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2015 Telangana Latest Updates Telangana Teacher Transfers Rules Criteria and Entitlement Points for Seniority - Existing Rules in TS Vide GO MS No 12 TS Teachers Transfers 2018 GO MS No 20 Ammendment to GO MS No 16 Regarding Competent Authority to issue Transfer Posting Orders

GO MS No 20 Ammendment to GO MS No 16 Regarding Competent Authority to issue Transfer Posting Orders

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GO MS No 20 Ammendment to GO MS No 16 Regarding Competent Authority to issue Transfer Posting Orders

Rules - The Telangana Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2018 – Notified Orders –Issued facilitate and regulate the transfers of Head Masters, Grade II (Gazetted) and Teachers working in Government / ZPP / MPP Schools, Government of Telangana have decided to issue the Rules relating to transfers. Telangana Education Act, 1982 and under Article 309 of the Constitution of India and in supersession of all the earlier Rules and Guidelines on Transfer of Teachers, the Government of Telangana hereby makes the following Rules regulating the transfers of the categories of Head Masters Gr.II (Gazetted), School Assistants and S.G.T.s and their equivalent categories working in the Government Schools and Z.P.P. and MPP Schools in the State of Telangana. telangana-teacher-transfers-rules-regulations-criteria-entitlement-points-seniority-download

Ammendment Orders to GO MS No 16 Vide GO MS No 20 Dated 06.07.2018 Mentioning that Competent Authority to issue Transfer Posting Orders to Teachers is Regional Joint Director RJD 

Download GO MS No 20 Dt 06.07.2018


Short Title and Applicability
These Rules shall be called the Telangana
Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2018
These Rules shall be applicable to Head Master, Gr.-II (Gazetted), School Assistants / SGTs and other equivalent categories working in Govt
/Zilla Parishad/MPP Schools in the State of Telangana, herein after referred to as Teacher in these Rules.
These rules shall come into force with immediate effect.
Transfer counseling: All transfers shall be made by way of
counseling through Transfer Committees constituted for each district / zone.

Competent authority for issue of transfer and posting orders
The appointing authority concerned shall issue transfer and posting orders based on the recommendation of the Committee  constituted  for this purpose.

Criteria for Transfers



  1. The following categories of Head Master, Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher in the Government / ZPP /MPP shall be transferred.
  2. Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted), who have completed (5) years of service in a particular School as on 1st July of the current year shall be compulsorily transferred,  provided  those  who are going  to  retire  within  two years from 1st July of the current year shall not be shifted until and unless the incumbent requests for such transfer.
  3. Teachers, who have completed (8) years service  in a particular school as on 1st July of the current year shall be compulsorily transferred, provided those who are going to retire within two years from 1st July of the current year shall not be shifted until and unless the incumbent requests  for such transfer.
  4. The male Head  Master Grade-II (Gazetted)
  5. /Teacher aged below 50 years as on 1st July of current year and working in Girls High School.
  6. The Head Master Grade-II (Gazetted) and the Subject Teacher concerned of the school in which the pass percentage in the S.S.C. Public Exam (March) is less than 25% shall be transferred to the schools located in Category-III / IV habitations. However, for want of Subject Teachers if the result is below 25%, the Head Master concerned shall not be made accountable and hence shall not be shifted. The Transfer Committee constituted should take up such transfers on first instance without reference to general transfer or entitlement points of the individuals.
  7. If no women HMs / Teachers are available to work in Girls High Schools, then male HMs / Teachers who are over and above 50 years of age may be considered for posting to such Schools.
  8. Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who has completed a minimum period of two years service in a category of post in a School as on 1st July of the current year shall be eligible to apply for transfer.
  9. The Head Masters Gr. II (Gazetted) / Teachers shifted under Rationalization i.e., Primary Schools, Upper Primary Schools and High Schools shall also participate in the Transfers Counseling, provided those who are going to retire within two years from 1st July  of  the current year shall not be shifted until and unless the incumbent requests  for  such Transfer and next junior shall be shifted. If other  junior Teacher is not available he/she shall be shifted.
  10. The Head Masters, Gr.II (Gazetted) who has completed (5) year of service and Teacher who has completed (8) years of service as NCC Officer, shall be posted in a vacancy in a School where there is NCC unit.
  11. All transfers shall be affected within the present Management, Agency Area to Agency Area, Plain Area to Plain Area.

Entitlement Points

Common points 
Entitlement points shall be awarded to the Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted)/ Teacher who applies for Transfer in the following manner:
a) For service in the present School, basing on its location, as per the following scale, as on 1st July of the current year:-
  1. Service in category IV areas: Five (5) points for every year of service and 0.416 for every month.
  2. Service in Category III areas: Three (3) points for every year of service and 0.25 for every completed month.
  3. Service in the Category II areas: Two (2) points for every year of service and 0.16 for every completed month.
  4. Service in the Category I areas: One (1) point for every year of service and 0.083 for every completed month.

