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The Forum for Good Governance (FGG) has written to Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy seeking a vigilance enquiry into caller promotions and postings successful the Revenue Department, alleging superior irregularities successful the elevation of tahsildars to cardinal administrative positions.
In a practice submitted connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), the organisation claimed that the established process for promoting tahsildars to the station of Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO) had not been followed successful a caller circular of promotions. According to the forum, the station of RDO is simply a Group-I presumption and a feeder cadre for the Indian Administrative Service, requiring scrutiny of work records and information by a enactment committee earlier promotions are granted.
The FGG alleged that 12 tahsildars were temporarily promoted arsenic RDOs done a authorities bid issued connected May 27 and claimed that immoderate of those elevated were facing vigilance oregon Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) cases. The organisation further alleged that definite promotions were granted connected the ground of tribunal directions that lone required the authorities to see the officers’ cases alternatively than mandating their promotion.
The forum besides raised objections to the consequent postings of immoderate of the promoted officers. It stated that 7 of the 12 officers promoted arsenic RDOs were posted arsenic District Revenue Officers (DROs), a presumption that is typically held by officers with respective years of acquisition successful the RDO cadre.
Citing 1 instance, the FGG referred MRO S. Sandhya, who was trapped by the ACB successful a bribery lawsuit and against whom a chargesheet had been filed. The organisation claimed that contempt the pending case, the serviceman was promoted to RDO aft securing a tribunal bid directing the authorities to see the promotion without notation to the pending chargesheet.
The forum has requested the CM to bid a vigilance enquiry into each impermanent promotions and postings of tahsildars made successful caller months and to support the orders successful abeyance until the enquiry is completed.
There was nary contiguous effect from the Revenue Department to the allegations made successful the representation.
