With Telangana DGP Jitender (IPS:1992:TG) set to retire on September 30, 2025, the race for his successor has begun. According to our sources, two senior IPS officers are in contention — C V Anand (IPS:1991:TG), the Hyderabad City Police Commissioner, and B Shivadhar Reddy (IPS:1994:TG), DGP Intelligence. Insiders suggest that C V Anand currently has the upper hand.
According to the latest gradation list, CV Anand is the second senior-most officer in the cadre. The senior-most, Ravi Gupta (IPS:1990:TG), is due to retire on December 31, 2025. However, Supreme Court guidelines mandate that a candidate must have at least six months of service left at the time the vacancy arises. Since Ravi Gupta would have only three months left on September 30, he is ineligible.
The third senior-most, Apte Vinayak Prabhakar (IPS:1994:TG), is currently on central deputation in the Intelligence Bureau and is not expected to return to his parent cadre. Kothakota Sreenivasa Reddy (IPS:1994:TG), the fourth in line, is set to retire on August 31, 2025, a month before the vacancy arises.
That leaves B Shivadhar Reddy, who retires in April 2026, as the strongest alternative contender to CV Anand. The sixth in the seniority list, Soumya Mishra (IPS:1994:TG), DG, Prisons & Correctional Services, is not seen as a frontrunner for the top post.
With the retirement clock ticking for Jithender, all eyes are on the Telangana government’s choice. For now, the contest narrows down to CV Anand and B Shivadhar Reddy — with Anand tipped as the frontrunner.
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