The newly-formed districts — Alluri Sitaramaraju and Anakapalli — get new two Collectors, while A. Mallikarjuna has been retained as the Collector of Visakhapatnam district. As a follow up to the creation of the new districts, a G.O. was issued, late on Saturday night, effecting the transfers of 51 IPS officers. The present Joint Collectors of Visakhapatnam district were also transferred as part of the reshuffle.
The 2014 Batch IAS officer, Sumit Kumar, who was working as Joint Collector & Additional District Magistrate (RB&R), East Godavari district, was transferred and posted as Collector of Alluri Seetharama Raju district.
Meanwhile, 2013 Batch IAS Officer, Pattanshetti Ravi Subhash, who was working as CEO of Andhra Pradesh Centre for Financial System & Services (APCFSS), was transferred and posted as Collector of Anakapalli district.
