Senior-most IAS officer, one else on bench in AP for over a year

In Andhra Pradesh, senior-most IAS officer Yerra Srilakshmi, (1988 batch), has been waiting for a posting for over a year since the Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA government came to power. She was the Municipal Administration and Urban Development Special Chief Secretary under the previous administration. The other officer is Muralidhar Reddy, a 2006 batch officer who served as the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Pradesh Medical Services & Infrastructure Development Corporation (APMSIDC), and Chief Executive Officer of the Society for Elimination of Rural Poverty (SERP), before being shunted out. Both are awaiting a posting since 20 June last year. Sources said that there is no probe -vigilance, departmental or otherwise - against these officials, for the government to justify keeping them attached to the GAD. Srilakshmi has been a prominent figure in Andhra Pradesh’s bureaucratic and political circles during the previous government.