Justice Devaraju Nagarjun takes oath as new TGERC chairman

Speaking on the occasion, Justice Nagarjun said he would work in coordination with all stakeholders and work towards providing power at affordable tariff to all the consumers.

Hyderabad: Justice Devaraju Nagarjun, a former judge of the Madras High Court, on Wednesday took oath as the new chairman of the Telangana State Electricity Regulatory Commission (TGERC). He replaced T Sriranga Rao, whose tenure ended on October 29. Chief Secretary A Santhi Kumari administered the oath of secrecy.

Speaking on the occasion, Justice Nagarjun said he would work in coordination with all stakeholders and work towards providing power at affordable tariff to all the consumers. Expressing concern over the situations of the State-run Discoms, he said he would try to address issues pertaining to discoms.

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Former TGERC chairman T Sriranga Rao, Energy Secretary Sandeep Kumar Sultania and other senior officials were present.

Justice Nagarjun was born in Wanaparthy and 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 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.