Justice Devaraju Nagarjun likely to be new TGERC chairman

Sources report that Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has approved the appointment of Justice Nagarjun as the new TGERC chairman, with current chairman T Sriranga Rao's term ending on October 29. Justice Nagarjun is expected to assume the role on the same day.

Hyderabad: The State government has reportedly decided to appoint former judge of the Madras High Court Justice Devaraju Nagarjun as the new Chairman of Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission(TGERC).

Sources say Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has given his consent for the appointment of Justice Nagarjun as TGERC chairman. The current chairman T Sriranga Rao’s term is going to end on October 29. Justice Nagarjun is likely to take charge on the same day.

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Justice Nagarjun was born in Wanaparthy and had pursued his graduation course in RLD college in Wanaparthy town. He did his LLB from SSL Law College in Nanded and later LLM from Osmania University. He was awarded a scholarship for doing research in International Conflict Resolution at University of California in Berkeley. He was also awarded a Ph.D for his dissertation on WTO/GATS and Globalisation of Legal Services: A critical analysis of its impacts on the India legal profession in 2013 at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad.

He had enrolled as an advocate in 1986 and practised on civil, criminal sides and also in Revenue courts. He was selected as a Junior Civil Judge in 1991 and was later promoted as Senior Civil Judge in 2004. He worked as a Principal Private Secretary to the Chief Justice and also as Assistant Director of Andhra Pradesh Police Academy in Hyderabad. He was promoted as District Judge in 2010 and worked in Kamareddy, Nizamabad and as Metropolitan Sessions Judge at Ranga Reddy court.

Later he worked as Registrar (Administration, Recruitment and Judicial) in 2021 and was posted as Registrar General of the High Court. He was later elevated as Judge of High Court of Telangana in 2022 before being transferred to Madras High Court.