G.O.Ms.No. 35 Dated: 09-07-96
Read
the following:
1. One
Man Commission Lr. No. 372/OMC/ (SPP. Ser.)/89-2 dt.25-8-1990.
2. G.O.Ms.No.
72, General Administration (AR&T Desk) Department,
dated 22-2-1994.
3.
Rc.No. A3/7570/94 dated 11-11-1994, dt.22-12-1994, dt. 1-3-1995 and dt. 30-8-95
of the Commissioner of Backward Classes Welfare, Hyderabad.
4.
From the Secretary, A.P.Public Service Commission Lr. No. 1311/RR/2/96, dt.
14-6-1996.
The Social Welfare, Backward classes welfare and Tribal Welfare Departments have been separated into three separate Directorates and have different functions of their own. In the G.O. 2nd read above, Backward Classes Welfare Department was created at Secretariat Level to focus attention on the Welfare and Development of Backward Classes in the State. According to the existing rules, transfers, promotions disciplinary powers etc., of the personnel coming under Backward Classes Welfare Department are vested with the Director of Social Welfare. In order to exercise proper control over the employees working in Backward Classes Welfare Department for effective implementation of various Backward Class Programmes, it was considered necessary to have separate service rules for the personnel working in different categories in Backward Classes Welfare Department. Accordingly, the Commissioner of Backward Classes Welfare, in the reference 3rd read above, has proposed rules for the various gazetted posts in the Backward Classes Welfare Department. The Government, after careful consideration, hereby accept the proposals with certain modifications and issue them.
The following notification shall be published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette.
1.
Short
Title:
2.
Constitution:
Category 1 -
Director
Category 2 -
Additional Director - Ins. G.O.Ms.No. 14, BCW (A), dt. 21-09-2012.
Category 3 - Joint Director
Category 4 -
Deputy Director
Category 5 -
Accounts Officer
Category 6 -
District Backward Classes Welfare Officer
Including Assistant Director
Category 7 -
Assistant Backward Classes Welfare Officer - G.O.Ms.No.21, BCW (A),
dt.1-05-2004
Category 8 - Publicity and Statistical Officer
3.
Method
of appointment and appointing authority:
Subject to the other provisions of these rules, the method of appointment and appointing authority for the various categories of posts mentioned in column (1), shall be as specified in column (2) and (3) respectively of the table below:
|
Category |
Method
of appointment |
Appointing
authority |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
1. Director |
By promotion
from category (2) |
Government |
|
2. Additional Director |
By promotion
from category (3). i.e. Joint Director of B.C. Welfare Dept. Ins. by G.O.Ms.No.
14, BCW (A), dt. 21-09-2012 |
Government |
|
3. Joint Director |
By promotion
from category (3) |
Government |
|
4. Deputy Director |
By promotion
from category (5) |
Government |
|
5. Deputy Officer |
By transfer
on tenure basis from Treasuries and Accounts Department |
Director |
|
6.District
Backward Classes Welfare Officers Including Assistant Director |
(1) By
direct recruitment through Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission. (2) By
appointment by transfer of Superintendents on promotion in Andhra Pradesh
Ministerial Service in the Backward Classes Welfare Department. (3) By
promotion from the cadre of Assistant Backward Classes Welfare Officer. |
Director |
|
7. Asst.
Backward Classes
Welfare Officer |
(1) By direct
recruitment (2) By promotion from the category of Welfare Grade-I Hostel Welfare Officer - Added by G.O.Ms.No. 21, BCW (A), dt.1-05-2004. |
Director, Backward
Welfare |
|
6. Publicity
and Statistical
Officer |
By deputation
from the Directorate of Economics and Statistics, Hyderabad. |
Director |
(a) Fifty percent of the number of substantive
vacancies in the category (5), shall
be filled by Direct recruitment.
(b) Appointments to the category (5), other than
by Direct recruitment, shall be by transfer of Superintendents in the
Directorate and Superintendents in the District Backward Classes Welfare
Offices and by promotion of Assistant Backward Classes Welfare Officers in the
ratio of 1:3 starting with Superintendents.
(c) In the vacancies required to be filled by Superintendents,
the first vacancy in a unit of four vacancies shall be filled by the
Superintendent in the Directorate and the remaining 3 vacancies by the
Superintendents in the District Backward Classes Welfare Offices as per common
Seniority.
(d) The filling
up of substantive vacancies, shall be in accordance
with the cycle mentioned hereunder, namely:
-
I. Vacancy - Direct
recruitment
II.
Vacancy - Superintendent (Directorate)
III.
Vacancy - Direct recruitment
IV.
Vacancy - Assistant Backward Classes
Welfare Officer
V. Vacancy - Direct
recruitment
VI.
Vacancy - Assistant Backward Classes
Welfare Officer
VII.
Vacancy - Direct recruitment
VIII.
Vacancy - Direct recruitment
IX.
Vacancy - Direct recruitment
X. Vacancy - Superintendents (District Back Ward Classes Welfare Office)
[(e)
Thirty percent of substantive vacancies in the Category (6) Assistant Backward
Classes Welfare Officer shall be filled by direct recruitment;
(f)
The filling up of substantive vacancies in the Category 6 shall be as per the
cycle mentioned hereunder: -
I.
Vacancy : By Direct recruitment
II.
Vacancy : By Promotion
III.
Vacancy : By Promotion
IV.
Vacancy : By Promotion
V.
Vacancy : By Direct recruitment
VI.
Vacancy : By Promotion
VII.
