Department of GV/WV & VS/WS -Notification of Grama Panchayats as Municipalities and merging of part or whole of Grama Panchayat(s) into neighbouring Municipalities/Municipal Corporations or De-notification of Municipalities/Nagar Panchayats into Grama Panchayats - Re-designation of Village Secretariats as Ward Secretariats and vice versa - Absorption of employees into Ward Secretariats/Village Secretariats with respective Designations - Certain guidelines - Orders-Issued.

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Registered No. HSE-49/2016

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH

ABSTRACT

Department of GV^^r'V & VS^/VS - Notification of Grama panchayats as Municipalities and merging of part or whole of Grama panchayat(s) into neighbouring Municipalities/Municipal corporations or De-notification of MunicipalitieJ I t tagai Panchayats into Grama Panchayats - Re-designation of village Secretariats 1s ward secretariats and vice versa - Absorption of employees into Ward secretariats / Village Secretariats with respective Designations - Certain guidelines - Orders - lssued.

DEPARTMENT OF GRAM VOLUNTEERS / WARD VOLUNTEERS & VILLAGE SECRETARIATS / WARD SECRETARIATS

G.O.Ms.No.01 Dated:04.0.1.2023

Read the following: - W.No.52 AMARAVATI, MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 2023 G.2434 PART I - NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT, HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND OTHER OFFICERS --x--

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

'1. G.O.Ms.No.104, PR&RD(MDL-|) Dept. dated 22.06.2019. 2. G.O.Ms.No.201, MA&UD (UBS) Dept. dated 23.06 20j9. 3. G.O.Ms.No.110, PR&RD(MDL-t) Dept. dated 19.07 2019. 4. G.O.Ms.No.217, MA&UD (UBS) Dept. dated 20.07.20.19. 5. G.O.Ms.No.¹⁵⁶, cAD (CabineUt) Dept. dated 2j 12.2019. 6. Andhra Pradesh Ordinance No.17 of 2020, Dt.31 2.2020. 7. G.O. Ms. No. 357 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 31.12.2019. 8. G.O. Ms. No. 358 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 31.12.2019. 9. G.O. Ms. No. 359 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 31.12.2019. 10. G.O. Ms. No. 362 MA & UD(G) Dept., Dt. 31 .12.2019. 11. c.O.Ms. No. 363 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 31.12.2019. 12. G.O. Ms. No. 364 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 21.12.2019. 13. G.O. Ms. No. 70 MA & UD (c) Dept., Dt.24.01 2020. 14. G.O. Ms. No. 71 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 24.01 .2020. 15. c.O. Ms. No. 73 MA& UD (G) Dept., Dt.2S.0j.20Zo, 16. G.O. Ms. No. 74 MA & UD (c) Dept., Dt.2s.01 2020. 17. G.O. Ms. No. 83 MA & UD(G) Depr., Dt. 28.01 .2020. 18. c.O. Ms. No. 84 MA & UD(G) Dept., Dt. 28.01 .2o2O. 19. G.O. Ms. No. 86 MA & UD (c) Dept., DI.28.01 2020. 20. G.O. Ms. No. 87 MA & UD (c) Dept., Dt. 28.01.2020. 21. G.O. Ms. No. 88 MA & UD(G) Dept,, Dt. 28.01 2020. 22. c.O. Ms. No. 89 MA & UD(c) Dept., Dt. 2A.01 .2020. 23. G.O. Ms. No. 90 MA & UD (c) Dept., D|.28.01 .2ozo. 24. G.O. Ms. No. 91 MA & UD(G) Dept., Dt. 2A.o1 .2020. 25. G.O. Ms. No. 121 MA & UD (G) Dept., Dt.05.03.2020. 26. G.O.RT.No. 01 Dept., of GVMV&VSA&S, Dr06 0i.2021 .

ORDER:

The Government had established 11,162 Village Secretariats and 3,842 ward secretariats (Total:15004) in the state to deliver the welfare scheme benefits and services at the doorsteps of all eligible citizens rnespective of caste, creed, Religion, Region, Gender and Political affiliation.

