The Election Commission of India (ECI) has transferred a total of nine IAS and IPS officers on Tuesday (April 2) in Andhra Pradesh. These include three District Election Officers-cum-District Collectors, five Superintendents of Police and one Inspector General of Police.
Avinash Kumar, Principal Secretary, ECI has instructed Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary K.S. Jawahar Reddy to transfer P. Raja Babu, DEO of Krishna district, M. Gowthami, DEO of Anantapur, and G. Lakshmisha, DEO of Tirupati. The police officers on the list of transfers are G. Pala Raju (IGP, Guntur Range), P. Parameshwar Reddy (Prakasam SP), Y. Ravi Sankar Reddy (Palnadu SP), P. Joshua (Chittoor SP), K.K.N. Anburajan (Anantapur SP) and K. Tirumaleshwar (Nellore SP).
The ECI has also directed that these officers should hand over charge to the officer immediately below in rank, and these officers should not be assigned to any election-related works till completion of simultaneous elections to the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha, 2024 in Andhra Pradesh.
