Senior officials in the Andhra Pradesh administration are turning out to be a worried lot. Because, the Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s style of keeping officials on tenterhooks all the time, and time and again reviewing the same subjects in short intervals seems not going down well with the officials.

Hyderabad: Is it the senior officials running the state administration in Andhra Pradesh are turning into a worried lot? The answer seems to be a big YES. Given the style of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s style of keeping officials all the time on tenterhooks these days is not going down well with the officials.

Senior officials shuttling between Vijayawada and Hyderabad have been facing monotony with the spate of review meetings that the chief minister has been holding for the last three months at Vijayawada. “Time and again the same subjects are reviewed with short intervals. This leaves the officials not able to implement what had been agreed in a previous review meeting,” feel the officials. It is like all the time reviews with no visible execution of works would sure to cause a dent to the image of the government, they argue.
Not able to bear a waiting of over three hours, a junior IAS official arrived from North Coastal AP to attend a review meeting to Vijayawada had remarked, “why this record playing, time and again?,” but a seasoned senior however, cautioned him not to air his views openly.

This time, Naidu summoned the officials to attend a cabinet meeting at 3 PM on December 16 at Vijayawada. “Normally the cabinet meeting goes up to 9 PM. And, we have to rush back to Hyderabad to prepare briefs to the ministers and discuss with them for the assembly session that is going to being at 9 AM, next day,” said an official. Instead of Vijayawada, the cabinet meeting could be held at Hyderabad as it would give enough time for the officials and ministers to prepare for the next day’s session, said another official.