2. Accordingly, the following posts were created and filled up in VillageMard -Secretariats,

vide r6ferences 3'd & ⁴th read above:

L Village Secretariats:

Line Department

Name of the PostSl.No.

PR&RDGrade-ancha at Secreta1 nttaStia no ASSdE uc&reta2

eocial Welfare PR&RD

Grade-Vl)

3

ital Assistant)

anchayat Secretary ( Di

PR&RD Energy

AssistantEn ineerin4 nergy Assistant(

Revenue

llage Revenue Officer

6

Grade-ll

HomeMahila Samrakshana

ahila Police / Grama

7

Ka darshi

H,M&FW

liary Nurse Midwife

I

ANM

Assistanturyeo

Revenue AH, DD & FiShC ries

eterinary / Fisheries Assistant

10

Agriculture & Co-OPe ration 11 riculture / Hortlculture /Sericulture sistant

ll. Ward Secretariats:

Name of the Post

Line Department sl. No.

MA&UD

S retati ecen SAdrd ma1 Grade-lltan e etro mnn E⁶. nn otatirda aa2 SecretaSSProceD& ataocati ndE urda3

VolunteersystemtorevamptheServicedeliverywithanaimtoimprovetheliving.

Volunteers.

4. ln the references from 6th to 26th read above, the Government had constituted ('¹⁵) Nagar Panchayats / Municipalities duly notifying certain Gram panchayats extending the limits of (24) Municipalities / Corporations by merging the neighboring Grama Panchayats / part of the Grama Panchayats.

5. ln future also due to growth of economic factors, industrialization, infrastructural development, increasing population, establishment of Education and Commercial institutions, more and more Grama panchayats may be upgraded as Municipalities / Nagar Panchayats or merged into neighboring N/lunicipalities / Municipal Corporations.

6. Whenever the Government notifies the jurisdiction of a ULB by merging part (s) or whole of Gram Panchayat (s) into the near by ULB or constituting a new ULB, or conversely a part or whole of a ULB is de-notified constituting the area into a new Gram Panchayat (s) or merges the area into neighboring Gram panchayat (s), such decisions require that the MA&UD, PR&RD and GVWV & VSWS Departments to appropriately migrate the matters pertaining to Secretariats, Secretariat Functionaries, Volunteers, Voluntee/s clusters and Household mapping in the particular areas from Rural to Urban and vice versa.

! _The following is the comparative statement of posts sanctioned in Village / ward secretariats, for absorption of services of functionaries in ward Secretariats.

ecretariat r Ward anitation & Environment

MA&UDard Education &

4

Data Processing

ecretary

ecretary rking in nearby ward ecretariat ntil new recruitment s made May be interchang f the existing

PR&RDPanchayat Secretary Grade-Vl (Digital Assistant)

Home

Home

(Grade-llL Mahila Police / Grama Mahila

nahi Samraksha I Karyadars o Ward Mahila Police / Ward Women and Weaker Sections Protection Secretary / [ward Mahila 4

8. After careful examination of the matter in detail, the Government hereby issued the following orders, so as to ensure continuous delivery of services in the Ward Secretariats without any interruption:

a. ln respect of Secretariat functionaries:

i. The Village Secretariats in the said localities shall re-designated as "Ward Secretariats" anU tnei tn"tt Contin'"d without disturbing any single 5""i"i"ii"iii.ie the Uioan areas are tuture growth areas'

or merging in the existing

r-ocai eoay 1ul-41

time of notification ot

"i'u-roln

-Village ii. While nlerging a part of Gram Panchayath (GP) or complete GPs at the uLB, if the lurisoiction o# r'Iir"g;S"i'utiriat fais-uotn into Urban & Rural areas, then tne conceriei na'niiip'r Co"i::i9l"I and MPDOs shall take a decision, on ,"pping'iit;;Hil; iolds (HHs) / clusters with the Village / Ward secretari.t" o'iJ o'i geograpnical iontiguity lf the existing Secretariat ouiroing isliilJtei*inin the new jurisdiction of the ULB' then the same snatt nanoeo-oviiio tn" tJnt"'nuo ULa ny PR&RD Department' iii. The nomenclature of the posts in Village Secretariat shall converted in Ward Secretariats as follows

t in Village

Name of the Pos

Sl.No.

