In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Senior IAS officer A Santhi Kumari took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana from Somesh Kumar on Wednesday.

Ms A Santhi's appointment comes in the wake of the High Court quashing an order of Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, staying the allotment of incumbent Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Santhi Kumari is the first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appointed Santhi Kumari as the new Chief Secretary and an official release said that a Government order was issued to this effect. 

The Telangana High Court had on Tuesday quashed the order of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Hyderabad Bench, staying allotment of Somesh Kumar to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Somesh Kumar will be reporting to the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday as directed by the Department of Personnel and Training, official sources said today.

Santhi Kumari, an IAS officer of the 1989 batch, has held several important posts in the past, including Special Chief Secretary in the forest department, Principal Secretary in CM's office and also as a senior bureaucrat in health and other departments, it added.

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Senior IAS officer A Santhi Kumari took charge as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana from Somesh Kumar on Wednesday.

Ms A Santhi's appointment comes in the wake of the High Court quashing an order of Central Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad Bench, staying the allotment of incumbent Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Santhi Kumari is the first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana. Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao appointed Santhi Kumari as the new Chief Secretary and an official release said that a Government order was issued to this effect. 

The Telangana High Court had on Tuesday quashed the order of Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Hyderabad Bench, staying allotment of Somesh Kumar to Andhra Pradesh cadre. Somesh Kumar will be reporting to the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday as directed by the Department of Personnel and Training, official sources said today.

Santhi Kumari, an IAS officer of the 1989 batch, has held several important posts in the past, including Special Chief Secretary in the forest department, Principal Secretary in CM's office and also as a senior bureaucrat in health and other departments, it added.