Vijayawada: The AP government has finalised guidelines for inter-state transfers of staff between it and TS. Under this, a government employee working in one state opting to go to the other Telugu state will lose seniority, according to the information available.
The equal number transfer formula would be confined to 13 AP gazetted officers and 104 gazetted officers of AP-origin working in TS will have to remain there.
The general administration department has framed certain guidelines keeping in view possible questions from the TS government.
For example, if some 100 gazetted officers of AP origin working in TS want to return to their native state, the AP government would initially check the availability of posts in the same cadre. If the number is around 50, then only 50 gazetted officers would be given posting in AP, and the rest have to stay back in Telangana state.
The same formula will apply in the case of officials working in AP and heading for TS. “These inter-state transfers are subject to the number of available posts with respective governments and the norms prepared in the zonal system,” a bureaucrat said. The file is pending with Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu for final clearance.
This exercise has been going on after the AP Reorganisation Act took effect, and there have been a series of meetings in this regard.
Panel to check transfer pleas
The Presidential Order governing zonal system in the two Telugu states will play a vital role in inter-state transfers.
The exercise of drawing up the guidelines was done by Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar and special chief secretary Satish Chandra, who have made an effort to reduce chances of a clash with the TS government over administrative issues.
A committee constituted by the government will receive the transfer applications in a standard format. After scrutiny, those will be sent to the general administration department for final orders.
Under these guidelines, state, zonal and district-level employees, lecturers and teachers are also eligible for inter-state transfers.
In the zonal system, 85 per cent is reserved for the local quota and 15 per cent is the general quota.
This will be applicable under spousal grounds also, subject to the condition of the number of posts and positions both the states have agreed for.
“Under any circumstances, both the states have to honour the number formula,” a bureaucrat involved in this exercise said. It may be recalled that inter-state transfers related to Secretariat and heads of department offices were already given approval earlier by the government.
As per those norms, around 60 non-gazetted officers working in Telangana Secretariat and HoD offices would be given postings in Andhra Pradesh.
