Hyderabad, June 29 -- The Telangana government has issued orders promoting 33 special grade deputy collectors from the Revenue department to the positions of additional collectors across the state.

The official orders were released by Revenue department secretary Lokesh Kumar on Saturday, June 28.

Following the reorganisation of districts in 2020, the Telangana government appointed two additional collectors for each district, one for the Revenue division and another for local bodies.

Traditionally, the posts of additional collectors (Revenue) have been filled by Special Grade Deputy Collectors, which is the highest cadre post within the Revenue department for these officers.

However, despite functioning as additional collectors, these...