The Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2015

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA

ABSTRACT

Rules - The Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2015

 – Notified Orders –Issued

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SCHOOL EDUCATION (Ser.II) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 12 Dated: 16.6.2015

Read the following:

1. G.O.Ms.No.33, Education (SE-Ser.III) Department, dated 02-5-2013 read with

G.O.Ms.No.34, Education (SE-Ser.III) Department, dated 03-5-2013.

2. G O. Ms. No.15 Higher Education (TE) Department, dated 23-4-2015.

3. G.O. Ms. No.11, School Education (Ser.II) Department, dated 15-6-2015.

4. From the Director of School Education, Telangana, Hyderabad,

Lr.Rc.No.Tans/Ser.IV-2/2015, dated 12.6.2015.

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ORDER:

In order to facilitate and regulate the transfers of Head Masters, 

Grade II (Gazetted) and Teachers working in Government /

 ZPP / MPP Schools, Government of Telangana have decided

 to issue the Rules relating to transfers.

2. In the G.O. 3rd read above, Orders were issued for rationalisation

 of posts and staff in Government, ZPP and MPP Schools.

3. Accordingly, the following Notification shall be published in the 

Telangana Gazette:-

4. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 78 and 99 of 

Telangana Education Act, 1982 and under Article 309 of the 

Constitution of India and in supersession of all the earlier

Rules and Guidelines on Transfer of Teachers, the Government of

 Telangana hereby makes the following Rules regulating the transfers

 of the categories of Head Masters Gr.II (Gazetted), School Assistants 

and S.G.T.s and their equivalent categories working in the Government

 Schools and Z.P.P. and MPP Schools in the State of Telangana.

RULES

1. Short Title and Applicability:

1) These Rules shall be called the Telangana

Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2015.

2) These Rules shall be applicable to Head Master,

Gr.-II (Gazetted), School Assistants / SGTs and

other equivalent categories working in Govt

/Zilla Parishad/MPP Schools in the State of

Telangana, herein after referred to as Teacher in

these Rules.

3) These rules shall come into force with

immediate effect.

2. Transfer counseling: All transfers shall be made by way of

counseling through Transfer Committees

constituted for each district / zone.

3. Schedule of transfers : The Director of School Education, Telangana,

Hyderabad shall draw the Schedule and

communicate the same to the competent

authorities for affecting transfers from time to

time.

4. Competent authority for issue of transfer and posting orders:

The appointing authority concerned shall issue

transfer and posting orders based on the

recommendation of the Committee constituted

for this purpose.

5. Criteria for Transfers:

1) The following categories of Head Master, Gr.II

(Gazetted) / Teacher in the Government / ZPP

/MPP shall be transferred.

(a) Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted), who have

completed (5) years of service in a particular

School as on 1st July of the current year shall be

compulsorily transferred, provided those who

are going to retire within two years from 1st

July of the current year shall not be shifted until

and unless the incumbent requests for such

transfer.

(b) Teachers, who have completed (8) years service

in a particular school as on 1st July of the current

year shall be compulsorily transferred, provided

those who are going to retire within two years

from 1st July of the current year shall not be

shifted until and unless the incumbent requests

for such transfer.

(c) The male Head Master Grade-II (Gazetted)

/Teacher aged below 50 years as on 1st July of

current year and working in Girls High School.

(d) The Head Master Grade-II (Gazetted) and the

Subject Teacher concerned of the school in which

the pass percentage in the S.S.C. Public Exam

(March) is less than 25% shall be transferred to

the schools located in Category-III / IV

habitations. However, for want of Subject

Teachers if the result is below 25%, the Head

Master concerned shall not be made accountable

and hence shall not be shifted. The Transfer

Committee constituted should take up such

transfers on first instance without reference to

general transfer or entitlement points of the

individuals.

2) If no women HMs / Teachers are available to

work in Girls High Schools, then male HMs /

Teachers who are over and above 50 years of age

may be considered for posting to such Schools.

3) Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who has

completed a minimum period of two years service

in a category of post in a School as on 1st July of

the current year shall be eligible to apply for

transfer.

4) The Head Masters Gr. II (Gazetted) / Teachers

shifted under Rationalization i.e., Primary

Schools, Upper Primary Schools and High

Schools shall also participate in the Transfers

Counseling, provided those who are going to

retire within two years from 1st July of the

current year shall not be shifted until and unless

the incumbent requests for such Transfer and

next junior shall be shifted. If other junior

Teacher is not available he/she shall be shifted.

