Retention of the office bearers of all the Recognized Service associations in the State at State level, District level, and Division/Taluk level until their completion of three terms or nine years of stay in a particular station, duly increasing from the existing period of six years -Orders

Ref:- 1. Govt. Memo No.541/ SW/A1/1994-1, dt. 15.09.1994.

2. Cir. Memo No.245/SW/A1/2014-1, dt. 16.09.2014.

3. Cir. Memo No.17225/SW/A1/2014-1, dt. 27.09.2014.

4. Cir Memo No. GADO1-SW-SERA/27/2019-SW, dt. 23.01.2020.

The attention of the all the Head of the Departments/ District Collectors is

invited to the references cited.

In Government Memo 1st cited, instructions have been issued providing

that the office bearers of recognized service associations shall not be transferred

from District/Taluk Headquarters before completion of three terms as the case

may be viz., 6 years of their tenure in such office/offices i.e., '3 terms for those

having two years as term as office bearer or 2' terms for those having three

years as term as office bearer.

On request of A.P. Non Gazetted Officers' ASsOciation, Government in the

Cir. Memo 2nd cited have issued instructions to retain the Office Bearers of A.P.

Non-Gazetted Officers' Association, for one more term of three years for those

who are completing six years of term in their respective working places i.e.,

State/ District / Taluk Level Head quarters. However, the Competent Authorities

can effect such transfers on adminístrative grounds even before three years

term or the expiry of the nine years period after recording the reasons.

Further, in the Circular Memo 3rd cited, Government have issued orders

for according permission to extend the instructions issued in the reference 2nd

cited to all the recognized service associations in the state of Andhra Pradesh on

par with A.P. Non-Gazetted Officers Association.

In the Cir. Memo 4" cited, it has been clarified that the exemption from

transfers for a total period of six years as reiterated in various Circular Memos

remains unchanged. Competent transferring authorities have been directed not

to entertain exemption of office bearers of Associations from the purview of

transfer if they have competed six years of service.

Government after careful examination of the matter, hereby accord

permission to all the Heads of Departments and the District Collectors not to

transfer the office bearers of all the Recognized Service associations in the State

at State level, District level, and Division/Taluk level until their completion of

three (3) terms or nine (9)) years of stay in a particular station, duly increasing

from the existing period of six (6) years.

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