Ranjan Named Head of HMDA Metro Area
Ranjan will continue to hold FAC of the posts of special chief secretary, youth, tourism, culture and sports, and director of archaeology.
Hyderabad: The state government appointed senior IAS officer Jayesh Ranjan as special chief secretary, metropolitan area and urban development (within HMDA limits) late on Thursday and named zonal commissioners for the GHMC limits that were extended up to the ORR.
The development follows the final notification that the government issued to expand the GHMC to 300 wards, late on Thursday. According to GO 1806 issued by the general administration (Spl-A), Ranjan replaces Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao who held full additional charge.
Ranjan will continue to hold FAC of the posts of special chief secretary, youth, tourism, culture and sports, and director of archaeology.
The FAC of special chief secretary and CEO, industry and investment cell in the CMO, and SPEED, will remain with Chief Secretary Ramakrishna Rao.
In a related move, the government notified transfers and postings of several GHMC zonal commissioners. They are as follows:
Bhorkhade Hemant Sahadeorao, Serilingampally; Apurv Chauhan, Kukatpally; Sandeep Kumar Jha, Qutbullapur; Priyanka Ala, Khairatabad,; S. Srinivas Reddy, Charminar; G. Mukunda Reddy, Golconda; Anuraag Jayanti, Rajendranagar; N. Ravi Kiran, Secunderabad; K. Chandrakala, Shamshabad; Hemanta Keshav Patil, LB Nagar; Sanchit Gangwar, Malkajgiri; and Radhika Gupta was posted as zonal commissioner to Uppal while retaining her FAC as additional collector (local bodies), Medchal–Malkajgiri.