5) The Head Masters, Gr.II (Gazetted) who has

completed (5) year of service and Teacher who

has completed (8) years of service as NCC

Officer, shall be posted in a vacancy in a School

where there is NCC unit.

6) All transfers shall be affected within the present

Management, Agency Area to Agency Area, Plain

Area to Plain Area.

6. Entitlement Points: I. Common points :

Entitlement points shall be awarded to the Head

Master Gr.II (Gazetted)/ Teacher who applies for

Transfer in the following manner:

a) For service in the present School, basing on its

location, as per the following scale, as on 1st July

of the current year:-

i. Service in category IV areas: Five (5) points for

every year of service and 0.416 for every month.

ii. Service in Category III areas: Three (3) points for

every year of service and 0.25 for every

completed month.

iii. Service in the Category II areas: Two (2) points

for every year of service and 0.16 for every

completed month.

iv. Service in the Category I areas: One (1) point for

every year of service and 0.083 for every

completed month.

Note 1:- The Habitations / Towns shall be

classified into the following categories namely:-

i. Category – I: All Habitations / Towns where 20%

and above HRA is admissible.

ii. Category –II: All Habitations / Towns where

14.5% HRA is admissible.

iii. Category –III: All Habitations / Towns where

12% HRA is admissible.

iv. Category-IV: All Habitations / Towns where 12

% HRA is admissible , and which do not have

connectivity through an all weather road as per

the norms of the Panchayath Raj ( Engineering)

Department.

Note 2 : The District Collector shall publish the

list of habitations in the district which do not have

connectivity through all weather road as per the

norms of Panchayath Raj ( Engineering )

Department in consultation with the

Superintendent Engineer, P.R. of the district for

this purpose, and the same shall be final.

(b) For the Service rendered: 0.041 point for every

one month of the completed service in the total

service in all categories as on 1st July of the

current year.

II. Special Points (Extra Points):

a. The President and General Secretary of the

Teachers' Associations having OD facility in

terms G.O.Rt.No.1410, G.A.D. (Ser.Welfare) dated

20-05-2015 at the State and District Levels are

eligible for ten (10) points.

b. Ten (10) points for un-married Head Mistress, Gr-

II / Female Teacher.

c. Ten (10) points for Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted)

/ Teacher, whose spouse is working in State

Government or Central Government or Public

Sector undertaking or Local Body or Aided

Institution in the same District and opted for

transfer nearer to and towards the place of

working of his/her spouse, benefit of spouse

points shall be applicable to the Head Master

Gr.II (Gazetted) once in (5) years and Teachers

once in (8) years. An entry shall be made in this

regard in the Service Book. A copy of the

Certificate issued by the competent authority shall

be enclosed to the check list to consider cases

under this category.

III. Rationalization Points:

(a) For the Teachers who are affected by

rationalization process they are eligible for 10

points extra over and above already secured.

The Teachers who have completed (8) years

service are not eligible for 10 points extra over

and above already secured.

(b) The Teachers who were transferred during

counseling 2013 and could not be relieved for

want of substitute shall be relieved forthwith

if posts exist after rationalization. If post does

not exist after rationalization, he/she shall

participate in transfer counseling and is

entitled for (5) additional points.

IV. In case the entitlement points of two or more

applicants are equal, the inter-se seniority shall be

determined as below.

i. Applicants having disability of more than 40%

but less than 70% (Visually challenged/ Orthohandicap/

Hearing Impaired) shall take priority.

ii. Subject to the above, the seniority in the cadre

shall be taken into account.

7. Performance Related Extra Entitlement Points :

a) The Teachers who have got National award

issued by the Central Government will get

(15) and who have got State award issued by

the State Government will get (10) points

respectively . He/she is eligible for only one

category whichever is highest.

b) Entitlement points for Performance :

(i) Results of SSC in concerned subject

for Teachers and overall percentage

to HMs for High Schools only :

For 100% Results – 2.5 points.

For 99% to 95% Results – 2 points.

For 94% to 90% Results – 1 Point.

(ii) Resource persons conducted

training programmes of SSA or

RMSA for the last three years . He

/ she should have conducted

minimum three programmes during

the last three years :

State level – 5 points.

District level – 4 points.

Mandal level -2 points.

Provided that they should enclose a

Certificate issued by the District

Educational Officer in respect of State

and District level trainings and Project

Officer, RVM in respect of Mandal

level trainings.

