As expected, all the IAS officers who were cherry picked by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu in chief minister’s office and key department have been shunted out of their positions and not been given any postings by the new government headed by YSR Congress party president Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy.
On Tuesday evening, the Jagan government issued orders transferring as many as 42 IAS officers. Many of the IAS officers who played a key role during the Chandrababu Naidu government could not get any postings.
They include Ajay Jain, Vijayanand, Kartikeya Mishra, Udayalakshmi, Shashibhushan, Kanna Babu and Ranjit Basha, besides IPS officer Anuradha. They were asked to report to the General Administration department.
Similarly, senior IAS officers of erstwhile CMO Satish Chandra, Sai Prasad and Rajamouli, who had already been surrendered to the GAD last week, were also not given any postings.
Even those who had worked in the peshis of Naidu and also his son Nara Lokesh were shunted out and not given any postings.
Some other IAS officers who worked closely with Naidu were shifted to not so important departments. They include Capital Region Development Authority commissioner Cherukuri Sridhar, secretary Nagulapalli Srikanth, Piyush Kumar and Poonam Malakondaiah etc. Those who were sidelined in the past have been brought to key positions.
Soon, there are going to be major changes in the IPS officers as well, official sources said.