Senior IAS officer Kata Amrapali, who was forced to shift her cadre from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh after failing to get favourable orders from the Centre, Central Administrative Tribunal and the state high court for a retention in Telangana, reported to her duty in the Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday.
According to highly placed sources, Amrapali is learnt to have asked Andhra chief secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad to give her suitable posting that can be a challenging as well as rewarding.
She is expected to meet chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu and his son Nara Lokesh by evening.
Sources said even before Amrapali has met him, Lokesh is learnt to have discussed with senior officials the possibility of appointing her as the commissioner of Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), which needs a tough and dedicated officer like her.
Amrapali, though hails from Ongole in Prakasam district, has good connections with Visakhapatnam. In fact, she had done her schooling there, as her father Kata Venkat Reddy is still an economics professor in the Andhra University.
She is married to Sameer Sharma, an IPS officer of 2011 batch, though he is based out of Delhi. Having started her career as assistant collector in Vikarabad district in 2010, Amrapali held several positions and gained a very good reputation as a sincere, honest and tough officer.
She also worked as a joint secretary the Prime Minister’s Officer in New Delhi during the BRS regime in Telangana, before returning to Telangana after Congress came to power. She has done a very good job as the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation commissioner.
“Having seen her expertise and experience in urban planning, Lokesh is of the view that she can do a better job as the GVMC commissioner and she can put a check on indiscriminate land grabbing in the port city,” sources added.
