Amaravati, October 2026 : The Andhra Pradesh government on Monday issued fresh posting orders and additional charge arrangements involving 11 IAS officers, appointing Amrapali Kata as Secretary for Tourism and Culture and making changes across several key administrative departments.
The orders were issued through G.O.Rt.No.1985 by the General Administration Department and take immediate effect. The reshuffle covers departments including Tourism and Culture, Tribal Welfare, Industries and Commerce, Social Welfare, Civil Supplies and Agricultural Marketing.
Amrapali Kata, a 2010-batch IAS officer who was awaiting posting, has been appointed Secretary in the Youth Advancement, Tourism and Culture Department. She will report to Shamsher Singh Rawat, a 1992-batch IAS officer serving as Special Chief Secretary of the department.
In another key appointment, Saurabh Gaur, a 2002-batch IAS officer, has been posted as Officer on Special Duty at Andhra Pradesh Bhavan in New Delhi.
D. Muralidhar Reddy, a 2006-batch IAS officer, has been appointed Secretary of the Tribal Welfare Department. His appointment relieves M.M. Nayak of the additional charge of the department.
Manjule Balaji Digamber, a 2009-batch IAS officer, has been posted as Additional Secretary in the Economically Weaker Sections Welfare Department.
The government has also appointed K. Neelakanta Reddy, a 2017-batch IAS officer, as Director of Youth Services. He replaces S. Bharani, who was holding the additional charge. Another 2017-batch officer, B. Anil Kumar Reddy, has been posted as Joint Secretary for Industries and MSME in the Industries and Commerce Department.
N. Tej Bharath, a 2018-batch IAS officer, will be assigned to the Social Welfare Department for appointment as Secretary of the Andhra Pradesh Social Welfare Residential Educational Institutions Society (APSWREIS). His services have been placed at the disposal of the department for the purpose.
Gedela Srinu Kumar has been appointed Deputy Secretary in the Swarna Gramam and Swarna Wardu Department.
In the Civil Supplies sector, the services of M. Vara Prasad have been placed at the disposal of the Consumer Affairs, Food and Civil Supplies Department for appointment as Vice Chairman and Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Civil Supplies Corporation. The move will relieve K. Kanna Babu of the additional charge of the post.
The government has also announced two full additional charge arrangements.
Dr. K. Srinivasulu, currently serving as Director of Horticulture and Sericulture, will additionally take charge as Director of Agricultural Marketing. He will replace Pattanshetti Ravisubash in the additional assignment.
Similarly, Shubham Bansal, Director of Industries, has been entrusted with the additional charge of Managing Director of the Andhra Pradesh State Finance Corporation. The arrangement relieves Dr. N. Yuvaraj of the additional charge.
The latest orders form part of the state government's administrative adjustments across departments, involving both fresh postings and the redistribution of additional responsibilities.
The orders were issued in the name of the Governor of Andhra Pradesh and signed by Chief Secretary G. Sai Prasad. All the appointments and charge arrangements are effective immediately.
