The Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City is the head of Hyderabad City Police.

The commissioner is an Indian Police Service officer of the rank of Director general of police (DGP) or Additional director general of police (ADGP). The commissioner heads the police force in a jurisdiction consisting of approximately 650 km2 area and home to a population of 1.6 Crore (16 million) with a 40 lakh (4 million) floating population.

History The post of Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City has its roots in Hyderabad State during the Nizam period. Called Kotwal-e-Balda or Kotwal for short, the Commissioner of police was appointed by the Nizam of Hyderabad. Apart from holding the powers and privileges as the head of police, he also enjoyed certain judicial and civil powers. He was the chief adviser to the Nizam on all police matters and was part of his durbar. Most of the Kotwals were nobles. The first Hindu kotwal was Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy, who served as the Commissioner during the reign of Mir Osman Ali Khan Nizam VII.

List of Commissioners Hyderabad State (1847-1947) S.No Name Batch Tenure References 1 Hasan Ali Khan (Talib-Ud Dawlah) 1-1-1847 to 27–12–1847 2 Md. Vazir Jamadar 28-12-1847 to 4–10–1851 3 Fazluddin Khan 5-10-1851 to 4–1–1853 4 Mohammed Syeed Hussain 5-1-1853 to 9–11–1853 5 Nawab Ghalib Ud Dawlah 10-11-1853 to 8–5–1855 6 Grand Son Of Zafar-Ud-Dawlah 9-5-1855 to 5–6–1873 7 Nawab Zourawar Jung 6-6-1873 to 22–4–1874 8 Inayat Hussain Khan 23-4-1874 to 4–5–1884 9 Nawab Akber –Ul-Mulk 5-5-1884 to 7–4–1905 10 Vazir Ali Nawab (Sulthan Yawar Jung) 8-4-1905 to 24–12–1912 11 KB Abdul Kareem Lal Khan 25-4-1912 to 16–9–1912 12 Mir Mubarak Ali Khan 17-9-1912 to 7–11–1912 13 Nawab Emad Jung II 8-11-1912 to 22–3–1920 14 Raja Bahadur Venkat Rama Reddy 23-3-1920 to 30–6–1934 15 Nawab Rahmat Yar Jung Bahadur 1-7-1934 to 5–6–1945 16 Nawab Deen Yar Jung Bahadur 6-6-1945 to 31–7–1947

Hyderabad State (1948–1956) S.No Name Batch Tenure References 17 Rusthum Ji Shapur Ji

1-8-1947 to 20–3–1949 18 S. N. Reddy M.A

21-3-1949 to 31–8–1951 19 Shiv Kumar Lal, 1935 (SPS) 1-9-1951 to 30–6–1953 20 A. Sundaram Pillai,

1-7-1953 to 14–5–1954 21 B. L. Khedkar,

15-5-1954 to 25–9–1954

Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014) S.No Name Batch Tenure References 22 C. Ranga Swamy Iyengar,

26-9-1954 to 18-5-1957(again 14–7–1967) 23 S. Vijaya Rangam, 1942 19-5-1957 to 13–5–1959 24 B. N. Kaliya Rao,

14-5-1959 to 2-4-1961(Again 22–5–1967) 25 S. P. Satur, 1946 3-4-1961 to 31-8-1964(Again 19–2–1963) 26 Prahlad Singh, 1944 1-9-1964 to 31–1–1970 27 Abdus Salam Khan, 1947 (SPS) 1-2-1970 to 13–7–1973 28 P. V. G. Krishnama Charyulu, 1951 (RR) 14-7-1973 to 14–12–1975 29 K. N. Sreenivasan, 1952 (RR) 15-12-1975 to 22–8–1976 30 M. A. Shafiullah Khan, 1952 (RR) 23-8-1976 to 27–12–1977 31 Muni Swamy, 1952 (SPS) 28-12-1977 to 21–14–1978 32 P. V. Pavithran,

22-4-1978 to 1–5–1981 33 C. G. Saldanha, 1953 (RR) 2-5-1981 to 26–8–1981 34 P. Ponnaiya,

27-8-1981 to 9–11–1982 35 S. Chandra Shekaran,

10-11-1982 to 13–4–1983 36 K. Vijayarama Rao,

14-4-1983 to 27-8-1984(Again 7–4–1989) 37 R. Prabhakar Rao, 1957 (RR) 28-8-1984 to 4-3-1986(Again 30–12–1989) 38 T. Surya Narayan Rao, 1958 (RR) 5-3-1986 to 14–2–1989 39 V. Apparao,

15-2-1989 to 4-5-1990(Again 25–12–1994) 40 Ismail Pullanna, 1961 (RR) 5-5-1990 to 15–8–1990 41 G. Gurunath Rao,

16-8-1990 to 28–11–1990 42 M. V. Bhaskara Rao, 1962 (RR) 29-11-1990 to 15–4–1993 43 H. J. Dora, 1965 (RR) 16-4-1993 to 29–11–1996 44 C. Rama Swamy, 1968 (RR) 30-11-1996 to 29–6–1997 45 R. P. Singh, 1973 (RR) 30-6-1997 to 11-9-1998(Again 13–10–2003) 46 S. R. Sukumara, 1967 (RR) 12-9-1998 to 14–12–2000 47 P. Ramulu, 1967 (RR) 15-12-2000 to 24–2–2002 48 M. V. Krishna Rao, 1974 (RR) 25-2-2002 to 30–11–2004 49 V. Dinesh Reddy, 1977 (RR) 1-12-2004 to 29–9–2005 50 A. K. Mohanty, 1975 (RR) 30-9-2005 to 11–12–2007 51 Balwinder Singh, 1976 (RR) 12-12-2007 to 20–1–2008 52 B. Prasada Rao, 1979 (RR) 21-1-2008 to 21–1–2010 53 A. K. Khan, 1981 (RR) 22-1-2010 to 20–5–2012 54 Anurag Sharma, 1982 (RR) 21-5-2012 to 31–5–2014

Telangana S.No Name Batch Tenure References 55 M. Mahender Reddy, 1986 (RR) 2-6-2014 to 11–11–2017 56 V. V. Srinivasa Rao, 1995 (RR) 12-11-2017 to 11–3–2018 57 Anjani Kumar, 1990 (RR) 12-3-2018 to 24–12–2021 58 C. V. Anand, 1991 (RR) 25-12-2021 to 11–10–2023 59 Sandeep Shandilya, 1993 (RR) 13-10-2023 to 13–12–2023 60 K. Sreenivasa Reddy, 1994 (RR) 13-12-2023 to 7–9–2024 61 C. V. Anand, 1991 (RR) 7-9-2024 to 27-9-2025 62 V. C. Sajjanar, 1996 (RR) 27-9-2025 to Present

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