Task force formed to expedite creation of new districts

​Hyderabad: To speed up the process of creation of new districts, Telangana State cabinet which met here on Monday, constituted a Special Task Force headed by Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma.

CCLA (Chief Commissioner of Land Administration) Raymond Peter, Special Chief Secretary to Revenue Pradeep Chandra and Additional Secretary to Chief Minister Smitha Sabarwal and Collectors of Warangal and Medak districts have been appointed as the members of the task force.

Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao instructed the task force to hold a meeting in two days and submit a status report on the formation of new districts.

The government has already issued draft notification for the formation of 17 new districts in addition to the existing 10 districts. People have been asked to submit their suggestions and objections on new districts and the proposed revenue divisions and mandals before September end. The government also discussed in detail the division of employees and allotment of staff to the new districts.

The Chief Minister asked all the departments to submit proposals regarding the requirement of staff in each district after the new districts come into existence. He instructed the officials to expedite the process of absorption of officials selected under the zonal system either in the district or State cadre as State government has already decided to scrap the zonal system in the recruitment.

In the new system, every department would have a head in every district. For instance, Irrigation and Roads and Buildings departments would appoint district officer to oversee all the works. Preference would be given in the appointment of employees at village and mandal level and stop the allocation of supervisory posts in every department.