8. Preferential categories:

The following categories shall take precedence in

the seniority list, in the order given below,

irrespective of their entitlement points.

a. Physically handicapped i.e., those with not less

than 70% Visually challenged / ortho-handicap./

Hearing Impaired has to produce SADAREM

Certificate or Medical Board certificate.

b. Widows.

c. Legally separated women and not remarried.

d. Head Master, Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who is

suffering with the following diseases, in which

he/she is undergoing treatment:

I. Cancer.

II. Open Heart Surgery.

III. Neuro-Surgery.

IV. Bone T.B.

V. Kidney/Liver/Heart Transplantation.

e. Applicants with dependent children who are

mentally retarded/ suffering from Leukaemia

(Blood Cancer) and are undergoing treatment.

f. Applicants’ Children suffering with holes in the

heart by birth and undergoing medical treatment

available only at specified places to which they

are seeking transfers.

g. Applicants with dependant children suffering

from Juvenile Diabetes.

Note 1: For the purpose of (d, e & f) above, a copy of

the Certificate issued by a competent authority

i.e., District Medical Board / State Medical

Board should be enclosed to the

application for consideration of

preferential categories.

Note 2: The Head Master, Gr.II (Gazetted)

should avail either the preferential

category (Rule 8) or the special points (Rule 6

(II) (c) once in (5) years, and Teachers

should avail either the preferential

category (Rule 8) or the special points (Rule 6

(II) (c) once in (8) years, and an entry be

made in the Service Book.

Note 3: The Teachers who have availed the

preferential category or spouse category in the

earlier transfer counseling and now shifted under

Rationalization without completion of (8)

years of service shall be given the respective

benefits / entitlement points along with the

Rationalization points.

9. Notification of vacancies :

1) The following vacancies shall be notified for the

purpose of counseling.

a) All the vacancies arising due to compulsory

transfers as per Rule 5.

b) Vacancies arising due to rationalization of posts

c) All the existing clear vacancies except the leave

vacancies

d) Resultant vacancies arising during Counseling.

10. Publication of vacancies and seniority list.

1) The following lists shall be published in the

website specified for the purpose and

also displayed at the O/o Regional Joint

Director of School Education and District

Educational Officer

i) The lists of category wise schools

(category I, II, III and IV),

ii) The School wise vacancy position of Head

Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / School Assistant /

Secondary Grade Teacher and equivalent

categories for counseling.

iii) Subject to the procedure prescribed in clause

(2) below, the list of names of the Head

Master, Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who applied

for transfer with entitlement points.

2) After the last date for applying for transfers as

per Schedule, the seniority list shall be prepared,

using software for generating the entitlement

points, management wise, category wise, subject

wise, medium wise (except Languages) and the

seniority list with entitlement points shall be

published in the website specified for the

purpose and also on the notice board of

District Educational Office / Regional Joint

Director of School Education Office.

11. Online Application:

1) The Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who is

eligible as per the criteria prescribed in Rule 5

shall apply online through website specified

for the purpose in the prescribed proforma

and the particulars furnished in the proforma

shall be final and no modification shall be

allowed.

2) The applicants shall thereafter obtain the

printout of the application from the

specified website and submit the same duly

signed to their respective authorities, viz.,

Mandal Educational Officer/Head Master High

School / Deputy Educational Officer, as the case

may be.

3) An applicant seeking to apply under Preferential

categories / spouse category shall also submit

along with application the latest Certificate from

the competent authority in that regard.

4) If any Head Master, Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher

who is compulsorily transferable under Rule 5

does not apply online or having applied does not

attend the counseling (physical or online), he/she

will be transferred to the available left over needy

vacancies.

12. Receipt and disposal of objections:

1) Objections if any in respect of the seniority list and

entitlement points published as per Rule 10(2)

may be filed online or in writing before the

District Educational Officer / Regional Joint

Director of School Education, as the case may

be, by any applicant together with evidence in

support of such objection within the time

specified for this purpose in the Schedule.

2) The District Educational Officer / Regional Joint

Director of School Education, as the case may

be, shall cause verification of all objections

and pass orders disposing of the same. In

cases where objections are upheld, the

District Educational Officer/ Regional Joint

Director of School Education shall cause the

necessary corrections in the seniority list and

publish the same on the website.

13. Committees for conducting counseling and transfers

The following Committees are constituted for the

purpose of conducting counseling and transfers

(I) For Transfer of Head Master Gr. II (Gazetted)

in Government High Schools

(a) Senior Officer of the Department nominated by

the Director of School Education, not below

the rank of a Joint Director.

(b) The Regional Joint Director of School Education

concerned or his nominee as the

Member Secretary.

(c) The District Educational Officer concerned as a

Member.

