Telangana government to reorganise existing zonal system for recruitment

Hyderabad: The state government is all set to redefine ‘local status’ to ensure government jobs only for natives of Telangana state. At present, four years of continuous school study till Class X in a particular district determines local status.

With the government deciding to reorganise the zonal system, the committee appointed by the government to make recommendations on this, headed by Deputy Chief Minister Kadiam Srihari, has proposed considering the domicile status of parents/ancestors to determine local status.

Under the current rule, lakhs of students of AP-origin who had done their schooling in Hyderabad, being the capital city of Undivided AP, are being considered locals. These students will lose the opportunity if new norms come into force.

The panel will again meet on Tuesday to finalise the new norms and submit a report to the government. The panel has also proposed scrapping or bringing down number of state-cadre posts for which there is no local quota to ensure jobs only for Telangana natives.

These new norms assume significance as the government has lined up several recruitment notifications in the coming days to fill thousands of vacancies.

State-cadre posts appointed in the Secretariat and HoDs in Hyderabad have no ‘local quotas’. Anyone from the country can compete for these posts. But, due to the Telugu language factor, only AP students may compete for these jobs. The panel has proposed to convert even these state-cadre posts to multi-zone cadre posts, wherein 60 per cent will be reserved for locals and 40 per cent will be open quota, under which both locals and non-locals can secure jobs based on merit.

By doing so, the panel feels that TS locals could secure 80 per cent of these jobs, even if 20 per cent are secured by AP-origin students.