The Telangana government on Friday (September 26, 2025) entrusted senior IPS officer B Shivadhar Reddy (IPS:1994:TG) with the full additional charge of Director General of Police (Head of Police Force). He will assume charge after the retirement of incumbent DGP Dr. Jitender (IPS:1992:TG) on September 30.
According to an order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), Shivadhar Reddy, who was serving as Director General of Police, Intelligence, was first posted as DGP (Coordination) and then assigned the additional charge of Head of Police Force.
Our sources had earlier indicated that CV Anand (IPS:1991:TG) and Shivadhar Reddy were the frontrunners for the state’s top police post. However, with the Supreme Court–mandated procedure for appointing a regular DGP still underway, the government decided to hand over temporary charge to Shivadhar Reddy.
What makes the appointment particularly significant is that Chief Minister Revanth Reddy personally handed over the order copy to Shivadhar Reddy, a gesture being closely watched as a possible signal of who may be appointed the regular DGP once the selection process is completed.
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