Commissioner of the Hyderabad City Police explained

Post:	Commissioner of Police, Hyderabad City
Abbreviation:	CP, Hyd
Unofficial Names:	Kotwal
Seat:	Integrated Command and Control Centre
Appointer:	Chief Minister of Telangana
Formation:	1847
Inaugural:	Hasan Ali Khan (Talib-Ud Dawlah)
Website:	Website
Incumbent:	C. V. Anand
Incumbentsince:	9 September 2024

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.^[1]

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]	-	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		-

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	^[3]
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	^[4]
56	V. V. Srinivasa Rao,	1995 (RR)	12-11-2017 to 11–3–2018	^[5] ^[6]
57	Anjani Kumar,	1990 (RR)	12-3-2018 to 24–12–2021	^[7]	-	58	C. V. Anand,	1991 (RR)	25-12-2021 to 11–10–2023	^[8]
59	Sandeep Shandilya,	1993 (RR)	13-10-2023 to 13–12–2023	^[9] ^[10]
60	K. Sreenivasa Reddy,	1994 (RR)	13-12-2023 to 7–9–2024	^[11]
61	C. V. Anand,	1991 (RR)	7-9-2024 to Present	^[12]	-

Notes and References

1. Web site: HCP History . hyderabadpolice.gov.in . 13 September 2024.
2. Web site: All Commissioners . hyderabadpolice.gov.in . 13 September 2024.
3. Web site: Iyer . Lalita . From chemist to top cop, A K Khan scripts success story . www.deccanchronicle.com . 13 September 2024 . en . 8 September 2019.
4. Web site: Mahender Reddy is Hyderabad police commissioner . The Times of India . 13 September 2024 . 2 June 2014.
5. Web site: Telangana CMO . x.com . 13 September 2024.
6. Web site: archive . our online . VP’s visit: Traffic police impose restrictions . The New Indian Express . 13 September 2024 . en . 23 December 2017.
7. Web site: Deepak . Pinto . Anjani Kumar, who won hearts as kotwal, is the new DGP of Telangana . www.deccanchronicle.com . 13 September 2024 . en . 29 December 2022.
8. Web site: Today . Telangana . CV Anand takes charge as new Police Commissioner . Telangana Today . 13 September 2024 . en . 25 December 2021.
9. Web site: Today . Telangana . Senior IPS officer Sandeep Shandilya assumes charge as Hyderabad Police Commissioner . Telangana Today . 13 September 2024 . en . 13 October 2023.
10. Web site: Bureau . The Hindu . Sandeep Shandilya posted as Hyderabad Police Commissioner . The Hindu . 13 September 2024 . en-IN . 13 October 2023.
11. Web site: Correspondent . D. C. . Kothakota Srinivas Reddy is New Hyderabad Commissioner of Police . www.deccanchronicle.com . 13 September 2024 . en . 12 December 2023.
12. Web site: Bureau . The Hindu . C.V. Anand takes charge as Hyderabad Police Commissioner . The Hindu . 13 September 2024 . en-IN . 9 September 2024.