# Transfers and Postings of AP Employees – Guidelines /Instructions-Orders G.O No.71

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- Published: 2023-05-17T16:40:35+05:30
- Author: Venkat

##  Public Services – Human Resources – Transfers and Postings of Employees – Guidelines /Instructions-Orders – Issued.

G.O.Ms.No.71

FINANCE (HR.I-PLG. & POLICY) DEPARTMENT Dated: 17-05-2023.

Read the following:-

 1.  G.O.Ms.No.98, Finance (HR.I) Department, Dt.04-08-2015.
 2.  G.O.Ms.No.140, Finance (HR.I) Department, Dt.16-11-2015.
 3.  G.O.Ms.No.102, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.10-06-2016.
 4.  G.O.Ms.No.123, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.28-06-2016.
 5.  G.O.Ms.No.64, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.21-04-2017.
 6.  G.O.Ms.No.72, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.05-05-2017.
 7.  G.O.Ms.No.75, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.09-05-2017.
 8.  G.O.Ms.No.57, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.08-05-2018.
 9.  G.O.Ms.No.45, Finance (HR.I-Plg. _& _Policy) Department, Dt.24-06-2019.
 10. G.O.Ms.No.59, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.04-07-2019.
 11. G.O.Ms.No.116, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.07-06-2022.
 12. G.O.Ms.No.122, Finance (HR.I-Plg. & Policy) Department, Dt.16-06-2022.

ORDER:

The Government is committed to the welfare of its employees and seeks to promote
work-life balance to enable the employees and their families lead happy and contented
lives. In this direction, the Government’s policy is to ensure that every employee
is posted at a work place where she/he is most productive and contributes his/her
best
 for improved governance and efficient delivery public services. Further, overall,
the Government is committed to right placement of the staff to improve efficiency
and accountability in administration.

2. Accordingly, in super session of the orders issued in the references 11th & 12th
read above, the Government hereby issue the following guidelines for transfer of
employees for the year 2023.

3.The existing ban on transfer of employees imposed in the references 11th & 12th
read above is relaxed for the period from 22nd May to 31st May to ensure right placement
of employees to secure optimum productivity and commitment to furtherance of Government’s
development objectives.

### Principles for AP Employees Transfers 2023 and Postings:

**The following principles may be adopted while effecting transfer of employees:**

i. Transfers shall be effected only “on request” basis and on administrative grounds.

ii. Employees who completed 2 years of service at a station as on 30th April, 2023
are only eligible for request transfers and those who completed 5 years of service
at a station as on said date, shall be invariably transferred.

iii. Service in all cadres at a station shall be counted while calculating the period
of stay. Station means place (City, Town, Village) of actual working for the purpose
of
 transfers and not office or institution.

 iv. However, for State Audit Department, station means Office within the Zone 
as all their offices are situated in the District Headquarters only.

**v. Preference will be given to below categories:**

 * a. Employees with disabilities of 40% or more as certified by a competent authority
   as per the norms of “persons with disabilities”.
 * b. Employees having mentally challenged children to a place where medical facilities
   are available.
 * c. Medical grounds for the diseases (either self or spouse or dependent children
   and dependent parents) of Cancer, Open Heart Operations, Neuro Surgery, Kidney
   Transplantation to places where such facilities are available.

d. Widow employee appointed on Compassionate appointments.

e. Husband and Wife cases (only one of the spouses shall be shifted following the
prescribed procedure). Once the facility is utilized, the
 next request can be made
only after five years.

vi. All transfers affected by following the procedure where employees indicated 
preference for stations shall be treated as request transfers for the
 purpose of
sanction of TTA and other transfer benefits.

vii. Employees shall invariably be transferred from their existing location on promotion
unless no such posts exist at a different
 location.

viii. All vacancies in Notified Agency areas shall be filled first before filling
posts in the non – ITDA areas.

ix. The employees (Local Cadres, Zonal Cadres) working in ITDA areas for more than
two years may be transferred to the place of their
 choice subject to fulfillment
of conditions stipulated in this GO, with due preference to the inter-se seniority
among the employees working in these areas.

x. For the purpose of posting in ITDA Areas the following shall be the criteria:

 * 1. The employees below 50 years of age.
 * 2. The employees who have not worked earlier in the ITDA areas so far based on
   the length of service in plain area downwards.

xi. Besides ITDA areas, areas which are interior and backward with large number 
of vacancies shall be given preference while filling up of
 vacancies on transfers.
HoDs and District Collectors shall ensure the same.

### Procedure for AP Employees Transfers:

 * a) The relaxation on transfers shall be effective from 22nd May to 31st May 2023.
 * b) All the transfers shall be effected by the competent authorities as per the
   existing orders of delegation subject to the existing Government
    Orders and 
   conditions prescribed.
 * c) The Head of the Department concerned is responsible for the implementation
   of the transfer orders in the most transparent manner possible without giving
   
   any scope for complaints / allegations. Any violation of these guidelines will
   be viewed seriously.

2. The following departments, which have unique operational systems may devise their
own transfer guidelines relevant to their Departments subject to
 following the 
above guidelines. They include the revenue earning departments viz., i) Commercial
Taxes; ii) Prohibition & Excise; iii) Stamps & Registration; iv) Transport Department,
and v)Agriculture Department. They shall also complete the process by 31st May 2023.

 3. The Education Departments viz., School Education, Higher Education, Intermediate
Education, Technical Education and the Education Departments working under the Welfare
Departments are exempted from the above transfer guidelines and they may also devise
their own transfer guidelines relevant to their Departments with the prior approval
of Finance Department.

4. The standing instructions on the transfers of office bearers of recognized Employees
Associations as issued in Circular Memo No. GAD0l-SW0SERA/27/2019-SW, GA (Services
Welfare) Department, dt.15.06.2022 will apply i.e., not to transfer the office bearers
of all the Recognized Service Associations in the State at State level, District
level & Division/Taluk level until their completion of three (3) terms or nine (
9) years of stay in a particular station.

5. The visually challenged employees are exempted from transfers except when they
make a specific request for transfer. As far as possible, these categories of employees
may be posted at a place of their choice subject to availability of a clear vacancy.

6. The requests of the employees having any charges /ACB/Vigilance cases pending
against him / her shall not be considered for transfer. The Authority shall indicate
the fact clearly against the name of that employee if there is any request for transfer.

7. The ban on transfers shall come into force with effect from 01.06.2023.

[**Download Employee Transfers G.O**](https://drive.google.com/file/d/18rSPyxayxOhGcswld6f8iEkdxjzR37Q9/view?usp=drivesdk)

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