File No.
GWS02-COOR/23/2024-ADC(HRT)
GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
O/o DIRECTOR, GVWV & VSWS DEPARTMENT
JAWAHAR AUTO NAGAR- VIJAYAWADA-520007
CIRCULAR No.249/F/GSWS/2024. Dated: 23/08/2024
Sub GVWV & VSWS Department – Human Resources- Transfers and
: Postings of employees working in Village and Ward Secretariats -
Operational guidelines/instructions - Issued - Regarding
Ref: 1. G.O.Ms.No.75 Finance (HR.I-PLG& Policy) Department, dated
17-08-2024
2. Directions of the Government in GVWV & VSWS Department,
Dated: 22.08.2024
The Government have relaxed ban on transfer of employees of
certain departments including GVWV & VSWS Department from
19th August 2024 to 31st August 2024 and issued guidelines/instructions
on transfers and postings of employees vide reference 1st cited.
1.Accordingly, the employees working in Village Secretariats and
Ward Secretariats who seek transfer can submit requests online
through their logins in the portal
https://gramawardsachivalayam.ap.gov.in/GSWSLMS/Login and
upload required documents wherever necessary.
2.The District Collectors and other Appointing Authorities of erstwhile
Districts are requested to publish the list of vacancies available
under the respective designations in the Portal
https://gramawardsachivalayam.ap.gov.in/GSWSLMS/Login as well
as in the notice boards of all Village/Ward Secretariats.
3.The District Collectors and other Appointing Authorities of erstwhile
Districts are requested to:
a. Download the online applications,
b. Verify the applications,
c. Categorize the applications as per preference category and
d. Organize the applications as per seniority based on merit rank
before conducting the counselling
4. The Appointing Authorities shall conduct counselling as per the SOP
enclosed in the Annexure and issue place posting orders before the
timeline stipulated by the Government i.e. 31st August 2024.
5.The Appointing Authorities can also transfer any Village/Ward
functionary on administrative exigencies.
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6.The request of an employee having any disciplinary charges /
ACB/Vigilance cases pending against him/her shall not be
considered.
7.All transfers efected on request are not entitled for sanction of
TTA or other transfer benefts.
8.It shall be ensured that
i. No employee shall be posted to any Village /Ward Secretariat in their
native Gram Panchayat/Ward.
ii. If any false information/documents are submitted they are liable for
disciplinary proceedings as well as criminal action.
9. All vacancies in the Notifed Agency Areas shall be flled frst before
flling posts in the non-ITDA areas.
10.Besides ITDA areas, areas which are interior and backward with
large number of vacancies shall be given preference while flling up
of vacancies on transfers.
11.The employees working in ITDA areas for more than two (2) years
may be transferred to the stations of their choice, subject to
fulflment of conditions stipulated in the G.O. cited above, giving due
preference to the inter-se seniority among the employees working in
these areas.
12. For the purpose of postings in ITDA Areas, the following criteria
shall be followed.
i. The employees shall preferably be below 50 years of age.
ii. The employees who have not worked earlier in the ITDA areas so far
shall be considered for transfers considering the length of their
service in plain areas in the descending order of preference.
13.The District Collectors and other Appointing Authorities shall ensure
that functionaries who are transferred out from ITDA areas are not
relieved without a substitute being posted/joining in their place.
14.The employees who are posted from a non-ITDA area to an ITDA
area have to report in their place of posting within the stipulated
time. Any employee who does not report to place of posting in the
ITDA areas shall be liable for disciplinary action as per rules in
vogue.
15.At the time of relieving the individuals, the Appointing Authorities
shall ensure that the individual does not have any dues on the date
of Relief and also submit all the records pertaining to legal cases if
any.
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16.Candidate not attending for counselling would automatically
forfeit his/her request and no transfer would be efected.
17.For any clarifcations or technical issues, contact the 'transfer
help line' numbers established at the O/o the Director, GSWS,
Vijayawada between 8.00AM to 8.00PM everyday: 9010656383;
7981927494; 8309961905.
Encl: SOP on Transfer Guidelines
Siva Prasad I F S
DIRECTOR
To:
All the District Collectors of erstwhile Districts
All the Districts Collectors new Districts.
All Appointing Authorities of Village /Ward Secretariat Functionaries
Copy to:
The Finance (HR) Department.
The GA (Services) Department.
The Principal Accountant General (A&E), A.P. Vijayawada.
P.S. to the Secretary GSWS Department
Copy Submitted to:
The Special Chief Secretaries / Principal Secretaries / Secretaries of the
Line Departments
ANNEXURE
SOP for Counselling
1.The unit of appointment /transfer is the erstwhile District. The
District Collector of the erstwhile District and the Collectors of
respective new Districts will oversee the counselling as a Committee
for counselling and transfer of employees.
They are assisted by:
i. Heads of the Line Departments in the erstwhile District controlling
the designations
ii. Heads of the Line Departments of the new Districts.
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iii. Representative of RDMA.
iv. District GSWS Ofcer In-charge of the erstwhile District.
v. District GSWS Ofcers In-charge of the new District.
2.At the counselling venue, seniority as per District Selection
Committee shall be enforced within each preference category. The
Original Certifcates in support of claim for preference category shall
be verifed before issuing place posting orders.
