Sources said that the representatives of employees’ organisations, including those from Telangana have urged the government to fill up the 7,000 odd vacancies immediately.
A senior government official told this correspondent that the Telangana employees are now insisting on consequential benefits rather than on transfers.
“It could be due to a growing animosity between those who have been transferred and the locals. Employees who have been transferred are upset which has softened the employees’ Telangana stand,” he disclosed.
The state has identified 17,000 non-locals across the state, most of them in Hyderabad and Ranga Reddy districts.
A majority of the 12,000 odd non-locals have been found in the Telangana region.
Following a hue and cry by the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, the Telangana employees’ associations and other separatists, the Chief Minister, Dr Y.S.
Rajasekhar Reddy decided to implement GO 610 in letter and spirit.
“About 75 per cent cases pertain to the Telangana region itself. There are non-locals within Telangana districts. However, about 4,500 teachers and police officers from Hyderabad have been given transfer orders,” he explained.
Another major problem facing the government is the stay order granted by the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal.
About 2,000 employees including teachers and police officers have so far obtained stay on transfers.
An aide to the Chief Minister said that the government is implementing GO 610 in letter and spirit as per the Chief Minister’s orders. Barring the 2,000 odd cases who have obtained stay, transfer orders have been issued for all non-locals.