G.O.NO.100 - APRIL 2013- TRANSFER GUIDELINES BY FINANCE DEPT

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
ABSTRACT
PUBLIC SERVICES – Transfers and postings of employees – Lifting of ban
on transfers –Instructions/guidelines - Orders – Issued.
FINANCE (DCM-III) DEPARTMENT
G.O.Ms.No. 100 Dated: 22.04.2013
Read the following:-
1) G.O.Ms.No.100, Fin (W&M) Dept, dt.01.05.2007.
2) G.O.Ms.No.143, Fin (W&M) Dept, dt.21.06.2007.
3) G.O.Ms.No.23, Fin (W&M) Dept, dt.23.01.2008.
4) G.O.Ms.No.143, Fin (W&M) Dept, dt.31.05.2008.
5) G.O.Ms.No.7, Fin (DCM-III) Dept, dt.24.01.2011.
6) G.O.Ms.No.146, Fin (DCM-III) Dept, dt.01.06.2012.
7) G.O.Ms.No.153, Fin (DCM-III) Dept, dt.12.06.2012.
8) G.O.Ms.No.169, Fin (DCM-III) Dept, dt.25.06.2012.
9) G.O.Ms.No.181, Fin (DCM-III) Dept, dt.10.07.2012.
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O R D E R
Orders were issued in the G.O ninth cited imposing ban on all
transfers except in respect of certain cases referred therein.
2. The Government after careful consideration hereby relaxes the ban on
transfers subject to the following conditions.
i) The relaxation of ban is valid only for the period from 25th April,
2013 to 15th May, 2013.
ii) The relaxation of ban applies to School Education and Higher
Education Departments also and the detailed guidelines for transfer
of Teachers / Lecturers will be issued by the School Education /
Higher Education Departments separately. These guidelines should
be in consonance with the guidelines in this G.O.
iii) All the transfers have to be effected by the competent authorities as
per the existing orders on delegation subject to the existing
Government orders and conditions prescribed herein. The
competent authority shall submit the transfer proposals to the next
higher authority where transfers are on administrative grounds,
who will not approve the transfers unless absolutely necessary and
after recording reasons for accepting the proposals (such transfers
should also be within the ceiling prescribed herein).
iv) The competent authority as defined shall complete the transfers, as
per the dates indicated at para 2 (i) above. The Head of the
Department concerned is responsible for the implementation of the
transfer orders. In any case, the employee would be deemed to
have been relieved at the end of 7 days of the receipt of the transfer
order. Any violation of this condition shall be viewed seriously by
the Government.
v) All transfers other than the transfers for administrative reasons
shall be done by counseling. Counseling will be conducted by
asking all the employees seeking transfer will be asked for three
preferences and accommodating to the extent possible. When more
than one employee opts for a particular place, preference shall be
given to the employee who has put in longest service in a particular
station, subject to that the employee not having any charges
pending against him/her.
vi) The employees who are retiring before 15th May, 2014 shall not be
transferred. The standing instructions on the transfers of Office
Bearers of recognized employees unions as issued in Circular
Memo No.26135/Ser. Welfare/2002-1 of G.A. (Services)
Department, dt.19.6.2002 shall be followed scrupulously.
vii) No person shall be transferred before completion of two years of
service in a particular station as on 24th April, 2013 and no person
shall be retained beyond 5 years of service in a particular station.
However, not more than 20% of the employees in any cadre will
be transferred. This is to ensure that there is no dislocation of
work. Service in all cadres at a station will be counted while
calculating period of stay. While effecting the transfers, the
Competent authority shall give priority as given below, subject to
satisfaction of other condition specified in this G.O.
a. Long standing employee downwards.
b. Employee working in “hardship areas”.
c. Employees with outstanding record on request.
d. Employees with disabilities of 40% or more as certified by a
competent authority as per “Persons with Disabilities (P.W.D)
(Equal opportunities, protection of rights and full participation)
Act, 1995.
e. Husband and Wife cases (Only one of the spouses shall be
shifted following the prescribed procedure).
f. Employees having mentally retarded children to a place where
medical facilities are available.
g. Cases of compassionate appointment.
h. Medical grounds for the diseases (either self or spouse or
dependent children and dependent parents) of Cancer, Heart
Operations, Neurosurgery, Bone TB, Kidney transplantation to
places where such facilities are available.
viii) If the employees who have put in more than 2 years of service,
constitute more than 20% of the total strength, the employees who
have put in longer service at a particular station shall be transferred
without exceeding the overall ceiling of 20%.
ix) The transfers shall be effected from focal to non-focal, non-focal to
non-focal or from non-focal to focal posts only. In no case,
persons shall be transferred from one focal post to another focal
post. The focal and non-focal post shall be as defined by the
department concerned.
x) The provisions of G.O.Ms.No.610, G.A.(SPF-A) Dept,
dt.30.12.1985 will be strictly adhered to and the ratios prescribed
maintained.
xi) The existing instructions on posting of second level and higher
level Gazetted Officers to their native districts shall be followed.
xii) Employees shall invariably be transferred from their existing
location on promotion, unless no such posts exist at a different
location.
xiii) All the transfers effected by following the procedure where
employees indicated preference for stations shall be treated as
request transfers for the purpose of sanction of T.T.A. and other
transfer benefits.
xiv) The competent authority shall be personally responsible for
compliance with the guidelines prescribed above and any deviation
from the guidelines herein shall be viewed seriously. The officer
immediately superior to competent authority shall ensure that all
the transfers are as per the existing government orders and are kept
at barest minimum.
xv) The transfer policy should be an effective tool in capacity building
with departmental employees getting a variety of experience within
the department, thus becoming more fit to hold higher
responsibilities.
xvi) Transfers on compassionate and personal grounds have been
misused from time to time. Once transfers are effected, the Head of
the Department will verify the truthfulness of the grounds in a few
test cases and report to Government if necessary, to curb misuse.
xvii) No relaxation proposal will be entertained by any department for a
period of six months commencing from 16th May, 2013.
Thereafter, Secretaries will review department wise, quarterly, the
number of relaxations given within their departments and submit
the same to Chief Secretary / Chief Minister for information.
xviii) Station means place (City, Town, Village) of actual working for
the purpose of transfers and not office or institution.
3. It is also ordered that the revenue earning departments viz. 1)
Commercial Taxes Department, 2) Prohibition & Excise Department and 3)
Stamps & Registration Departments shall follow the separate guidelines
issued in the G.O second read above. The Transport Department and Forest
Department shall make the general transfers as per the guidelines issued in
G.O.Ms.No.147, TR&B (Ser.IV) Dept, dt.12.06.2007 and G.O.Ms.No.81,
EFS&T (For.V) Dept, dt.8.7.2008 respectively.
4. The ban on transfers will come into force with effect from 16th May,
2013 and necessary orders to that effect will be issued at appropriate time.
5. This order is available in the internet and can be accessed at the address
http://www.goir.ap.gov.in
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
PUSHPA SUBRAHMANYAM
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (IF)
To
All Departments of Secretariat.
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
The Registrar, High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
The Prl.Secretary, A.P.P.S.C., Hyderabad.
The Registrar, A.P. Administrative Tribunal, Hyderabad.
The Prl.Accountant General, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad.
The Pay and Accounts Officer, Hyderabad.
The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, A.P., Hyderabad.
All District Treasury Officers.
All Officers/Sections in Finance Department.
Copy to SF/SCs
// Forwarded :: By order //
SECTION OFFICER