Govt relaxes ban on transfer of employees for a fortnight

Vijayawada: Giving much-awaited relief to employees, the state govt has relaxed the ban on transfers. The relaxation will be in force for about a fortnight from May 16 to June 2. Employees who have completed a period of continuous stay of five years at a station as on May 31 shall invariably be transferred. Employees, other than those who completed five years of stay at a station, shall also be eligible for transfer on personal request.All such employees shall exercise preference for stations. Employees who will be retiring from service on attaining the age of superannuation, on or before May 31, 2026, will not normally be transferred except on request or on administrative grounds.Principal finance secretary Peeyush Kumar said the number of years of service in all cadres/posts at a station shall be reckoned as the period of stay at a station, where station means a place (city, town, village) of actual working and not the office or institution for the purpose of transfers. He, however, said preference will be given to visually challenged employees, and employees who have mentally challenged children who are seeking transfer to a station where relevant medical facilities are available.Employees who worked for more than two years in tribal areas, employees with disabilities of 40% or more as certified by a competent authority as per the norms of ‘persons with disabilities' will also be given preference over others. Visually challenged employees are exempted from transfers, except when they make a specific request.