Dr Manazir Jeelani Samoon and A Thameem Ansariya, IAS couple have been posted as Additional Commissioners (ACs) of the Visakhapatnam Metropolitan Region Development Authority (VMRDA) and the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC), respectively on Wednesday (29-01-2020).
While Samoon earlier belonged to the Nagaland cadre, Ansariya served in the Uttar Pradesh cadre. According to a government order, the two opted for the Andhra Pradesh cadre with the concurrence of the state governments of Nagaland, Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh, on grounds of marriage.