The two senior IPS officers – C V Anand and B Shivadhar Reddy have emerged as the frontrunners for the post of Director General of Police (DGP) in Telangana. The post is falling vacant in a few weeks. Presently, Anand is the Hyderabad Police Commissioner while Reddy is Director General (Intelligence). Anand is due to retire in June 2028, while Shivadhar Reddy’s retirement is scheduled for April 2026. The names of these officers were included in the list, sent by the Government to the UPSC. The other names in the list are Ravi Gupta, Jitender, Shikha Goel, Soumya Mishra, and K Sreenivasa Reddy. Special Chief Secretary (Home) Ravi Gupta, the senior-most officer among the contenders, had served as in-charge DGP from December 2023 to July 2024. The UPSC will now evaluate the list based on different parameters like service record, seniority, tenure, and pending years of service. It will then recommend a panel of three officers to the Telangana Government, from which the final selection will be made.