EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 2128 CUTTACK, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2018/KARTIKA 25, 1940

SCHOOL & MASS EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

NOTIFICATION

The 8th November, 2018

Sub: Intra-District transfer of Headmasters / Asst. Teachers / Asst. Teachers

(Ex-cadre) / Jr. Teachers/ Junior Teachers (Contractual) and Gana Sikshyaks

of Govt. Elementary Schools in the State.

No.24410–SME-EL1-EL1-0085/2017/S&ME.–— In order to maintain a conducive

atmosphere for education, at least two teachers in one school are absolutely necessary

and one of them must be a regular teacher to carry out administrative nature of works of

the school. Due to retirement/ death/ resignation/ long illness, sometimes a school is left

with only one teacher and the single teacher could also be a contractual teacher. At other

times, the villagers demand transfer of a teacher due to the activities of the teacher or for

some other reasons and insist on their demand for transfer of the concerned teacher and

go to the extent of locking the school and creating law and order situation. The activities of

a teacher sometimes require urgent action, particularly in cases of sexual harassment to

another teacher or a student, intoxication, involvement in criminal cases etc.

There is no power with either the DEO or the BEO to transfer a teacher out of the

school to manage an urgent situation. The Collector of the District makes transfer to

manage such urgent situations on the proposal of DEO. To avoid the delay in getting

orders of Collector, Government after careful consideration have been pleased to

authorize the DEOs to make transfer of elementary teachers within a Block only to provide

teacher to a single teacher school or to manage any urgent administrative situation on the

proposal of BEO. However, post facto approval of Collector in all such cases is to be

taken. While making such transfer, the DEO should be sure about the requirement of

transfer and urgency of the matter and that such transfer should not create further

impasse/ problems. It should be his/ her endeavor to transfer the teacher from a school

with surplus teacher and the senior most teacher should only be transferred to maintain

transparency.

By Order of the Governor

P.K. MOHAPATRA

Principal Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 1605-173+100