“IAS Officers Caught in Administrative Shuffle: Reluctant to Relocate from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh”

On an administrative front, the AP government has nominated newly formed Andhra Pradesh public services commission to approach the DoPT for the reptariation of the IAS officers originally allotted to Andhra Pradesh but are working in Telangana. This emerged at a time when N.Chandrababu Naidu was sworn in office as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.Background and Context:There are several IAS officers who are elevated from the AP cadre and serving in Telangana ever since the division.By now, Naidu was eager to bring new and young administrative talent into the mix; in the recent past, he has transferred some IAS officers within Andhra Pradesh. 

This move was thought to have been initiated due to the Chief Minister’s preference for fresh faces in the administration. The Request and Its Implications: The Request and Its Implications: The AP government, for the very first time on Tuesday, wrote a formal request note to the DoPT, requesting the latter to help in repatriating all the AP cadre officials presently working in Telangana. However, the officers working in Telangana have rejected affixing their signatures on the transfer orders making it certain that they are unwilling to work in Andhra Pradesh. There are about eight AIS officers, who were posted for Andhra Pradesh when the new state was formed but are in Telangana at the moment.

On the same account, there are four officers posted in Telangana categorically are posted in Andhra Pradesh. IAS Officers’ Dilemma: The officers, who have been caught in this administrative reshuffling, are now are to sit down with the officials from the DoPT in Delhi to hint at their desired choices. Despite the wishes of the AP government to call back these officials, they would prefer to discharge their duties in Telangana movement. This case is an excellent example of the relationship between supply and demand, organizational and personal ones, as well as regional ones. As bureaucratization progresses, their future remains uncertain while bearing the current professional title of IAS officers.