The Government of India, through the Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pension, has established an Advisory Committee following the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014. This committee is tasked with overseeing the allocation and distribution of State Government employees, excluding All India Services, between the newly formed states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The committee, comprised of senior officials including the Chief Secretary of the existing Andhra Pradesh, will define objective criteria for personnel distribution, determine cadre strengths, and recommend individual allocations. Crucially, their recommendations will be made public for stakeholder comments before finalization to ensure fairness and equity. The committee’s scope also includes considering representations from affected employees and addressing any shortages in services by distributing them pro-rata between the successor states.
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F.No.27/13/2013-SR(S)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. \& Pension
(Department of Personnel\& Training)
$3^{\text {rd }}$ Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market, New Delhi. Dated $29^{\text {th }}$ March, 2014
ORDER
29 MAR 2014
In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 80 of the, Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014, the Central Government hereby constitutes the Advisory Committee for State Government employees other than All India Services, with immediate effect.
2. The Advisory Committee will comprise the following:-
(i) Shri C.R. Kamalanathan, IAS (Retd.) (AP:1965) – Chairman
(ii) Chief Secretary of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh – Member
(iii) Shri V. Nagi Reddy, IAS (AP:84) – Member
(iv) Dr. P.V. Ramesh, IAS (AP:85) – Member
(v) Additional Secretary / Joint Secretary, Department of – Member Personnel \& Training – looking after the charge of SR Division or his/her nominee not below the rank of Director / Deputy Secretary to the Government of India representing the Central Government
(vi) An Officer not below the rank of Secretary to the State – Member Government coordinating the Reorganization Cell in the Secretary existing State of Andhra Pradesh
3. On or after the ‘Appointed Day’ the Chief Secretaries of the successor States of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh shall become members.
4. The terms of reference of the Advisory Committee shall be as under:
(i) To delineate objective and transparent criteria for the allocation / distribution of personnel belonging to the State Government employees borne on the existing cadres of different services of Andhra Pradesh between the two successor States namely Andhra Pradesh and Telangana;-2-
(ii) To determine the cadre strength and further subdivide it into various categories for different services under the State Government i.e. Direct Recruitment Quota and Promotion Quota wise; Unreserved, OBC, SC and ST for the two successor States namely Andhra Pradesh and Telangana arising out of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh;
The recommendation of the Advisory Committee in this regard should be finalized only after the Committee places its principles of determination along with the actual cadre strength proposed on the website of the State Governments for a reasonable period, so as to allow comments/representations to be made thereon and the Committee takes a view on the issues that may be raised by the stakeholders. Also, once the cadre strength is determined on this basis, shortages in different services in the undivided State of Andhra Pradesh vis-à-vis their present cadre strength should be distributed pro-rata between the successor States so that neither State is at a disadvantage.
(iii) To recommend specific individual allocation/distribution of State Government employees accordingly;
(iv) To consider any representations made by a State Government employee(s) who is/are affected by such allocation/distribution in order to ensure a fair and equitable treatment to all and make appropriate recommendations, if any.
Any additional function may be assigned to the Committee, as and when required, as per the provisions of the said Act.
(Archana Varma)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
Copy to:
- Chairman and all the Members of the AC.
- The Chief Secretary of the existing State of Andhra Pradesh for information and necessary action.
- Secretary, DoPT, Government of India for information and necessary action.
- Secretary, MHA
- Joint Secretary, PMO
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