Lok Sabha Question No. 5109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-27
Subject: Local Status to Employees in AP
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5109

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27 TH  MARCH, 2018/ CHAITRA 6, 1940 (SAKA) LOCAL STATUS TO EMPLOYEES IN AP

5109. SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY: SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  given  its  consent  to  amend  the  Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct  Recruitment)  Act,  1974,  enabling  grant  of  local  status  to  the employees migrating from Telangana to Andhra Pradesh (AP) in a boost to the A.P. Government's efforts to shift the administration to the new capital region of Amaravati and if so, thedetails thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  also  approved  the  State  Government's request to amend the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of  Admissions)  Order,  1974  enabling  grant  of  local  status  to  students migrating to the new State and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the State Government had sought amendments  to the Presidential  Orders  to  provide  local  status  to  the  employees  and  their children migrating to Andhra Pradesh following the bifurcation of the State and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  pending  requests  from  the  State Government of Andhra Pradesh to the Ministry and the time by which action is likely to be taken; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  anomalies  removed  between  Andhra  Pradesh  and Telangana for effective implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Bifurcation Act  to  ensure  justice  to  the  people  of  Andhra  Pradesh  with  sufficient employment opportunities through local status?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (d) :  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  forwarded  a  proposal  to  the

Government  of  India  for  amendment  in  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Educational

Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 and the  Andhra Pradesh

## LS.US.Q.NO.5109 FOR 27.03.2018

Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment)  Order,  1975  to  facilitate  the  people  who  opt  and  shift,  for educational  and  employment  purpose,  to  Andhra  Pradesh  from  Telangana before  2 nd   June,  2017,  to  avail  the  local  status  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  The Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  vide  Notification  No,  G.S.R.  No.  590(E)  &  591(E), both dated 09.06.2016 amended the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions) Order, 1974 and the Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Organisation of Local Cadres and Regulation of Direct Recruitment)  Order,  1975  respectively,  for  providing  local  status  to  the candidates who migrate to any part of the State of Andhra Pradesh from the State of Telangana within a period of three years from the 2 nd  day of June, 2014, for the purpose of education and employment. Further, at the request of  Government of Andhra Pradesh, this time limit of three years has been extended  for  two  more  years  i.e.  from  01.06.2017  to  01.06.2019  vide Notifications No. GSR No. 1350 (E) & 1351(E) issued on 30.10.2017.

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