AP Teachers Transfers 2025 Provisional Guidelines

AP Teachers Transfers 2025 Provisional Guidelines Download

Provisional Transfer Guidelines

Criteria for Transfers

The following categories of Headmasters (Gr.II)/Teachers in the Government/ Zilla Parishad/Mandal Parishad/ Municipalities and Municipal Corporations shall be transferred.

1. Those Headmaster (Gr.II) who have completed five (5) academic years of service in a particular school as on the date of closure of Academic Year i.e 31^st May of that Year shall be transferred
2. Those Teachers, other than Headmaster (Gr.II) who have completed eight (8) academic years of service in a particular school as on the date of closure of Academic Year i.e 31^st May of that Year shall be transferred compulsorily.
3. Headmasters II/ Teachers who completed a minimum period of two (2) academic years of service in a school as on 31^st May of that Year in which transfers are to be taken up shall be eligible to apply for request transfer. Note: For (a) to (c), Headmasters Gr.II/Teachers who have completed minimum of nine(9) months of service in one academic year shall be treated as one complete academic year as on 31^st May of that year.
4. Provided that Headmasters II/ Teachers, who are going to retire within two (2) years, i.e., on or before 31^st May of the respective year, shall not be transferred except upon their own request.
5. A Male Headmaster Gr.II/ Teacher aged below fifty (50) years as on 31^st May of that year and working in Girl’s High school shall be transferred
6. If no women Headmaster Gr.II/ Teacher is available to work in Girl’s High School, then the male Headmaster Gr.II/ Teacher who crossed fifty (50) years of age as on May 31^st of that year shall be considered for posting to such schools.
7. The Headmaster Gr.II who have completed five (5) academic years of service and teacher who have completed eight (8) academic years of service as NCC officers in respective Unit should be posted in a vacancy in a school where there is same NCC unit. If no vacancy is available in another school having NCC same unit they shall be continued in the same school on their If any NCC officer facing disciplinary proceedings, that NCC officer shall be transferred.
8. Teachers and Gr.II Head Masters facing/ faced charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012/Girl child abuse case, shall not be opted to the same Mandal/Municipality or any Girls High School. In case of Municipal Corporation Schools, teacher shall be posted in distant cluster.
9. If Article of charges are pending against the Headmaster Gr.II/ Teacher, he/she shall not be considered for request transfer.

Criteria for identification of teachers to be shifted due to re-apportionment of surplus posts.

1. If a post is found surplus and proposed for shifting to a needy school, the same shall be shifted.
2. If there is no clear vacancy/ compulsory transfer vacancy, junior most teacher shall be shifted.
3. If a senior teacher in the school is willing for transfer, he/she may be shifted without reapportionment points.
4. Persons with bench mark disability shall be exempted and the next junior most shall be affected under reapportionment.
5. If the Junior most teacher exempted under Rule 2-(i) (d) & 2(ii) (d) or any other, the next senior teacher will be treated as Junior and reapportionment points shall be awarded.
6. Transfers shall be affected within the present management in which the teacher is working.
7. If the Headmaster (Gr.II)/Teacher desires to go to his/her parent management, such Headmaster (Gr.II)/Teacher may opt for transfer to only those vacancies available in their parent management.
8. If a Headmaster (Gr.II) or Teacher is identified as surplus and comes under compulsory transfer, and is currently working in a management different from their parent management, they shall invariably be transferred back to their parent management.
9. Provided that, Headmasters (Gr.II) and Teachers who were transferred earlier under inter-management transfers shall not come under the above clause.

Station Points

• Station Points shall be awarded to the Headmasters (Gr.II) / Teachers based on the number of years of service in the respective school as on 31^st May of that year as outlined below.
  • Category- I area– 1 point/ year
  • Category- II area - 2 points/ year
  • Category- III area - 3 points/ year
  • Category- IV area - 5 points/

In the case of villages or towns that were initially categorized under one category and later reclassified to another category (as per HRA or road conditions), then the station points shall be calculated proportionately.

Provided that the persons working in the ITDA areas notified by the Government from time to time, will get an additional 1 point per year in addition to the station points from the commencement of the ACT.

Service Points:

For the service rendered: 0.5 point shall be awarded to all Headmasters (Gr.II)/Teachers for every completed year of service in all cadres, as of May 31^st of that year.

 

	Special Points	POINTS
(i)	Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher whose spouse is employed in State/Central Government/Public Sector Undertakings/ Local Bodies or Aided Institutions and also to the regular employees working in Educational Societies running under State Government and working in the same district/zonal/state cadre. Headmasters (Gr.II)/Teachers may opt for transfer to a place within the District/Zone or to an Adjacent Mandal / Division to the neighbouring District towards the nearer place of working of his/her spouse. The benefit of spouse points shall apply to one of the spouses once in 5/8 academic years only. An entry to this effect shall be recorded in the SR of the Headmaster (Gr.II)/Teacher concerned under proper attestation.   If both spouses are under compulsory transfer or re- apportionment, either of them may be permitted to opt for any place within the district; however, only one of them shall be eligible for the award of spouse points. In cases where only one spouse is under compulsory transfer or re- apportionment, the spouse attending the first spell of counselling may be allowed to opt for any place within the district, provided their spouse is also under compulsory transfer or re-apportionment. A copy of the certificate issued by the competent authority shall be enclosed on the checklist to consider cases under this category	5
(ii)	Un married women teachers who are above 40 years of age as on 31st May of that year.	5
(iii)	(a) (i) Orthopedically challenged employees with 40% to 55% disability, (ii) Hearing-impaired employees with 60–70 decibels hearing loss (51% to 70%) in speech frequencies in both ears	5

