Definitions

Definitions : In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

1. (a) "Act" means the Arunachal Pradesh Transfer and Posting of Employees of Education Department (Regulation and Management) Act, 2026.
2. (b) "Administrative Exigency" means necessity arising in public interest requiring immediate administrative action;
3. (c) "Appointing Authority" means the authority competent to make appointments to the post of Teacher or Head of Institution (HoI), and all categories of non-teaching staffs as notified by the Government under the relevant service rules;
4. (d) "Appointment" means appointment made by direct recruitment, promotion, transfer, absorption or deputation, in accordance with the service rules applicable under the Education Department of the State;
5. (e) "Competent Authority" means an authority notified by the Government under this Act;
6. (f) "Dependent Family Member" means spouse of the employee only.
7. (g) "District" means the territorial limits of a district as notified by the Government and administered by the District Administration;
8. (h) "Employee" means a regular employee (teaching and non-teaching) of the Education Department appointed against a sanctioned post;
   • (i) "Government" means the Government of Arunachal Pradesh;
9. (j) "Head of Institution (HoI)" means a Principal, Headmaster, In-charge Headmaster or any other officer designated as the academic and administrative head of a Government school;
10. (k) "Maximum Period" means the maximum continuous period of service permitted at the same school, namely: - Four

1. (4) years in the case of a Head of Institution
   • (HoI) and all other categories of regular employees of Education department, after which mandatory movement from the school shall be effected in accordance with this Act;
   • (l) "Minimum Period" means the minimum continuous period of service of three
2. (3) years of service rendered by a Teacher or Head of Institution(HoI) at a school and all other categories of regular employees of Education department in an office, from the date of joining, for the purpose of eligibility for transfer , unless otherwise provided under this Act.
   • (m) "Hard Area" means places of school location requiring foot march of not less than one day or one stage to reach;
   • (n) "Middle Area" means places of school location having limited or minimum motorable road connectivity;
   • (o) "Soft Area" means places of school location having all-weather motorable road connectivity and availability of basic amenities;
   • (p) "Needy School" means a Government school in which a Head of Institution
   • (HoI) or Teachers are required-
     • (i) as per the Pupil-Teacher Ratio prescribed under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009; or
     • (ii) as per staffing norms determined by the Government for the purpose of re-apportionment;
   • (q) "Notification" means a notification issued by the Government and published in the Official Gazette;
   • (r) "Portal" means the Teachers' Registry Portal or such digital platform as may be notified by the Government; "Posting" means placement of an employee in a specific institution;
   • (t) "Prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
   • (u) "Public Interest" means the interest of students, institutions, discipline and effective school administration;
     • (v) "Rationalisation" means the process of equitable distribution and optimal utilization of Teachers and Heads of Institution across schools, based on student strength, pupil-teacher ratio norms, subject requirement, institutional need and administrative exigency, in such manner as may be prescribed;
   • (w) "Schedule" means the Schedule appended to this Act;
     • (x) "School" means all Government schools run by the State Government;
   • (y) "Serious Medical Condition" means a life-threatening, chronic, terminal or severe medical condition requiring continuous or specialised treatment, certified by a Government Medical Board or such competent medical authority as may be prescribed;
   • (z) "State" means the State of Arunachal Pradesh;
   • (za) "Surplus" means excess employees( teaching/non-teaching) identified beyond requirement norms of a school or office;
   • (zb) "Teacher" means all regular Teachers appointed against sanctioned posts in elementary and secondary education institutions under the Directorate of Elementary Education or the Directorate of Secondary Education;
   • (zc) "Teachers' Registry Portal (TRP)" means the centralised, secure, Government-managed digital platform

established for recording and regulating service-related data of teaching and non-teaching staffs by

extension;

1. (zd) "Tenure" means the minimum prescribed period of service at a station;
2. (ze) "Transfer" means posting of a Teacher or employee from one place of working to another under the administrative control of the Education Department.