AP DGP Issues Attendance Directive to Senior IPS Officers in Unprecedented Move

Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao has instructed 16 senior IPS officers to mark their attendance twice daily at his office. This unprecedented directive includes signing an attendance register at 10 am and before leaving. The reasons for this arrangement, affecting notable officers, remain unclear.

In an unprecedented move, Andhra Pradesh DGP Dwaraka Tirumala Rao on Wednesday directed 16 senior IPS officers to mark their attendance in his office twice a day.

The officers, who are currently waiting for postings, were instructed to sign an attendance register at 10 am and before leaving in the officers' waiting room at the DGP office without fail.

"The IPS officers enclosed in the list, who are waiting for posting, are instructed to attend the office of the DGP, AP, Mangalagiri regularly at 10 am and sign in the attendance register," stated Rao in the memo.

In addition to marking their attendance, these officers were also instructed to be readily available for any urgent work assigned by Rao. Among the officials named are PSR Anjaneyulu, Krishna Kanth Patel, and others. However, the memo did not clarify the reasons behind this new attendance directive, which has been described as unprecedented.

A source told PTI that although more officers are waiting for posting, only 16 have been named in today's attendance list. In a previous letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, YSRCP chief Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy alleged that multiple IAS and IPS officers were deprived of postings for reasons known only to the local NDA government.

There was also no clarity on whether any inquiries or charges are pending against these officers. During their tenure under the YSRCP government, several named officers held key positions in intelligence and district police departments.

(With inputs from agencies.)