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{{Short description|1982 batch IAS officer of Andhra Pradesh}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar
| occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service]]
| predecessor2 =
| term_end2 = 1 April 2016
| office1 = [[Andhra Pradesh Secretariat|1st Election commissioner - Andhra Pradesh State]]
| term_start1 = 2016
| term_end1 = 2021
| office2 = [[Andhra Pradesh Secretariat|Special chief secretary - Governor of Andhra Pradesh]]
| office3 = [[Andhra Pradesh Secretariat|Principal secretary of finance]]
| office4 = [[Andhra Pradesh Secretariat|Executive member Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam]]
| alma_mater =
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|03|08|df=yes}}<ref name="bio"/>
| birth_place =
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'''Nimmagadda Ramesh Kumar''' was sworn in as 1st [[Andhra Pradesh]] State Election Commissioner (after Telangana separation) on 1 April 2016 by [[Governor Narasimhan]]. He belongs to 1982 batch of [[Indian Administrative Service]]. He served as Special Chief Secretary to Governor before this. He also worked as Executive Officer of [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]](TTD) and as the Principal Secretary of Finance.

== Education ==
Yes He earned B.A. (History), LL.B. (Law) degrees and did his post graduate study in Economics.<ref name="bio">{{Cite web|title=Nimmagadda Ramesh - Kumar Biodata|url=https://supremo.nic.in/ERSheetHtml.aspx?OffIDErhtml=14301&PageId=|access-date=2021-01-30|website=NIC}}</ref>

== Career ==
He was selected to [[Indian Administrative Service]] in 1982. His first job was as a Sub-collector in 1984. He served in different departments in various roles over his long career. He worked as the Special Chief Secretary to Governor until 31 March 2016 and was appointed as the State Election Commissioner for Andhra Pradesh by [[Chandra Babu Naidu]]. He also worked as the Executive Officer of [[Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams]](TTD) and as the Principal Secretary of Finance.<ref name="bio"/>

=== Appointment as Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner ===

After his retirement, he was appointed as Andhra Pradesh State Election Commissioner on 1 April 2016.<ref name="secapt">{{Cite web|date=2016-04-01|title=Ramesh Kumar takes office as new Andhra SEC|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/ramesh-kumar-takes-over-as-sec-of-andhra-pradesh/article8423183.ece|access-date=2021-01-30|website=The Hindu}}</ref> In 2020 March, after the first phase of nominations for MPTC/ZPTC elections were completed, he paused Elections to local bodies without consulting state government health department and chief secretary,due to Covid 2019 as a measure of public health. As the state government did not like this step, it took steps to change the duration for the office of SEC to three years from five years and also changed the eligible person as retired high court judge. Thus, he was removed from his post mid term and Justice Kanagaraj was appointed as the new SEC.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-11|title=జగన్ సర్కార్ సంచలన నిర్ణయం.. ఏపీ ఎన్నికల కమిషనర్‌గా కనగరాజ్ నియామకం|url=https://telugu.samayam.com/andhra-pradesh/news/justice-kanagaraj-appointed-as-andhra-pradesh-state-new-election-commissioner/articleshow/75091435.cms|language=te|access-date=2021-01-30|website=సమయం}}</ref> Nimmagadda filed a court case against these actions in High court and the High court cancelled state government order and restored his position as SEC (subject to Supreme court orders).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-31|title=అర్ధరాత్రి ఉత్తర్వులు... రాష్ట్ర ఎన్నికల కమిషనర్‌గా నిమ్మగడ్డ పునర్నియామకం..|url=https://telugu.oneindia.com/news/andhra-pradesh/ap-govt-again-appointed-nimmagadda-ramesh-kumar-as-state-election-commissioner-273618.html|language=te|access-date=2021-01-23|website=వన్ ఇండియా}}</ref> Thus he became the third State Election commissioner on July 31, 2020. During run up to [[2021 Andhra Pradesh local elections]], Ramesh formed a team, comprising a Secretary to State Election Commission, K. Kanna Babu, IAS as well as a Special Officer [[Nidigattu Sanjay|N. Sanjay]], IPS.<ref>The Hindu, ''Poll Commission call centre receives 196 plaints on first day'', 12 February 2021.[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/poll-commission-call-centre-receives-196-plaints-on-first-day/article33819914.ece]</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== See this also ==
* [[Andhra Pradesh State Election Commission]]
* [[Andhra Pradesh Government]]

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