Centre rejects requests of Amrapali Kata, Ronald Rose, other AIS officers, asks them to report in AP

The IAS officers have have been relieved with immediate effect, and directed to report in Andhra Pradesh by October 16

Hyderabad: The Central government has rejected requests of IAS officers Ronald Rose and Amrapali Kata who were allocated to the Andhra Pradesh cadre after State bifurcation, to be allowed to continue in the Telangana cadre. Accordingly, they have been relieved with immediate effect, and directed to report in Andhra Pradesh by October 16.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions sent letters to the IAS officers concerned along with copies to the Chief Secretaries of both Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

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The decision was taken based on the recommendations of the Deepak Khandekar committee, which was tasked with reviewing requests from AIS (All India Services) officers, to swap cadres during the allocation of AIS officers after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The committee found that these requests to swap cadres was beyond the scope of the established principles, which had already been upheld by the High Court. Further, the committee underscored that the cadre allocations were based on factual records and the same criteria was applied to all officers during the bifurcation.

The Ministry stated that the allocation of officers from the undivided cadre of Andhra Pradesh was done uniformly and in accordance with material facts. The Telangana High Court had also reiterated the need for adherence to these guidelines, ruling that any deviation would be discriminatory. The court has also noted that the officer’s attempt to challenge the guidelines constituted an overreach into policymaking.

The latest development marks the conclusion of a lengthy reconsideration process for IAS cadre allocations in the two states, as per the court’s directive, ensuring compliance with established policy guidelines. The Ministry is likely to issue similar instructions with regard to around 11 other IAS and IPS officers working in Telangana including IAS officers A Vani Prasad (1995 batch), Vakati Karuna (2004), and M Prashanti (2009), along with IPS officers Anjani Kumar (1990), Abhilasha Bisht (1994) and Cyberabad Police Commissioner Abhishek Mohanty (2011) among others.