Eyewitness report on school assistants under the local bodies of South Telangana who are facing difficulties in promotions, transfers as gazetted headmasters for ten years..


Obstacles from the beginning..

Along with the delay in the promotion process due to division of districts, zones, etc., court stay obstacles have become the bane of school assistant teachers in Multizone-2. Finally, after about ten years, on January 28 last year, the then government issued Go MS No. 5 and the Education Department announced the schedule regarding the process of promotions and transfers. However, several teachers approached the High Court saying that extra points should not be given to the office bearers of the union, which is against the rules. The process of promotions and transfers was broken after the High Court stayed it. After that, in August of the same year, when the counsel for the government requested the High Court that extra points are not given to union office bearers and they are treated as regular teachers, the court lifted the stay. To this extent, transfers and promotions have been given a chance. Initially gazetted headmasters were transferred.. they were appointed in new positions. After that, while the process of promotion of SAs as GHMs was going on, many teachers from Rangareddy district approached the High Court. They went to the High Court saying that more teachers than the cadre strength of the district have come to their district.. 1:2 list is not correct.. they will have to lose their promotion opportunities.. the court granted a stay. As a result, the promotion process in the posts of principals of Zilla Parishad High Schools in the Multi Zone-2 range (Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Medchal, Vikarabad, Sangareddy, Mahabubnagar, Narayanapet, Gadwala, Vanaparthi, Nagarkurnool, Nalgonda, Suryapet, Bhuvanagiri, Janagama) has stopped. In Multi Zone-1 (North Telangana) however, school assistant teachers have been promoted as GHMs. Finally, on the 11th of this month, the stay was vacated in the High Court, and the hindrance to transfers and promotions in Multi Zone-2 was removed.


Finally the line is cleared for transfers and promotions in Multi Zone-2. Despite the stay vacated in the High Court four days ago, teachers are expressing dissatisfaction over the fact that the government has not announced a schedule regarding promotions. At the end of this month, 100 to 120 school assistant teachers will retire in April and May. Repo and Ellundo Lok Sabha Election Code is about to come into force and there is concern among them. If the code comes into force, not only will they suffer financial loss but also they will have to retire without a single promotion. To this extent, they are making rounds around the education department and key leaders in Hyderabad. Responding within the Lok Sabha election code, they want to announce the promotion schedule immediately.