(1) These Rules may be called The Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teaching Staff of Department of Collegiate Education) Rules, 2021.
(2) The provisions of these rules shall be applicable to teaching staff of the Department of Collegiate Education as specified in the Schedule.
(3) They shall come into force from the date of their publication in the official Gazette.
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2. Definitions-(1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires, -
(a) "Actual working" means working of teaching staff at the place where his daily attendance is recorded;
(b) "Appointment" means appointment by direct recruitment by absorption or by promotion;
(c) "Appointing Authority" means authority competent to make appointment to any teaching staff in the Karnataka Education Department Service (Collegiate Education Department);
(d) "Competent Authority" means the Commissioner of Collegiate and Technical Education who is competent to transfer under these Rules;
(e) “Counselling” means process of computerized counselling by giving opportunity to a person considered for appointment or transfer to opt for a place or post available as per these Rules;
(f) "Government" means the Government of Karnataka;
(g) “Government First Grade College” means all First Grade Colleges belonging to the State Government that include Government First Grade Colleges, Government Women’s Colleges, Model Residential First Grade Colleges, Government Law Colleges and all other Government Colleges which come under the purview of the Department of Collegiate Education and offering Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses;
(h) “Lien” has the same meaning as defined in Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1958;
(i) “Person with benchmark Disability” means person with benchmark disability as defined in Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (Central Act 49 of 2016) and Rules issued there under;
(j) "Proforma" means the form specified by the Competent Authority;
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(k) “Regular Posting” means place of posting of teaching staff where the lien of the teaching staff lies;
(l) "Schedule" means Schedule appended to these Rules;
(m) "Serious ailments" means,
(i) List of diseases as notified by the Government in case of an employee;
(ii) List of diseases as notified by the Government in case of an employee's spouse and children.
(n) “Spouse case” means a spouse of the teaching staff who is an employee of State or Central Government or nationalized banks or Government owned public sector undertaking or enterprise or corporation or board or Aided Employee of Government Aided Private Educational Institutions or State University;
(o) “Sufficient Workload” means the workload specified as sufficient by the Competent Authority;
(p) “Teaching Staff” means those employees enumerated in Schedule appended to these Rules;
(q) "Transfer" means posting of a teaching staff from one Government First Grade College where he/she is having regular posting to another Government First Grade College of Department of Collegiate Education through counselling;
(r) “Workload” means the subject wise workload on the basis of student strength of previous academic year.
(s) "Zone" means the specific areas classified as Zone for the purpose of appointment or transfer of teaching staff and includesa. “Zone-A” means area within the limits of Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike:
b. “Zone–B” means all areas within the limits of the Bengaluru Development Authority and areas falling within the limits of City Corporations constituted under The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 4 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977), excluding the areas falling under Zone-A.
c. “Zone–C” means all District Head Quarters and all City Municipal Councils constituted under The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977), excluding the area falling under Zone-A and Zone-B;
d. “Zone-D” means all Taluk Head Quarters and all Town Municipal Councils constituted under The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977), excluding those areas falling under Zone-A, Zone-B and Zone-C.
e. “Zone-E” means all other areas excluding those falling under Zone-A, Zone-B, Zone-C and Zone-D.
(2) words and expressions used, but not defined in these rules shall have the same meaning assigned to them in the Karnataka State Civil Service (General Recruitment) Rules, 1977.