Options of Panchayat Secretaries to Municipal Services

Constitution of New Nagar Panchayats / Municipalities in the State – Options exercised by Panchayat Secretaries of erst while Gram Panchayats to absorb in to Municipal Services – Amendment to Existing rules 8(1), 9(1), and 9(4) of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Services Rules – Issued.

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MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION & URBAN DEVELOPMENT (G1) DEPARTMENT.

G.O.Rt.No 968 Dated:-18.06.2013  O R D E R:-

The following Notification will be published in an Extra-ordinary issue of the

A.P. Gazette dated.21.06.2013.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 326 read with sub-section (2) of

section 80 of the Andhra Pradesh Municipalities Act, 1965 (Andhra Pradesh Act 6 of 1965), the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following amendment to the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service Rules issued in G.O.Ms.No.17, M.A.& U.D (G1) Deptt dated.16.01.2013.

A M E N D M E N T

In the said rules:-

(1) under sub-rule (1) of rule 8, for the existing provisio, the following shall be

substituted, namely:-

“ Provided that whenever a Gram Panchayat is constituted or merged into a

Municipality or the entire area or part of any Gram Panchayat is included in the

limits of neighbouring Municipality, the Panchayat Secretary Grade-I of the

Gram Panchayat so constituted or merged into a Municipality or included in the neighbouring Municipality, as the case may be, shall, on his exercising the option in writing, be absorbed into the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service in Category-III of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service and the past services of the Panchayat Secretary, so absorbed into Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service shall be considered for fixing of the inter-se-seniority in relevant categories of Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service”.

2 (1) Under sub rule(1) of rule 9 for the existing proviso to the following shall be substituted namely:-

“Provided that whenever a Gram Panchayat is constituted or merged into a

Municipality or the entire area or part of any Gram Panchayat is included in the

limits of the neighboring Municipality, the Panchayat Secretary, Grade-II of the said Gram Panchayat shall be absorbed in Category-V of the Andhra

Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service on their exercising option

in writing into the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service and their past service in Panchayat shall be considered for fixing the inter-se-seniority in Category-V of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service”.

 (ii) In rule 9, for sub rule (4), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

(4) “Whenever a Gram Panchayat is constituted or merged into a Municipality or the entire area or part of any Gram Panchayat is included in the limits of the neighboring Municipality the Panchayat Secretary, Grade-III of the said Gram Panchayat shall, on their exercising their option in writing, be absorbed into Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service in Category-VI of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service and the past services of the persons so absorbed shall be considered for fixing of the inter-seseniority in Category-VI of the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Ministerial Subordinate Service”.