GVMC Commissioner Raja Babu transferred; AP Government reshuffles 57 IAS officers

Team Yo! VizagNews/City Updates2 years ago

Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation (GVMC) Commissioner P Raja Babu has been transferred and posted as the District Collector of Krishna. The Andhra Pradesh State Government issued an order to this effect on Thursday night. Rajababu, who took over as the GVMC Commissioner in September last, was in the office for over seven months.

Kadapa Joint Collector Saikanth Varma has been transferred and appointed as the new GVMC Commissioner, replacing Raja Babu. Additionally, Anakapalle Joint Collector Kalpana Kumari was transferred and appointed as the Seetampeta ITDA Project Officer. She assumed the position of Joint Collector on April 4 last year and was replaced by Tribal Welfare Director, Jahnavi.

Santhosha Rao, CMD of APEPDCL, was also transferred. The other official who was transferred from this region was Paderu ITDA Project Officer R. Gopalakrishna. He was moved to the Commissioneriate of Survey, Settlements, and land records as its Additional Director.

In a major exercise, the AP State Government reshuffled 57 IAS officers, including the Collectors of eight districts. The Collectors of Sri Satya Sai, Vizianagaram, Kurnool, Nellore, Chittoor, Anantapur, Bapatla, and Krishna were among those transferred.

Krishna District Collector Ranjit Bhasha was moved to Bapatla, while S Shanmohan was appointed as the Collector of Chittoor, and S Srijana became the new Collector of Kurnool. M. Harinarayan was made the Collector of Nellore, while Anantapur Collector Nagalakshmi was shifted to Vizianagaram. P. Arunbabu was appointed as the Collector of Sri Satya Sai District, and M. Gouthami became the new Collector of Anantapur.

This reshuffle, which took place one year ahead of the general elections scheduled for May next year, assumes significance.

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