Vacancy : Direct recruitment
VIII.
Vacancy : By Promotion
IX.
Vacancy : By Direct recruitment
X. Vacancy : By Promotion
(g) The post of Assistant Backward Classes Welfare Officer inspite of making Gazetted shall continue under the Zonal Category post having reservation to local candidates at the ratio of 60% local, 40% non-local covered under para 8(3) of the Presidential Order, 1975.] [Added by G.O.Ms.No. 21, BCW (A), dt. 1-05-2004]
4.
Reservation
in appointments:
5.
Appointment
to women:
6.
Qualification:
No person shall be eligible for appointment to the categories specified in column (1) and of the Annexure to these rules, by the method specified in column (2) unless he possess the qualification specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) thereof.
7.
Age:
8.
Minimum Service:
9.
Probation:
(a) Every
person appointed by direct recruitment to the post shall from the date on which
he commences his probation, be on probation for a total period of two years on
duty within a continuous period of three years.
10.
Training:
(a) Every
person appointed by direct recruitment to the posts mentioned in categories (5)
and (6), shall undergo a course of training for a period of 9 months and 2
months respectively as per the programme prescribed by the Director of Backward
Classes Welfare - Subs. by G.O.Ms.No.
21, BCW (A), dt. 1-05-2004
(b) Every
person appointed either by promotion or by transfer to the posts mentioned in
the *[categories (6) and (7)], shall undergo a course of training for a period
of two months as per the programme prescribed by the Director of Backward
Classes Welfare.
(c) Every person appointed by direct recruitment for the post mentioned in *[categories (6) and (7)] shall execute a bond that he shall serve the department for a period of three years. *[Subs. by G.O.Ms.No. 21, BCW (A), dt. 1-05-2004].
Provided
that he shall be liable to refund to the Government, the pay and allowances and
any other remuneration received by him in addition to the amount spent by the
Government on his training; (a) if he fails to serve the department for a
period of three years after the completion of his training for any reason; or
(b) if he discontinues the training or is discharged from training course for
mis-conduct or any reason.
Provided further that the enforcement of bond should not be insisted upon in case of an employee who joins in Central Government/ Quasi Government / Autonomous Bodies/ Wholly/ Substantially owned/ Finance/ Controlled by the State Government other than private employment, subject to the condition that fresh bond is taken to ensure that the employee serves the new employer for / the balance of the original bond period.
(d) The period
of training shall count for the purpose of probation, increment, leave etc.
(e) A direct recruit shall be eligible, during the period of training, for the initial pay of the post with usual allowances admissible at the place of training.
11.
Tests:
Every person appointed by direct recruitment for the posts in categories 6 and 7 shall pass during the period of probation, the Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers Part I and Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers Part II or Executive Officers Tests as may - Subs. by G.O.Ms.No. 21, BCW (A), dt. 1-05-2004.
12.
Unit
of Appointment:
|
Category
and post (1) |
Unit
of appointment (2) |
|
(5)
District Backward Classes Officers including Assistant Director |
Multi
Zone-I Multi
Zone-II |
|
[(6)
Assistant Backward Classes Welfare Officer |
Zone-I
- Comprising Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam Districts. Zone-II
- Comprising East Godavari, West Godavari and Krishna Districts. Zon,
-III - Comprising Guntur, Prakasham and Nellore Districts. Zone-IV
- Comprising Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur and Kumool Districts. Zone-V
- Comprising Adilabad, Karirnnagar, Warangal and Khammam Districts. Zone-VI
- Comprising Hyderabad, Nizamabad, Mahaboobnagar, Medak, Nalgonda, and Ranga
Reddy Districts".] [Added
by G.O.Ms.No. 21, BCW (A), dt. 1-05-2004] |
Provided that the post of Assistant Director in the Directorate of Backward Classes Welfare shall be filled by a person holding the post of District Backward Classes Welfare Officer equitably from the two multi- zones by turns on tenure basis for a period not exceeding 3 years at a time.
13.
Transfer
and Postings:
(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
|
Category
of post |
Method
of appointment |
Qualification |
|
(1) |
(2) |
(3) |
|
5. District
Backward Classes Welfare Officers including Assistant Director |
By Direct
Recruitment By
appointment by transfer and by promotion from the cadre of Assistant Backward
Classes Welfare Officer |
Must
possess a Bachelor’s Degree of a University in India established or
incorporated by or under a Central Act, State Act or a Provisional Act or an
Institution recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent
qualification. (i) Must
possess a Bachelor’s Degree from University in India established or
incorporated by or under a Central
Act, State Act or a Provisional Act or an Institution recognized by the
University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. (ii) Must
have passed Accounts Test for
Executive Officers. |
|
[6. Asst.
Backward Classes
Welfare Officers |
By direct Recruitment By promotion from
category of Hostel Welfare Officer Grade I |
Must
possess a Bachelor's Degree of a University in India established or incorporated
by or under a Central Act, a State Act or a Provincial Act, or an Institution
recognized by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent
qualification. (i)
Must possess a Bachelor's Degree from a University in India established or incorporated
by or under a Central Act, State Act or a Provincial Act or an Institution
recognised by the University Grants Commission or an equivalent qualification. (ii) Must have passed Accounts Test for Subordinate Officer Part I and Part II or Executive Officers Test - Added by G.O.Ms.No.21, BCW (A), dt.1-05-2004] |
N.B:
Those who have passed Accounts Test for Subordinate Officers Part-I and Part –II
need not pass Accounts Test for Executive Officers.
