The State bifurcation into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana from June 2 is likely to throw up an interesting scenario wherein about 18 IAS officers -- both direct recruits and conferred -- of Andhra Pradesh origin would be forced to work in the ‘other’ State irrespective of their domicile (nativity) status.
A senior IAS officer, who is well-versed in the nitty-gritty of the process of division of civil servants, told The Hindu that though the guidelines for their distribution between the two States were yet to be finalised by the Centre, there was total clarity with regards to “insiders”, those officers who hail from Andhra Pradesh. They would be allotted to the two States based on their domicile status within the upper cap for their strength in each of the successor States, he explained.
The senior bureaucrat, who also happens to be an executive member of their association, said that there were 12 direct recruits who were in excess of the sanctioned strength in AP after bifurcation. Similarly, the number of promotees was in excess of the allowed strength by six in Telangana. “As a result, the 12 officers with AP nativity will have to work in Telangana and six officers of Telangana nativity will have to work for AP without any option,” the senior officer reasoned.
Sources said there were 58 and 29 direct recruits of AP and Telangana nativity respectively in the State now. Another 58 and 44 conferred officers with the two respective domiciles were also in service.
With regard to “outsiders”, the officers of AP cadre with rest of India nativity, the allocation would be made on roster-seniority basis. For making the process little easier, batch bands would be formed by pooling officers of one batch or pool of batches together, sources explained. In case of a tie in seniority status, lottery method would be adopted for allotment of a particular officer.
However, the officers of rest of India nativity were asked to give the option of their choice of State. “Initially, we were asked to give our option by May 16, but it was extended till May 21,” the senior bureaucrat said.
