Transfers - Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD) - Instructions

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Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), including those who are visually impaired

School Education Department – Legal Proceedings – Interim Orders of the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh dated 01.05.2025 in W.P. (PIL) No.84 of 2025 and W.P. No.11172 of 2025 – Implementation of Teachers Transfer Rules – Issuance of Instructions

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The attention of the Director of School Education, A.P., is invited to the references cited.

2) Government has enacted The Andhra Pradesh State Teachers Transfers Regulation Act, 2025 (Act No. 9 of 2025) to facilitate and regulate the transfers of Head Masters (Grade-II) and Teachers so as to ensure rational deployment of them across Urban and rural schools.

3) Vide GO 3rd cited, The Andhra Pradesh State Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2025 have been issued in terms of Section 26(1) of The Andhra Pradesh State Teachers Transfers Regulation Act, 2025 (Act 9 of 2025). In the said rules, Sub rule (i) in rule 3 states that “The Commissioner/Director of School Education shall issue transfer schedule with the approval of Government through official website https://cse.ap.gov.in.”

4) In the reference 2nd cited, the Hon’ble High Court of A.P in WP(PIL) No.84 of 2025 and W.P.No.11172 of 2025 filed by the National Federation of the Blind against the above said Act, 2025 made the following order Dt.01.05.2025 that,-

“In the meantime, status quo be maintained with regard to the transfer of all the employees who are Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), including those who are visually impaired.”

5. Unless the above said order of the Hon'ble High Court is stayed/vacated or set-a-side by the Appellate Authority/ final orders issued in the said WP, the said interim order would be in force.

. In light of the interim directions issued by the Hon’ble High Court of Andhra Pradesh, the provisions contained in the Andhra Pradesh State Teachers (Regulation of Transfers) Rules, 2025—referenced vide G.O.Ms.No.22—shall be implemented in full for all Head Masters (Grade-II) and Teachers, with the explicit exception of employees classified as Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PwBD), including but not limited to those with visual impairments. The applicability of these Rules to the aforementioned category shall remain in abeyance, pending the final adjudication of W.P. (PIL) No. 84 of 2025 and W.P. No. 11172 of 2025 or until such time as the interim order is vacated, stayed, or set aside by a competent judicial forum.

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