Hyderabad: A 1989 batch IAS officer A Santi Kumari, has become the first woman Chief Secretary of Telangana. The State Government on Wednesday appointed Santi Kumari as the sixth Chief Secretary of the State.

She will be in the office of CS upto April – 2025. After the DoPT relieved the present Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar from Telangana Cadre. Santi hails from Andhra Pradesh and is currently the Special Chief Secretary (Forest). She earlier worked in the Medical and Health Department during the Covid-19 pandemic period. Prior to that, she was in charge of the Chasing Cell in the Chief Minister’s Office, which is intended to attract investments to the state.

She also worked as the district Collector of Adilabad, Commissioner of BC Welfare and held several other posts in the combined state of Andhra Pradesh.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) challenged the CAT order in Telangana High Court. The High Court on Tuesday set aside the orders of CAT. Hours after the HC order, the DoPT issued orders and relieved Somesh Kumar from the Telangana cadre and directed him to report to the AP Government by January 12^th.