The applicants of the following designations shall attend the counselling in
person before the above Committee.
Appointing
SL Name of the Designation of the Authority
No Department Functionary (Erstwhile
District)
1 2 3 4
1 Panchayat Secretary (Grade-V) District Collector
Panchayat Raj &
Rural Panchayat Secretary (Grade
2 Development VI) District Collector
(Digital Assistant)
Panchayat Raj &
Rural Engineering Assistant
3 District Collector
Development - (Grade-II)
Engineering
4 Village Revenue Ofcer District Collector
5 Ward Revenue Secretary District Collector
Revenue Assistant Director,
6 Village Surveyor (Grade-III) Survey & Land
Records
Welfare and Education
7 Social Welfare District Collector
Assistant (Rural)
Welfare and Education Deputy Director,
8 Tribal Welfare
Assistant (Tribal) Tribal Welfare
Joint Director of
9 Agriculture Village Agriculture Assistant
Agriculture.
10 Horticulture Village Horticulture Assistant District Collector
District Sericulture
11 Sericulture Sericulture Assistant
Ofcer
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12 Animal Village Fisheries Assistant District Collector
Husbandry, Dairy
13 Development Village Veterinary Assistant District Collector
& Fisheries
District Medical &
14 ANM
Medical & Health Ofcer
Health District Medical &
15 Ward Health Secretary
Health Ofcer
Mahila Police/ Grama Mahila
16 District Collector
Samrakshana: Karyadarshi
Home Ward Women and Weaker
17 Sections Protection District Collector
Secretary/ Ward Mahila
Samrakshana Karyadarshi
Energy Assistant (Junior Superintending
18 Energy
Lineman Grade II) Engineer, DISCOM
3.The RDMAs/ Regional Deputy Directors of Town & Country
Planning/ Superintendent Engineers (Public Health) are requested to
follow the principles and procedures prescribed in the G.O.Ms.No.75
Finance (HR.I-PLG& Policy) Department, dated 17-08-2024 in
allowing the request transfer applications and allotting the following
Ward Secretariat Functionaries to the ULBs as per seniority within
each preference category. The said Functionaries shall attend
counselling in the O/o the Municipal Commissioner of respective
allotted ULB for place posting orders in specifc Ward
Secretariat. The Original Certifcates in support of the claim for the
preference category shall be verifed before issuing place posting
orders.
SL Name of the Designation of the
Appointing Authority
No Department Functionary
1 2 3 4
Municipal Ward Administrative Regional Director MA&UD
1
Administration & Secretary Concerned
Urban
Development Ward Planning &
Regional Deputy Director,
2 Regulation
Town & Country Planning
Secretary (Grade-II)
3 Ward Education & Regional Director MA&UD
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Data Processing
Concerned
Secretary
Ward Welfare &
Regional Director MA&UD
4 Development
Concerned
Secretary (Grade-II)
Superintending Engineer,
Ward Amenities
5 Public Health & Municipal
Secretary (Grade-II)
Engineering
Ward Sanitation &
Regional Director MA&UD
6 Environment
Concerned
Secretary (Grade-II)
4.The Applicants are to be called for counselling in the following
order
Sl. Order of Calling Original Certifcates to
No be verifed
Medical Certifcate from
1 Visually challenged employees District/State Health Board
+ No Dues Certifcate
Employees who have mentally challenged
Medical Certifcate from
children and seeking a transfer to a station
2 District/State Health Board
where relevant medical facilities are
+ No Dues Certifcate
available
Duty Certifcate from the
Competent Authority if
Employees who worked for more than two
3 employee worked more
years in Tribal areas.
than 2 years in tribal
areas + No Dues Certifcate
Employees with disabilities of 40% or more
as certifed by a Competent Authority as Sadarem Certifcate + No
4
per the norms of “persons with Dues Certifcate
disabilities”.
Employees seeking transfer on medical
grounds (pertaining to self or spouse or
dependent children), on account of chronic Medical Certifcate from
5 diseases such as Cancer, Open Heart District/State Health Board
Operations, Neurosurgery, Kidney + No Dues Certifcate
Transplantation, etc., to stations where
such facilities are available.
6 Female employees who are widows Compassionate
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appointment orders by
appointed on compassionate grounds. Competent Authority + No
Dues Certifcate
Spouse grounds Marriage Certifcate,
(In the case where both husband and wife Spouse Certifcate,
Employee Authorization
7 are Government employees, eforts shall
be made to post both of them at one letter with Employee ID,
station or in the stations that are nearer to Spouse Aadhar + No Dues
each other) Certifcate.
8 Mutual No Dues Certifcate
Schedule of Activities:
Sl.
Activity Date
No
Last Date for submission of Online Application for Upto 27-08-
1
Transfer 2024
Downloading and arranging the Online Applications as
2 per seniority under each preference category by 28-08-2024
Authorities
29-08-2024
3 Physical Counselling and Issuing of Transfer Proceedings
30-08-2024
Employee can fle grievance, if any before the erstwhile 30-08-2024
4
District Collector onwards
Siva Prasad I F S
DIRECTOR
