The latest example is that of Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar, who has been promoted to the rank of Director General (DG) and retained in the same post, while some officers working in city commissionerates have been promoted years ago, but Still continuing work in the same position with the change of designation.
In April 2019, the state government had promoted Superintendents of Police (SPs), VB Kamalasan Reddy, V of 2004 and 2005 batches. Shiv Kumar, S Chandrasekhar Reddy, AR Srinivas, P Vishwa Prasad, Avinash Mohanty and M Ramesh on the post of Deputy Inspector General (You,
Post-promotion, Kamalasan Reddy continued as Karimnagar commissioner before his transfer in July 2021 and was recently given the charge of Hyderabad DIG. Siva Kumar continues in intelligence as DIG, Chandrasekhar Reddy remained in the rank of DIG as police chief for Sangareddy, until he was transferred as Ramagundam commissioner in July, AR Srinivas, M Ramesh, P Vishwa Prasad and Avinash Mohanty continued as Joint Commissioner. in the posts of their respective Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Hyderabad Commissionerate.
2006 batch officer, Nizamabad commissioner Kartikeya: And Nalgonda SP AV Ranganath, who was promoted to the post of DIG in the first half of 2020, continues to hold the same posts.
Hyderabad’s Additional Commissioner of Police (Crime) Shikha Goel, who has been promoted to the rank of Additional Director General in April 2019, continues in the same position. 1995 batch IPS officer, Mahesh Bhagwat, who became the first police commissioner of Rachakonda in July 2016, was promoted to the rank of ADG in June 2020 and retained in the same post.
Talking about the phenomenon of ‘promoting and continuing in the same post’ in the state, an affected official said on condition of anonymity, “Promotion is an acknowledgment of an officer’s performance and experience in a particular role.” “A new role means a new challenge and a new experience. If an officer is promoted and retained in the same role, he/she misses the opportunity to experience and serve in the new role. People holding commissioner posts in the state capital after promotion may feel differently, but this is just an exception,” said a DIG-rank official.
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