	(b)(i) Visually challenged employees with at least 40% disability (ii) Orthopedically challenged employees with 56% to 69% disability,	7
(iv)	President and General Secretary of Recognized Teachers Unions at State/District Level (Erstwhile districts)	5
(v)	Legally Separated Women (Not applicable in case of remarriage), Ex-servicemen in Army/ Navy/ Air Force / BSF / CRPF / CISF now working as teacher and spouse of the service person in Army/Navy/Air Force/BSF /CRPF /CISF.	5
(vi)	The Scouts and Guides Unit who is operating for the past two years as on 31st May of that year. Note: Scouts and Guides shall be certified by the concerned District Educational Officer /Chairman	2
(vii)	Re-apportionment Points: A Headmaster (Gr.II) / Teacher affected by re-apportionment shall be eligible to claim either Re-apportionment Points or (Previous Station points, along with any applicable Special Points/ benefits under the Preferential Category), as specified under Rule 7 and 9. The Headmasters (Gr.II)/Teachers who have completed 5/8 Academic years of service respectively in a particular school are not eligible for Re- apportionment points. If senior teacher given willingness to transfer under Re- apportionment without completion of 8 Academic years of service are not eligible for Re- apportionment points, special points or preferential points. Note: If any teacher affected by reapportionment does not apply in the Teacher Transfers counselling, he/she shall be allotted to Category III or Category IV in the leftover vacancies only	5 (or ) Previous station points +   (Special Points/ Preferent ial category) under this Rule 7 and 9

 

Preferential Categories:

• The following categories shall be taken precedence in the seniority list, in the order given below, irrespective of their entitlement points.
  • Visually challenged employees with 100% disability or orthopedically challenged employees with 80% and above disability – 1^st preference
  • Visually challenged employees with 75% disability or Orthopedically challenged employees with 70% to 79% or Hearing-impaired employees with above 70 DB hearing loss (71% to 100%) in speech frequencies in both ears- 2^nd

• Widow (Not applicable in case of remarriage)
• Headmaster II/Teacher who is suffering from the following diseases, in which he/she undergoing treatment:
  • Cancer;
  • Open Heart Surgery/Correction of Atrial Septal Defect /Organ Transplantation;
  • Major Neuro Surgery;
  • Bone TB;
  • Kidney Transplantation/ Dialysis; and
  • Spinal

• Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher with dependent children and spouse who are mentally challenged and are undergoing treatment.
• Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher with dependent children suffering with Juvenile Diabetes/ Thalassemia Disease/ Haemophilia Disease/ Muscular Dystrophy and are undergoing treatment.

Note:-

• Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher those who have applied for transfer under above category shall submit all Medical Reports/Certificates certified by the District/State Medical Board afresh through online and no old Certificates will be
• The Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher should avail of either the preferential categories or special points once in 5/8 years respectively and an entry is to be made in his/her SR and the same shall be certified by the DDO
• Preference shall be given to the Headmaster Gr.II/Teacher who have dependent children who born with congenital heart defect(holes in Heart) and who have undergone surgery shall be considered under preferential category within (3) years from the date of surgery.
• However, for candidates belonging to preferential categories:
  • For Secondary Grade Teachers (SGTs), 40% of the vacancies in a particular school shall be permitted.
  • For School Assistants (SAs), 50% of the vacancies in each subject in a particular school shall be permitted.
  • For School Assistants in Single Subject Teacher High Schools will not be considered under this provision.

Negative points: -

In case of unauthorized absence, one (1) point shall be deducted for each month of absence limited to maximum 10 points, besides the punishment awarded under disciplinary proceedings from the date of commencement of the ACT.

In case of a Tie in Points secured:

In case, the entitlement points of two or more applicants are equal then

1. The seniority in the cadre shall be taken into
2. Based on the date of birth (Senior) besides rule (a)
3. Women (besides rule (a)&(b)).

Notification of vacancies:

1. Clear vacancies including retirement vacancies as on 31^st May of that year;
2. Vacancies under compulsory transfer as per Rule 2;
3. Reapportionment vacancies;
4. Vacancies arise out of unauthorized absence for one year or more than one year as on the date of issuance of transfer guidelines;
5. Study leave vacancies;
6. Resultant vacancies during transfer

Provision of blocking of vacancies, 

The total number of vacancies in the district under each management shall be proportionately distributed across all Mandals, and the corresponding posts shall be blocked. These blocked vacancies shall not be shown as available vacancies.

Example: In an erstwhile district, sanctioned SGT posts: 5,000 and working: 4500, then to be blocked vacancies are 5000-4500=500. If 40 mandals in the district, proportionately block those 500 vacancies in Category-I, II and III.

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