Omer Jaleel appointed as Secretary & Commissioner of the Telangana Minority Welfare Department

Hyderabad: Syed Omer Jaleel has been appointed as the Secretary and Commissioner of the Telangana Minority Welfare Department. The Telangana government has reappointed the retired IAS officer, Mr. Syed Omer Jaleel, to serve as the Secretary of the Minority Welfare Department and the Commissioner Director of Minority Welfare for a two-year term.

This appointment comes after the former Vikarabad collector, Syed Omer Jaleel, was suspended in 2019 for opening sealed EVMs and VVPATs, which was a violation of an Election Commission order. It was alleged that Jaleel unsealed 122 EVMs in the strong room pertaining to the Vikarabad assembly constituency, claiming to inspect their availability for the upcoming parliament elections. At the time, there was a pending petition regarding the assembly polls in Vikarabad in the high court, and Jaleel’s actions violated the court’s order.

After serving a seven-month suspension, Jaleel was later appointed as the Secretary of the Intermediate Board and the Commissioner of Intermediate Education. However, he retired from these positions in September 2022.

As of now, Syed Omer Jaleel has been entrusted with the responsibility of leading the Telangana Minority Welfare Department as its Secretary and Commissioner.