Forest heads named for 2 states, 3 deputation officers to continue

Hyderabad: The state government in an officiating arrangement has appointed senior IFS officer S.B.L. Misra as incharge principal chief conservator of forest of Telangana while A.V. Joseph has been appointed in the post for AP.

Meanwhile, three IFS officers on deputation — K. Muralidhar Rao, P. Rajeshwari and D. Venkateswarlu — will continue in the respective successor states till June 30.