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DEPARTMENT (REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT) ACT, 2026

The Arunachal Pradesh Transfer and Posting of Employees of Education Department (Regulation and Management) Act, 2026

Education202650 of 52 sections available13 chapters

This Act regulates the transfer and posting of regular teaching and non-teaching employees within Arunachal Pradesh's Education Department. It establishes rules on mandatory movement of staff from schools after a maximum of four years of continuous service, aiming to ensure fair distribution of human resources. The legislation seeks to manage administrative needs and regularize postings, ensuring that schools with high student numbers or critical staffing deficits are adequately covered. Ultimately, it is designed to improve the quality of education administration by adhering to stringent service norms and rationalizing workforce placement.

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Chapter I PRELIMINARY →

  1. 1Short title, extent and commencement
  2. 2Definitions

Chapter II APPLICABILITY AND CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES →

  1. 3Applicability of the Act
  2. 4Categories of employees covered

Chapter III VACANCY MANAGEMENT →

  1. 5Determination of vacancies
  2. 6Classification of vacancies
  3. 7Annual declaration of vacancies
  4. 8Finality of vacancy determination

Chapter IV CATEGORISATION OF SCHOOLS →

  1. 9Categorisation of Government schools
  2. 10Chapter and the rules made thereunder as may be prescribed.
  3. 11Binding effect of categorisation

Chapter V MANDATORY SERVICE NORMS →

  1. 12Mandatory service obligation
  2. 13Action for non-compliance
  3. 14Exemption from mandatory service

Chapter VI NATURE OF TRANSFERS →

  1. 15Administrative Transfers
  2. 16Grounds and Effect of Administrative Transfer
  3. 17Finality and Limited Challenge
  4. 18Restriction on Posting of Teachers/employees facing charges under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO)
  5. 19Transfers on Request
  6. 20Time-limit for Joining on Transfer/employee or Posting
  7. 21No Vested Right
  8. 22No employee shall have any vested or enforceable right to posting or continuation at any particular school, station, or area.

Chapter VII HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS →

  1. 23Special consideration on humanitarian grounds
  2. 24Verification and finality

Chapter VIII TRANSFER CALENDAR →

  1. 25Annual transfer cycle
  2. 26Act and the rules made thereunder.

Chapter IX DIGITAL TRANSFER AND POSTING SYSTEM →

  1. 27Teachers' Registry Portal
  2. 28Mandatory processing through Portal
  3. 29Exceptional transfers
  4. 30Teacher’s Registry Portal within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed and such recording shall be deemed to validate the transfer for all purposes under this Act.

Chapter X ELIGIBILITY, OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND RATIONALISATION →

  1. 31Eligibility for transfer
  2. 32Objective point-based system
  3. 33Application of objective criteria for rationalisation
  4. 34Tie-breaking
  5. 35Power to deviate in public interest

Chapter XI RATIONALISATION AND DEPLOYMENT →

  1. 36Rationalisation and deployment of teachers/employees
  2. 37Limited grievance

Chapter XII GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL AND APPEAL →

  1. 38Grievance redressal
  2. 39Exhaustion of remedy
  3. 40Finality

Chapter XIII MISCELLANEOUS →

  1. 41Offences and penalties
  2. 42Protection of action taken in good faith
  3. 43Overriding effect
  4. 44The provisions of this Act shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent contained in any other law for the time being in force.
  5. 45Power to make rules
  6. 46Power to amend Schedule

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