The Government of Telangana constituted a four-member committee of officers headed by Rajeshwar Tiwari, Principal Secretary (Forests), on Thursday to consider and recommend for framing unified service/rules for the services identical in various departments and other service rules.
In the orders issued by Chief Secretary Rajiv Sharma, it was stated that B. Venkateswara Rao, Secretary (Services-GAD), N. Siva Sankar, Secretary (Finance) and Joint/Deputy Secretary (Services-GAD) would be the other members of the committee. The committee would consider the issue of framing unified service/rules and other service rules and submit its report to the government within a month. The committee would look into clubbing the services identical in various departments and framing unified service rules for the same -- for example, Surveyors in Survey and Settlement Department, Municipal Department and others. It would also examine prescribing a test in “proficiency in office automation with usage of computer and associated software” for the posts equivalent to Assistant Section Officers, Typist-cum-Assistant, Junior Assistants, Assistant-cum-Typist, Senior Stenographers, Junior Stenographers, UD Typists, Typists and LD Typists in various departments which were not covered under Secretariat Subordinate and Ministerial Services, such as Junior Accountant, Senior Accountant, Junior Auditor, Senior Auditor and others.
Further, the committee would also consider creation of Information Technology Service for various departments in the State.
The committee could invite/co-opt any other officers as it deems fit, the Chief Secretary said directing the Departments of Secretariat to furnish necessary information to the committee as and when required.
