Priyanka Ala becomes Hyderabad Collector in a 30-officer reshuffle

Hyderabad Stories published this report on 11 October 2026 as part of a review of April 2026. It was drafted with AI assistance from the reports listed at the end, each read in full; quotations are as those reports printed them. Photo above — The Telangana Secretariat, Hyderabad.

The Telangana government reshuffled about 30 officials on Saturday, 25 April 2026 — secretaries of key departments, district collectors and GHMC zonal commissioners among them.

For Hyderabad

Priyanka Ala, previously Secretary of the Telangana Public Service Commission, was appointed District Collector of Hyderabad.

At the top of the bureaucracy

• Sanjay Kumar (IAS, 1995), Special Chief Secretary for Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, was posted as Special Officer at Telangana Bhavan in New Delhi.
• M. Dana Kishore (IAS, 1996) moved to take over Panchayat Raj and Rural Development, keeping his additional charge as Special Chief Secretary to the Governor.

Sources

• Priyanka Ala appointed Hyderabad collector — Deccan Chronicle, 25 April 2026
• Telangana reassigns senior IAS officers — WebIndia123, 26 April 2026