Note 1:- The Habitations / Towns shall be classified into the following categories namely:-
  1. Category – I: All Habitations / Towns where 20% and above HRA is admissible.
  2. Category –II: All Habitations / Towns where 14.5% HRA is admissible.
  3. Category –III: All Habitations / Towns where 12% HRA is admissible.
  4. Category-IV: All Habitations / Towns where 12
  5. % HRA is admissible , and which do not have connectivity through an all weather road as per the norms of the Panchayath Raj ( Engineering) Department.

Note 2 : The District Collector shall publish the list of habitations in the district which do not have connectivity through all weather road as per the norms of Panchayath Raj ( Engineering ) Department in consultation with the Superintendent Engineer, P.R. of the district for this purpose, and the same shall be final.
(b) For the Service rendered: 0.041 point for every one month of the completed service in the total service in all categories as on 1st July of the current year.

Special Points (Extra Points):
  1. The President and General Secretary of the Teachers' Associations having OD facility in terms G.O.Rt.No.1410, G.A.D. (Ser.Welfare) dated 20-05-2015 at the State and District Levels are eligible for ten (10) points.
  2. Ten (10) points for un-married Head Mistress, Gr- II / Female Teacher.
  3. Ten (10) points for Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted)
  4. / Teacher, whose spouse is working in State Government or Central Government or Public Sector undertaking or Local Body or Aided Institution in the same District and opted for transfer nearer to and towards the place of working of his/her spouse, benefit of spouse points shall be applicable to the Head Master Gr.II (Gazetted) once in (5) years and Teachers once in (8) years. An entry shall be made in this regard in the Service Book. A copy of the Certificate issued by the competent authority shall be enclosed to the check list to consider cases under this category.

Rationalization Points:
(a) For the Teachers who are affected by rationalization process they are eligible for 10 points extra over and above already secured. The Teachers who have completed (8) years service are not eligible for 10 points extra over and above already secured.
(b) The Teachers who were transferred during counseling 2013 and could not be relieved for want of substitute shall be relieved  forthwith if posts exist after rationalization. If post does not exist after rationalization, he/she shall participate in transfer counseling and is entitled for (5) additional points.
IV. In case the entitlement points of two or more applicants are equal, the inter-se seniority shall be determined as below.
i. Applicants having disability of more than 40% but less than 70% (Visually challenged/ Ortho- handicap/ Hearing Impaired) shall take priority.
ii. Subject to the above, the seniority in the cadre shall be taken into account.

Performance Related Extra Entitlement Points :
a) The Teachers who have got National award issued by the Central Government will get
(15) and who have got State award issued by the State Government will get (10) points respectively . He/she is eligible for only one category whichever is highest.
b) Entitlement points for Performance :
(i) Results of SSC in concerned subject for Teachers and overall percentage to HMs for High Schools only :
For 100% Results – 2.5 points.
For 99% to 95% Results – 2 points.
For 94% to 90% Results – 1 Point.
(ii) Resource persons conducted training programmes of SSA or RMSA for the last three years . He
/ she should have conducted minimum three programmes during the last three years :
State level – 5 points. District level – 4 points. Mandal level -2 points.
Provided that they should enclose a Certificate issued by the District Educational Officer in respect of State and District level trainings and Project Officer, RVM in respect of Mandal level trainings.

Preferential  categories:
The following categories shall take precedence in
the seniority list, in the order given below, irrespective of their entitlement points.
a. Physically handicapped i.e., those with not less than 70% Visually challenged / ortho-handicap./ Hearing Impaired has to produce SADAREM Certificate or Medical Board certificate.
b. Widows.
c. Legally separated women and not remarried.
d. Head Master, Gr.II (Gazetted) / Teacher who is suffering with the following diseases, in which he/she is undergoing treatment:
I. Cancer.
II. Open Heart Surgery.
III. Neuro-Surgery.
IV. Bone T.B.
V. Kidney/Liver/Heart Transplantation.
e. Applicants with dependent children who are mentally retarded/ suffering from Leukaemia (Blood Cancer) and are undergoing treatment.
f. Applicants’ Children suffering with holes in the heart by birth and undergoing medical treatment available only at specified places to which they are seeking transfers.
g. Applicants with dependant children suffering from Juvenile Diabetes.
Note 1: For the purpose of (d, e & f) above, a copy of the Certificate issued by a competent authority i.e., District Medical Board / State  Medical  Board   should   be   enclosed   to    the application for consideration of preferential categories.

Note  2:  The   Head   Master,   Gr.II   (Gazetted) should    avail    either    the    preferential category (Rule  8)  or  the  special  points  (Rule 6
(II)  (c)  once  in  (5)  years,  and   Teachers should    avail    either    the    preferential category (Rule  8)  or  the  special  points  (Rule 6
(II) (c) once  in  (8) years,  and  an  entry  be  made in the Service Book.
Note 3: The Teachers who have availed the  preferential category or spouse category in the earlier transfer counseling and now shifted under
Rationalization  without  completion   of   (8) years of service shall be given the respective benefits / entitlement points along with the Rationalization points.
Download GO MS No 16 Dated 06/06/2018 TS Teachers Transfers GO


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