Hyderabad: Employees working in new districts since October 2016 have sought the state government to extend priority to them in the ongoing allotment of employees to native districts based on their nativity as per the new zonal system that was made effective in August this year.
The state government increased the number of districts from 10 to 31 in October 2016 and the employees were transferred to altogether 21 new districts as a make-shift arrangement. The Telangana government created two more districts in 2019 (Mulugu and Narayanpet) taking the total number of districts in the state to 33. The Telangana government did not take any opinions from employees after unilaterally issuing ‘orders to serve’ and shifted them to new districts at its discretion.
When employees strongly protested the indiscriminate allotment, the government pacified them that it was only a 'temporary arrangement' and was aimed at administrative continuity. In the five years since their creation, there has not been a single transfer despite repeated assurances to the 1.10 lakh employees posted in the new districts. They now want to move to their native districts and are demanding preference over other employees.
