Six IAS and an equal number of IPS officers were transferred in Telangana last Saturday, December 16. Collectors and superintendents of police of Adilabad, Kumram Bheem Asifabad and Nirmal districts have been shifted. Also, Karimnagar Range DIG C. Ravi Verma has been transferred and will be replaced by P. Promod Kumar who had served as Adilabad SP.
KB Asifabad Collector M. Champalal saw himself entangled in a controversy following issue of a circular facilitating issue of pahani land records to non-tribals in Agency areas in June and later when he did not declare the martyrdom anniversary of Raj Gond leader Kumram Bheem as a local holiday. The Adivasis alleged that the Collector was against the interest of aboriginal people.
Adilabad Collector Buddha Prakash M. Jyoti and Nirmal Collector Ilambarithi had themselves sought transfer soon after they took charge of a much-truncated entity following a reorganization of districts last year. Both of them were reported to have earned the ill will of politicians for not being pliant.
D. Divya, a 2010 batch IAS officer, currently Vikarabad Collector, will take over from Jyoti. Similarly, Prashant Jeevan Patil, a 2011 batch IAS officer, and Warangal Rural Collector will be assuming charge as KB Asifabad Collector and M. Prashanthi, a 2009 batch IAS officer and Hyderabad Joint Collector, will take over as Nirmal Collector.
KB Asifabad SP Sunpreet Singh was also reportedly unhappy with the posting. He is now posted as Nagarkurnool SP in place of Kalmeshwar Singanawar who will be taking over as KB Asifabad SP.
Nirmal SP Vishnu S. Warrier will assume charge as Adilabad SP but will continue to be in charge at Nirmal too. The performance of outgoing SP M. Sreenivas was reportedly viewed critically owing to a communal clash and the inter-tribe clash at Utnoor.