GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
Public Services – Human Resources – Transfers and Postings of
Employees – Guidelines / Instructions – Orders – Issued.
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FINANCE (HR.I-PLG. & POLICY) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No.54
Dated: 02-05-2018.
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ORDER:
The Government is committed to the welfare of its employees and
seeks to promote work-life balance to enable the employees and their families
lead happy and contented lives. In this direction, the Government’s policy is
to ensure every employee is posted at a work place where she/he is most
productive and contributes his / her best for improved governance and efficient
public services. Overall, the Government is committed to right placement of the
staff to improve efficiency and accountability in administration.
2.
Accordingly,
the existing ban on transfer of employees imposed vide reference 5th
cited is relaxed for the period from 5th May, 2018 to 4th
June, 2018 to ensure right placement of employees to secure optimum
productivity and commitment to furtherance of Government’s development
objectives.
Principles for Transfers and Postings
3.
The following principles may be adopted while
effecting transfer of employees:
A.
Transfers shall be effected only on the
following grounds.
i.
Mutual Grounds
ii.
On Request.
B.
Employees
seeking transfer on these grounds shall have completed three years of
continuous service in all cadres at the present station. Station means place
(City, Town, Village) of actual working for the purpose of transfers and not
office or institution.
C.
Transfers
on request shall be considered by the competent authority only against an
existing clear vacancy.
i.
Request transfers shall be considered by the competent
authorities only in respect of employees fulfilling one or more of the
conditions mentioned below:
a.
Visually challenged persons.
b. Employees with disabilities of
40% or more as certified by a competent authority as per “persons with
disabilities”.
c. Husband and Wife cases (only one
of the spouses shall be shifted following the prescribed procedure). Once the
facility is utilized, the next request can be made only after eight years.
d. Employees having mentally
challenged children to a place where medical facilities are available.
e.
Widow employee appointed on
Compassionate basis.
f.
Medical grounds for the diseases (either self or spouse or
dependent children and dependent parents) of Cancer, Open Heart Operations,
Neuro Surgery, Kidney Transplantation to places where such facilities available.
ii.
While considering the request transfers based on above
conditions, preference shall be given to the employee with the longest tenure
at a particular duty station, seniority in the cadre and outstanding
performance record.
D.
In case
of mutual transfers, both the employees seeking transfer on mutual grounds
shall have completed three (3) years of service at their present respective
stations.
E.
Transfers
on mutual grounds or request grounds shall not be done between the offices
located in same station.
Procedure for Transfers
a.
The relaxation on transfers shall be effective
from 5th May, 2018 to 4th June, 2018.
b.
All the
transfers shall be effected by the competent authorities as per the existing
orders of delegation subject to the existing Government Orders and conditions
prescribed.
c.
The following procedure may be prescribed
while undertaking this exercise:
i)
The
department must undertake the transfer exercise in a transparent process using
IT application.
ii)
The
authority effecting transfers shall notify the existing vacancies category-wise
by 10th May, 2018.
iii)
The
vacancies and the preferences of employees shall be exhibited at a prominent
place in the premises of the office as well as in Departmental web site.
iv) All
the applications on request / mutual transfers shall reach the competent
authority on or before 15th May 2018. The competent authority shall
examine/scrutinize the applications and shall process them on
or before 24th May 2018. The orders of transfer shall be issued by
the competent authority by 30th May 2018. All the transferred
employees shall join in the new places on or before the AN of 4th
June 2018 without fail.
d. The Head of the Department concerned is
responsible for the implementation of the transfer orders in the most
transparent manner possible without giving any scope for complaints /
allegations. Any violation of these
guidelines will be viewed seriously by the Government.
Exceptions:
a.
These
guidelines are applicable to all the departments including the revenue earning
departments viz. i) Commercial Taxes; ii) Prohibition & Excise; iii) Stamps
& Registration; iv) Transport, Medical & Health, Agriculture and
Non-teaching staff of Educational Institutions of Education & Welfare
Departments.
b.
These
guidelines are not applicable to teaching staff of Education & Welfare
Departments (School Education, Higher (Intermediate & collegiate)
Education, Technical Education and Residential institutions etc.).
4.
The
requests of the employees having any charges /ACB/Vigilance cases pending
against him / her shall not be considered for transfer. The authority shall
indicate this fact clearly against the name of that employee if there is any
request for transfer.
5.
No TA / DA will be paid to the employees as
these transfers are effected at their request.
6.
The ban on transfers shall come into force
with effect from 5th JUNE, 2018.
(BY
ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
MUDDADA RAVI CHANDRA
PRINCIPAL FINANCE SECRETARY
(FAC)
