AP Employees Online Transfers Postings Guidelines,Procedure,Instructions,Schedule

AP Employees Online Transfers Postings Guidelines, Procedure, Instructions, Schedule
AP Employees Online Transfers Postings Guidelines,Procedure,Instructions,Principles, rules and regulations. AP state Government has has introduced AP Employees ONLINE TRANSFER SYSTEM  with a webportal http://transfers.ap.gov.in  for Andhra Pradesh State Employees transfers. An Online transfer application form has introduced for employees. Transfers and Postings of AP Employees Guidelines and Instructions details given here. Employees Online Transfers Application Form should be used for participate in transfers. Principles for Transfers and Postings,Procedure for Transfers, Exceptions,performance based counselling details are given here.

Government of Andhra Pradesh, GO.Ms.No.102,Dated: 10.06.2016, Reference: 1. G.O.Ms, No. 98 Finance (HR I) Department dated 04.08.2015. 2. G.O. Ms. No. 140 Finance (HR I) Department dated 16.11.2015. Public  Services-Human  Resources-Transfers  and  Postings  of Employees -Guidelines / Instructions -Orders-Issued.

Orders:
1. 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 every employee is posted at a work place where she / he is most productive and contributes his / her best for improved governance and efficient public services. Overall, the Government is committed to right placement of the staff to improve efficiency and accountability in administration.

2. Accordingly, the existing ban on transfer of employees imposed vide G.O.1st read above and reiterated vide G.O.2nd read above is hereby relaxed for the period from10th June to 20thJune 2016 to ensure right placement of employees to secure optimum productivity and commitment to furtherance of Government’s development objectives.

Principles for Transfers and Postings:
3. The following principles shall be adopted while effecting transfer of employees:
i. No employee shall be transferred before completion of three years of service in a particular duty station as on 1stJune, 2016 and no person be retained beyond five years of service in a particular station to the extent possible. In case of ITDA areas the minimum mandatory service may be two years, other than for local cadre employees.

ii. All employees working in the ITDA areas – with the exception of local cadre employees belonging Scheduled Tribe community – in any duty station for more than two years shall be transferred to non-ITDA areas.

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. However, for State Audit department, Station means Offices within the Zone as all their offices are situated in the District Headquarters only.

iv. Request transfers may beconsidered in respect of employees who have completed three years of service but less than five years at a station. However, such transfers shall be limited, based on exception and not a rule, and shall not constitute more than 5 per cent of the employees in any working cadre and subject to fulfilment of one or more of the conditions mentioned below:
a. Employees with disabilities of 40% or more as certified by a competent authority as per “persons with disabilities”.
b. Husband and Wife cases (only one of the spouses shall be shifted following the prescribed procedure).
c. Employees having mentally challenged children to a place where
medical facilities are available.
d. Widow employee appointed on Compassionate appointments.
e. 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 available.

v. While considering the request transfers based on above conditions, preference shall be given to the employee with the longest tenure at a particular duty station, seniority in the cadre and an outstanding performance record.

vi. All transfers effected 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 on completion of two years of service shall be transferred to the place of their choice subject to fulfilment of conditions stipulated in this GO, with due preference to the inter-se seniority among the employees working in these areas. In exceptional cases, employees who are willing to continue in the ITDA areas for more than 2 years may be allowed to do so on merits.

x. For the purpose of posting in Notified Agency Areas the following shall be the criteria:
a. The employees below 50 years of age.
b. 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.

xii. The department(s) may frame additional guidelines to suit their requirements, however such additional guidelines should not be contrary to the above guidelines.