Staff split panel seeks consensus: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad: The Kamalnathan Committee has sought mutual cooperation between TS and AP governments to break the deadlock over bifurcation of Secretariat employees.

The committee has set itself July as the target to complete the bifurcation of staff so that any objections that may arise later can be resolved in the one remaining month of its tenure.

TS employees are strongly opposing allotment of AP employees to Telangana, while AP employees are demanding the committee to make allocations as per provisions in the AP Reorganisation Act, 2014, which gives scope for all the employees to give their preferred options on the state they choose to work, if vacancies exist in a particular state. With employees from both the states sticking to their guns, the bifurcation process was called off abruptly.

The committee on Thursday urged the Chief Secretaries of both the states to take the responsibility of convincing their employees to enable the smooth bifurcation of employees and sought mutual cooperation between the governments of TS and AP in the interest of both the states.

“Let the committee be allowed to make provisional allocation of Secretariat employees to both the states at the earliest. If any employee has any objection over allotments made, they can lodge their objections/ complaints with the committee for which 15 days time will be provided. The committee will definitely look into those complaints and take rectification measures,” the panel is believed to have said.

The committee brought to the notice of both the governments that if the staff bifurcation is not completed by the August deadline, it would lead to further complications as there would be no mechanism to take up the process in consultation with both the states.