GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SERVICES WELFARE) DEPARTMENT Cir.Memo.No.GAD01-SWOSERA/27/2019-SW,_ dt.15.06.2022., Sub:- General Administration (Services Welfare)Department - 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 - Issued. 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. 2. __ In Government Memo tst 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 exce 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. Be aon Teauest Of A.P. Non Gazetted Officers’ Association, Government in the Gir. 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 theee who are completing six years of term in their respective working places i.e., State/ District / Taluk Level Head quarters. However, the Competent Authorities £2n effect such transfers on administrative grounds even before three years term or the expiry of the nine years period after recording the reasons. 4. 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. 5. _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 Memoe 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, 6 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, (P.7.0)7. However, the Competent Authorities can effect such transfers on ‘administrative grounds even before expiry of the present nine years period after recording the reasons. The counting of the nine years period shall be the period of stay in the erstwhile districts only. 8. All the Heads of Departments and District Collectors shall take necessary action accordingly. H.ARUN KUMAR, SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (SER. &HRM) To All the Heads of Departments in the State. All the District Collectors in the State. ‘The Finance (HR-I-PLG.& POLICY) Department. Copy to The President/ General Secretary of all Member Associations of Joint Staff Council (State Level). The G.A.D. (website). The PS to Spl. Chief Secretary to CM The PS to Chief Secretary The PS to Secretary (Ser. &HRM), GAD. //FORWRDED:: BY ORDER// anes 2aah SECTION OFFICER