Post to be converte d as in Ward Secretariats

Secretariats

ard Administrative Secretary I Panchayat Secretary Grade-V

DeveloPment

rd Welfare &

Ere & Education Assis tant

2

retaect Scn h ryP v

ecreta ard Education & Data Processing ecreta

tnstaSta ASDdla

creSitinAmerdAssistantEn ineefl4 Secretard EneAssistantEne

ard Revenue Secretary

5 o

Mahila

illage Revenue Officer Grade-ll I\ilahila Police / Grama

7

amrakshana Karyadarshi

rd Mahila Ka adarshi

ard Mahila Police / Ward Women nd Weaker Sections Protection ecretary/ Wa amrakshana

rd Health Secretarya

iliary Nurse Midwife

B

ANM

g & Regulationrd Plannin

Survey Assistant9

ecreta eterinary / Fis heries Assistant eterinary / Fisheries Assistant

10

Horticultu 11

ulture Assistant

riculture eric

riculture / Horticu Iture /Sericultu sistant

posts in the.Ward Secretariats'

th;

oosts shall absorbed

"o;uerted

"g"in"t

tor ov the respective Municipal commissioner'

*'tTi"n *iiiu-.

".rieJ

The services of the village secretariat Functiona.ries w.orking-against the fi;iil ;'ffi;i..["? tn"ii options to continue^in ward secretariats' tf anv of the above virrrg"'s""i"1riiat Functionary opted to continue in liili["iJili",r"il th-;ii;;;"; mav oe relieved bv the concemed Municipal Commissioner ana' pfaceO at the disposal of their parent Department for further Postings'6

The posts of Agriculture / Horticulture / Sericulture Assistants and Veterinary / Fisheries Assistants along with Functionary shall be continued in the said Secretariat / RBK Jurisdiction except in the (3) Villages Secretariats of Sanivarapupeta, Satrampadu, Tangellamudi of Eluru District which were already merged into Eluru Municipai Corporation.

vii ln case any Functionary not opted to work in Ward Secretariat the said vacancy shall filled by the respective parent Department.

vu The salaries of the Secretaries, who are opted to come into MA & UD Department in the newly notified NPs / Municipalities, shall be drawn ircm²²¹⁷-⁸⁰-⁰⁰¹-⁰⁰-⁰⁹-⁰'¹⁰-⁰¹ 1 Head of Account by the Municipal Commissioner of the concerned NPs/Municipalities.

IX Accordingly, the Director of Treasuries & Accounts shall issue orders to the concerned District Treasury Officials to allow the salary bills of the Ward Secretaries.

x The pay scale & seniority of the secretaries shall be fixed as per the existing Service Rules.

Xi The Sanitation work in these Ward Secretariats shall entrusted to any of the existing Functionary of these Secretariats or Ward Sanitaiion Environment Secretary working in nearby Ward Secretariat.

x The parent departments of Village Revenue Officer, Mahila police, ANM and Energy Assistant shall take necessary action for continuation of the said functionaries in the re-designated Ward Secretariats.

b. ln respect of Volunteers:

i. The Grama Volunteers working in the rural areas shall converted as Ward Volunteers duly deleting the sanctioned strength from pR&RD Department and adding the same in MA&UD Department.

ii. The honorarium shall be drawn from2217-BO-191-OO-88-290-294 Head of Account by the Commissioner of respective Nagar panchayat / Municipality / Municipal Corporation in the capacity of DDO.

iii. The Director of rreasuries & Accounts shall issue orders to the concerned District rreasury officials for allowing the Honorarium of the ward volunteers.

9. Similarly, in case of any Nagar panchayat / Municipality is de-notified as Grama panchayath due to administrative exigency, the following orders are hereby issued:

a In respect of Secretariat functionaries:

The Ward Secretariats in the said localities shall re-designated as,,Village Secretariats".

