The Election Commission of India ordered the transfer of six IPS and three IAS officers in Andhra Pradesh ahead of the State Assembly and Parliamentary elections. The six IPS officers transferred are Parmeshawar (SP, Prakasam), Y Ravi Shankar Reddy (SP, Palnadu), P Joshua (SP, Chittoor), KKN Anburajan (SP, Ananthapuram), K Thirumaleshwar (SP, Nellore) and G Pala Raju (IGP, Guntur range). The IAS officers transferred are P Raja Babu (DEO, Krishna), M Gowthami (Ananthapuram) and Dr Lakshmisha (DEO, Tirupati).

The ECI has directed the transferred officers to hand over the charge to the officer immediately below in rank and informed that the officers should not be assigned any election-related works till the completion of simultaneous elections to the Legislative Assembly and the Parliament. The commission further asked Chief Secretary Dr KS Jawahar Reddy to furnish a panel of three IAS officers for each district and a panel of three IPS officers for each incumbent post of police officers immediately.