Reddy officially received his appointment papers directly from Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy
Hyderabad: State intelligence chief Battula Shivadhar Reddy, a 1994 batch IPS officer, will take charge as Director-General of Police (DGP) on October 1. He will replace Dr Jithender who will retire on September 30. Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Friday handed over the order copy to Shivadhar Reddy, transferring him as DG, Coordination, and placing with full additional charge of head of the police force. In the normal course, Shivadhar Reddy is scheduled to retire from service on April 30, 2026.
After Telangana formation, he became the first chief of the intelligence department in the rank of inspector-general. In over three decades of service, Shivadhar Reddy has held several key assignments at both district and state levels. He is a Greyhounds veteran and was deployed with the UN peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.
Shivadhar Reddy, native of Tool-e-Kalan, Pedda Tundla, Ibrahimpatnam mandal, Rangareddy district, was brought up in Hyderabad. He did his LLB from Osmania University, briefly practiced as an advocate and cleared the civil services examination in 1994. He joined the IPS and was allotted to the Andhra Pradesh cadre. Following the bifurcation of the state in 2014, his cadre was reassigned to Telangana.
He has worked in Visakhapatnam district and in the port city as its commissioner. He was also SP for Nalgonda, Srikakulam, Nellore, and Guntur districts. In the city, Shivadhar Reddy served as DCP (Traffic) and in the South Zone.
