After months of uncertainty, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Friday directed the Telangana government to relieve three IPS officers, including two of DGP rank, and ordered them to report to Andhra Pradesh.
The officers are Anjani Kumar (IPS: 1990) and Abhilasha Bisht (IPS: 1994), both holding the rank of DGP, and Abhishek Mohanty (IPS: 2011), an SP-rank officer.
Currently, Anjani Kumar serves as the Chairman of the Road Safety Authority, while Bisht is the Director of the TS Police Academy, and Mohanty is the Police Commissioner of Karimnagar. The MHA has directed all three officers to report to Andhra Pradesh at the earliest.
Following the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014, the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) had allotted Anjani Kumar, Bisht, and Mohanty to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. However, they, along with some IAS officers, challenged this decision before the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) and obtained a stay. The appellate court later ruled against them, directing them to report to Andhra Pradesh.
A similar situation arose in October 2024, when, based on a Telangana High Court order, four IAS officers originally allotted to Andhra Pradesh were asked to report there. These officers were Ronald Rose (IAS: 2006), Vani Prasad (IAS: 1995), Amrapali Kata (IAS: 2010) and Karuna Vakati (IAS: 2004).
Simultaneously, three IAS officers serving in Andhra Pradesh but originally allotted to Telangana were relieved by the Andhra Pradesh government and told to report to Telangana. The officers were G Srijana (IAS: 2000), Sivasankar Lotheti (IAS: 2013) and Chevvuru Hari Kiran (IAS: 2012)
Since then, speculation had been rife that the three IPS officers would face a similar fate. On Friday, the Telangana government received confirmation to relieve them.
Notably, two years ago, former Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar (IAS: 1989) was directed to report to Andhra Pradesh. He later took voluntary retirement and was subsequently appointed Chief Advisor to the Telangana government.
