FINANCE (HR.I-PLG. & POLICY) DEPARTMENT
G.O. Ms. No. 45 Dated: 24-06-2019
Read
the following:-
- G.O.Ms.No.98, Finance (HR.I) Department, dated: 04-08-2015.
- G.O.Ms.No.140, Finance (HR.I) Department, dated: 16-11-2015.
- G.O.Ms.No.102, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 10-06-2016.
- G.O.Ms.No.123, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 28-06-2016.
- G.O.Ms.No.64, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 21-04-2017.
- G.O.Ms.No.72, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 05-05-2017.
- G.O.Ms.No.75, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 09-05-2017.
- G.O.Ms.No.57, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Dept., dated: 08-05-2018.
O R D E R:
In supersession of
orders issued in the reference eighth read above, the Government hereby issue
following guidelines for transfer of employees for 2019.
2. The existing ban on
transfer of employees imposed vide the reference 8th read above is
relaxed for the period from 25th June, 2019 to 5th July,
2019 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:
i. Transfers shall be effected “on request”
basis and on administrative grounds.
ii. Employees who completed 05-years at a
station shall be invariably transferred.
iii. Service in all cadres at a station shall be
counted while calculating the period of stay. Station means place (City, Town, Village)
of actual working for the purpose of transfers and not office or institution.
iv. However, for State Audit Department, station
means Office within the Zone as all their offices are situated in the District
Headquarters only.
v. Preference will be given to below
categories:
a. Employees
with disabilities of 40% or more as certified by a competent authority as per “persons
with disabilities”.
b. Employees
having mentally challenged children to a place where medical facilities are
available.
c. 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.
d. Widow
employee appointed on Compassionate appointments.
e. 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.
vi. All transfers effected by following the
procedure where employees indicated preference for stations shall be treated as
request transfers for the purpose of sanction of TTA and other transfer
benefits.
vii. Employees shall invariably be transferred
from their existing location on promotion unless no such posts exist at a
different location.
viii. All vacancies in Notified Agency areas shall
be filled first before filling posts in the non - ITDA areas.
ix. The employees (Local Cadres, Zonal
Cadres) working in ITDA areas for more
than two years may be transferred to the place of their choice subject to
fulfilment of conditions stipulated in this GO, with due preference to
the inter-se seniority among the employees working in these areas.
x. For the purpose of posting in ITDA Areas
the following shall be the criteria:
1. The
employees below 50 years of age.
2. The
employees who have not worked earlier in the ITDA areas so far based on the
length of service in plain area downwards.
xi. Besides
ITDA areas, areas which are interior and backward with large number of
vacancies shall be given preference while filling up of vacancies on transfers.
HoDs and District Collectors shall ensure the same.
Procedure
for Transfers
a) The relaxation on transfers shall be
effective from 25th June, 2019 to 5th July, 2019.
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 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.
4. The
following departments, which have unique operational systems may devise their
own transfer guidelines relevant to their Departments subject to following the
above guidelines. They include the revenue earning departments viz. i)
Commercial Taxes; ii) Prohibition & Excise; iii) Stamps & Registration;
iv) Transport Department, v) Health, Medical & Family Welfare and vi) Agriculture
Departments. They shall also complete the process by 5th July, 2019.
However, Agriculture Department may carry out the exercise at its convenience.
5. The
Education Departments, viz., School Education, Higher Education, Intermediate
Education, Technical Education and the Education Departments working under the
Welfare Departments are exempted from the above transfer guidelines as the
academic year has already commenced.
6. The
employees who are retiring on or before 31st March, 2020 shall not be
transferred except in public interest.
The standing instructions on the transfers of office bearers of
recognized Employees Associations as issued in Circular
Memo. No.245/SW/A1/2014-1, G.A. (SW) Dept., dated 16.09.2014 and also
Cir. Memo. No.17225/SW/A1/2014-1 of G.A. (SW) Dept., dated 27.09.2014
will apply.
7. The
visually challenged employees are exempted from transfers except when they make
a specific request for transfer. As far as possible, these categories of
employees may be posted at a place of their choice subject to availability of a
clear vacancy.
8. 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
that fact clearly against the name of that employee if there is any request for
transfer.
9. The ban
on transfers shall come into force with effect from 6th July, 2019.
[BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE
GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH]
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