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.