Tirupati laddu row: TTD EO transferred, Special CS Ravichandra appointed in-charge EO

TTD executive officer Anil Kumar Singhal transferred amid adulteration controversy; M. Ravichandra appointed as in-charge EO.

As the Tirupati Laddu adulteration controversy deepened, the government on Sunday (February 1, 2026) transferred TTD executive officer Anil Kumar Singhal with immediate effect and directed him to hand over the charge to Additional EO Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary and report to the General Administration Department. 

Special Chief Secretary to CM, M. Ravichandra, has been posted as in-charge EO of the TTD, with an instruction to take charge expeditiously. 

Mr. Singhal was at the helm of affairs in the TTD when the ghee was suspected to be adulterated during the YSR Congress Party regime.

The Special Investigation Team, which is probing the ghee adulteration case, has reportedly found that Mr. Singhal failed to detect the issue on time and even after the incident became public, he did not take necessary action against those involved in the racket.