Note:

i. The senior most officer shall be the Chairman of

the Committee.

ii. The Committee shall be the competent authority

for transfer of all Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) in

the Government High Schools in the respective

Zone. The transfer shall be affected within the

Zone by way of counseling.

iii. The Regional Joint Director of School Education

concerned shall be the competent authority to

issue transfer and posting orders of the Head

Masters Gr.II (Gazetted) working in Government

High Schools, after the approval by the

Committee.

(II) For Transfer of Head Master Gr. II

(Gazetted) in Zilla Parishad High Schools:

(a) Chairman, ZP – Chairperson

(b) Collector – Vice Chairperson

(c) Joint Collector – Member.

(d) Chief Executive Officer Z. P. – Member.

(e) RJDSE or his nominee – Member Secretary.

Note:

i. The Committee shall be the competent authority

for transfer of all Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) in

the ZP High Schools in the District.

ii. The Regional Joint Director of School Education

concerned shall be the competent authority to

issue transfer orders of the Head Masters Gr.II

(Gazetted) working in ZP High Schools, after the

approval by the Committee.

(III) For Transfer of Teachers in Government

High Schools

(a) Collector – Chairperson

(b) Joint Collector – Vice Chairperson

(c) Chief Executive Officer Z. P. – Member.

(d) District Educational Officer – Member

Secretary.

(IV) For Transfer of Teachers in Zilla Parishad /

MPP Schools

(a) Chairman, ZP – Chairperson.

(b) Collector – Vice Chairperson .

(c) Joint Collector - Member.

(d) Chief Executive Officer Z. P. – Member.

(e) District Educational Officer – Member Secretary.

Note: The District Educational Officer concerned

shall be competent authority to issue transfer

orders to all the Teachers working in the

Government Schools and ZPP / MPP Schools

after the approval by the Committee.

14. Issue of transfer Orders :

1) Based on the recommendations of the respective

Committees, the appointing authorities

concerned shall issue posting orders on the same

day to all the HMs / Teachers. Individual

transfer Orders shall be issued.

2) The Teacher / HM who are to be compulsorily

transferred and who do not attend for counselling,

shall be given posting orders in absentia for the

left over required vacancies at the end of the

counseling of that particular category of Teachers,

in the presence of the Committee and in the

counseling hall without fail.

3) Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher shall not

be posted in the Schools located in the same Gram

Panchayat, if they completed (5) years and (8)

years of service respectively.

4) Once transfer orders are issued by the competent

authority with the approval of the Committee,

review or modification of the Orders shall not be

considered, either by the Committee or by the

competent authority.

5) In all the orders of the transfer the condition is to

be included that the orders shall be subject to

outcome of SLP in Supreme Court of India and

other pending cases.

6) The transfers affected shall be displayed on

website and also at the office of Regional Joint

Director of School Education, District

Educational Officer and ZP after completion of

counseling.

15. Date of relief and Joining:

1) The Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teachers

who are on transfer shall be relieved from the

present place of working on receipt of

the transfer orders and he / she shall join in

the new school where they are posted on the

next day of serving of orders..

2) A Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who

does not so join cannot claim compulsory wait

under any circumstances for any reason.

16 Appeal:

1) An appeal against the orders of the District

Educational Officer shall lie with the Regional

Joint Director of School Education concerned,

and an appeal against the orders of the Regional

Joint Director of School Education shall lie with

the Director of School Education. Such appeal

should be submitted within 10 days.

2) All such appeals shall be disposed off by the

Appellate authorities concerned within 15 days

from the date of receipt of the appeal.

3) The Teachers who have any grievance on the

transfer counseling should avail all levels of

appeal provisions before going for other legal

remedies.

17. Revision:

1) The Director of School Education may

either suo-moto or on an application received

from any person aggrieved by the orders of the

Transfer Committee may call for and examine the

records in respect of any proceedings of transfer

to satisfy himself about its regularity, legality or

propriety. If, in any case, it appears to him

that any such proceedings should be revised,

modified, annulled or reversed or remitted

for reconsideration, he may pass orders

accordingly or remand the case with any

direction so as to rectify any violation

of rules or discrepancy. Such orders shall be

implemented by the authority concerned.

2) The Director of School Education may

stay the implementation of any such

proceedings, pending exercise of its powers

under sub-rule (1) above.

18. Punishment for furnishing false information / violation of rules :

1) Anybody who has submitted false information and

Certificates, and the officers, who have

countersigned such false information, shall be

liable for disciplinary action in addition to

prosecution, as per rules.

2) The Member-Secretary who has issued orders in

violation of these rules or instructions issued

by Director of School Education from time to

time in the matter shall be liable for disciplinary

action as per rules.

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA)

RANJEEV R.ACHARYA

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT