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The Hindu
03-07-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
A.P. Village-Ward Secretariat staff allege irregularities in transfers
The Andhra Pradesh Village-Ward Secretariat Government Employees' Association submitted a representation to the Director of the Village-Ward Secretariats, Siva Prasad, on Thursday, raising serious concerns over irregularities and a lack of transparency in the recent employee transfer process. The delegation included the association State president Sheikh Abdul Razak, joint secretary Parsha Madhu, executive member Ramesh, and union leaders Bhagiratha, Madhav Rao, Mukesh, Saleem, Raja, Manikantha, Mareshwara Rao, and Anil Kumar. They alleged that in many places across the State, the transfer process for Village and Ward Secretariat employees was conducted in a highly opaque manner, violating G.O. 5. While some districts adhered to the rules and carried out transfers transparently, others gave undue importance to political recommendations, resulting in senior employees being unfairly sidelined. In several districts, during the counselling sessions, the seniority lists of employees were not displayed. Instead, employees were simply asked to fill out option forms without being informed of available vacancies or the basis on which transfers would be made. As a result, many employees remained confused about the process, they said. In some centres, eligible candidates were not given the priority they were entitled to. In Vijayawada Municipal Corporation, transfers were reportedly carried out arbitrarily without conducting proper counselling for Ward Secretariat staff, they added.
The Hindu
24-06-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Ward Secretariat staff submit representations to Collector over promotions and transfers
Around 100 employees of different Ward Secretariats in Vijayawada converged on the Collectorate premises on June 23, Monday, to give representations to NTR District Collector G. Lakshmisha during the Public Grievance Redressal System about a few demands. One of the employees said they submitted a representation regarding the proposed transfer process of employees of Ward Secretariat. They said Government Order G.O. MS No. 5, which made transfers of those employees, who worked in their native mandal for more than five years, to other mandals mandatory, should be revised. They said instead of transferring the employees to other mandals, they suggested that their ward be considered a unit and that they be transferred to another ward in the same mandal. 'While we made representation to the Collector on Monday morning, we have learnt that the government released revised guidelines on the subject by evening,' said Subhani, a secretary at a Ward Secretariat in Vijayawada. Their other demand included publishing of the seniority list and that it be taken as the basis for processing of transfers. Many employees in Ward Secretariats, who have completed five years of service and are eligible for promotion, have not been promoted so far, pointed out Subhani, who has completed six years of service. 'When we asked officials about it, we were told there are no guidelines in place for promotions. We demand an accurate promotion channel and guidelines for promotions of each functionary,' he said, adding that the employees have also been waiting for arrears of nine months.
