IAS officer Amrapali Kata’s request for allocation to Telangana cadre denied, to return to AP
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has rejected the claim of Amrapali Kata to be allocated the Telangana cadre
By Newsmeter Network Published on 10 Oct 2024 12:50 PM GMT
Hyderabad: IAS officer Amrapali Kata’s request to be allocated to Telangana cadre has been denied. Amrapali Kata, who was serving as the GHMC commissioner, will now have to return to Andhra Pradesh.
The IAS officer from the 2010 Andhra Pradesh cadre requested to be considered for the Telangana cadre, but the request has now been denied based on the recommendations of the Khandekar Committee.
The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions has rejected the claim of Amrapali Kata to be allocated the Telangana cadre.
The Khandekar Committee, which was given the duty to review such requests, observed that the officer had challenged the approved guidelines for the allocation of IAS officers after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh in 2014. The committee found that her request to swap cadres was beyond the scope of the established principles, which had already been upheld by the High Court.
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IAS officer Amrapali Kata’s request for Telangana cadre denied, to return to #AndhraPradesh.
The IAS officer from the 2010 Andhra Pradesh cadre requested to be considered for the Telangana cadre, but the request has now been denied based on the recommendations… pic.twitter.com/agOcFyzdso
According to the committee, Amrapali Kata had cited her ‘permanent address’ as Vishakhapatnam in her UPSC form and had requested to be treated as an insider of Telangana. However, the Pratyush Sinha Committee finalised its recommendations regarding the distribution of AIS officers borne on the erstwhile Andhra Pradesh cadre between the successor cadres of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, and with the approval of competent authority, the final allocation list was published by the Government of India.
The ministry accepted the Khandekar Committee’s recommendation to reject her claim, emphasising that the allocation of officers from the undivided cadre of Andhra Pradesh was done uniformly and in accordance with material facts.