While detaching a part of the ULB, if the jurisdiction of a Ward Secretanat falls both into Urban & Rural areas, then the concerned Municipal Commissioner7

and MPDoS shall take a decision, on mapping of the HHs/clusters with the viild"nn"i secretariats o"i.J ⁶n s"⁹⁹i;qf⁹'¹-:.?ntisuitv lf the existins tit'"t"d *itnin the new juiisdiction of the GP' Ward Secretariat buildlng '. in.. tn"-s.rr" shall bJ handed over to the concerned GP by MA&UD Department

r. The nomenclature of the posts in Village Secretariat shall converted in Ward Secretariats as follows:

Name of the Post Ward SecretariatsinSl. No

Post to be converte dasin Villa e Secretariats & Educatioe lfare

2

ard3

Revenue Office 6

Police / Gram

Ward Women

a

7 rd Mahila Police/

eaker Sections Protection Secretary/ Wa

o

FisheriVeterinary I

10

11

"fiheir

called for by the respective MPDO'

lf any of the above Village Secretariat Functionary opted to continue in Ward 3""tltrri"t , their services may oe relieved by the concerned MPDO and il;;-;ilG JisJos"r ot ionltn or their pirent Department for further postings.

vi8

vii. The salaries of the Functionaries, who are opted to work in Village secretariat in the newly notified jurisdiction of Gram panchayat shall drawn from 2515_OO- 198-0053-010-01 1 Head of Account through respective DDOS,

viii. Accordingly, the Director of rreasuries & Accounts shall issue orders to the concerned District Treasury Officials for allowing the salary bills of the Village Secretaries.

ix. The work relating to Ag riculture/Horticulture/Sericulture and Veterinary / Fisheries Assistants shall entrusted to the Agriculture / Horticulture / Sericulture and Veterinary / Fisheries Assistants working in nearby Village secretariats / RBKs based on the requirement in consultation with Agricultuie & Cooperation, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development & Frsheries Departments.

x. The pay scale & seniority of the Functionaries shall fixed as per the existing Service Rules.

b, ln respect of Volunteers: i. The Ward Volunteers working in the Urban areas shall converted as Grama Volunteers duly deleting the sanctioned strength from MA&UD Department and adding the same in PR&RD Department.

ii. The honorarium shall drawn from2515-00-198-005-2290-O29VN Head of Account by the Panchayat Secretary of respective Grama panchayat in the capacity of DDO.

iii. The Director of Treasuries & Accounts shall issue orders to the concerned District Treasury Officials for allowing the Honorarium of the Grama Volunteers.

10. The Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration is authorized to re- designate Village Secretariats as Ward Secretariats, Grama Volunteers as Ward Volunteers in case of notification of Grama Panchayats as Nagar panchayats / Municipalities or merging of Gram Panchayat(s) / part(s) or Hole of Gram Panchayat(s) into neighbouring Municipalities / Municipal Corporations, Further he / she shall complete the entire process and ensure functioning of said Ward Secretariats effectively duly imparting necessary training to the functionaries.

as Village Secretariats, Ward Volunteers as Grama Volunteers in case of any Nagar 11. The Commissioner, PR&RD is authorized to re-designate Ward Secretariats Panchayat / Municipality notified as Grama panchayat. Further, he/ she shall complete the entire process and ensure functioning of said village secretariats effectively duly imparting necessary training to the functionaries.

12. The Director, GV^/1r'V&VS^/VS, Vijayawada is authorized to migrate the Clusters and Data from Rural to Urban Areas and vice versa.

13. This Order issues with the concurrence of Finance Department vide their U.O. No. U.O. No. 1834104/HR-rr/FrNO1-HROpDpp(RRD)/ 155/2 022, Dated:|5.Og.2022.

14. This order is also available in online and can be accessed at hppts://aPegazette.cgg gov in

(BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF ANDHRA PRADESH)

AJAY JAIN

SPECIAL CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FAC) Iie commissioner & Director of Municipar Administration,vaddeswaram Vilrage, Manoalaqiri, Andhra Pradesh' ine 6omhissioner, PR&RD, Tadepalli' The Director, GVAIVV&VSIIVS' Vijayawada' All the Collectors in the State. The HoDs of all Line Departments' ine oirector of f reasures and Accounts, lbrahimpatnam' A' P' Al the Municipal Commissioners in the State'

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