Telangana Government Refuses Transfers of Staff With Disabled Kids

Hyderabad: Files seeking transfers of government employees who have children with disabilities or intellectual impairments have been gathering dust in the Secretariat for months, exposing serious lapses in the implementation of the government orders that were issued to ease their hardship.

GO No. 7, issued by the undivided Andhra Pradesh government on January 24, 2011, and GO No. 34, issued by Telangana’s department of women, children, disabled and senior citizens on August 7, 2025, clearly mandate that employees with disabilities — or those having children with 70 per cent or higher disability or mental retardation — should be allowed transfers to stations of their choice to ensure continuity of care and treatment.

Sources told Deccan Chronicle that several departments, including the health department, have cited procedural or administrative constraints to delay these transfers, saying that either the transfer window is closed or such requests do not fall under their purview.

Parents said they had submitted all required documents, but their requests remain unattended. “We have submitted every certificate, every proof. Still, our files are not moving. My child’s condition worsens by the day,” said a health department employee, requesting anonymity.

Sources said files are often shuffled between junior assistants and deputy directors without progress. “No one knows where the file is. Only God knows when it will finally move,” lamented another employee.

While employees with mentally challenged children wait endlessly, work orders, deputations and postings are allegedly being cleared swiftly for those with influence, raising doubts over the integrity of the transfer process and the sanctity of government orders.

Officials in the health and family welfare department, responsible for implementing these provisions, have reportedly not conducted any review or monitoring since the GOs were issued. Aggrieved employees have now appealed directly to Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy to personally review GOs 7 and 34 and intervene to expedite transfers. “Behind each file lies not just an employee but a child in need of care and a family waiting for relief, the orders were meant to ensure,” said another parent.

A paramedical employee’s brother said that despite clear directions from the Supreme Court and the existing government orders, the authorities continue to ignore genuine pleas. “My sister, a paramedical staff member, has submitted all the certificates for our mentally challenged dependent, but no action has been taken in her case, while others have secured transfers within a month,” he said.