A major stumbling block for government
employees moving to Andhra Pradesh from Telangana has been removed with
President Pranab Mukherjee approving the plan to confer local status to the
children of government employees who relocate before June 2, 2017.
The President signed the file yesterday,
paving the way for the Union government to issue a Gazette Notification. With
this move, the officials will be able to get local status for their children in the district of their choice in
the Andhra Pradesh.
Presidential
approval and a Gazette Notification is necessary for the move since in 1975,
the then President had issued an order giving local status to people in
different regions of the state. Under that order, people of one region could
not claim local status in another — a move that aimed to ensure equal
opportunities to all people in the education and government sector.
To overcome the problem the state government raised the issue
with the Union government soon after the bifurcation in June 2014. The centre
then wrote to the President seeking his approval.
Later, Chief Minister held a video conference on the issue and
informed employees about the President's nod.
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