV Ramudu of AP will also retain their places.On the whole, 163 IAS officers were allocated to Telangana cadre and 211 to Andhra Pradesh.
Tirumala Tirupati Devsthanam Executive Officer MG Gopal will however lose his position as he has been shifted from Andhra Pradesh to Telangana.The other IAS officers allocated to Telangana cadre include Smita Sabharwal, special Secretary in CM’s office, Rajeshwar Tiwari, Shanta Kumari, Rahul Bojja, Ajay Mishra, Anil Singhal, JSV Prasad, Veena Ish, A K Parida and Sanjay Kumar.Officers allocated to Andhra cadres include Satish Chandra, Ajay Jain, Shweta, SN Mohanty,While the process of division of officers of All India services was completed smoothly, division of State employees was still tied in the knots.