(1) These Rules may be called The Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teaching Staff of Department of Technical Education) Rules, 2021.
(2) The provisions of this Rule shall be applicable to teaching staff of the Department of Technical Education as specified in the Schedule.
(3) They shall come into force from thedate oftheir 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/her 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 (Technical 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 computerizedcounselling by giving opportunity to a person considered for appointment or transfer to opt for a place or postavailable as per these Rules;
(f) "Government" means the Government of Karnataka;
(g) “Government College”means all Colleges belonging to the State Government that includes Government Engineering Colleges, Government Polytechnic’s andGovernment Junior Technical Schools and all other Government Collegeswhich comes under the purview of the Department of Technical Education.
(h) “Lien”has the same meaning as defined in Karnataka Civil Services Rules, 1958;
(i) “Person with benchmark disability” means person with benchmarkdisability as defined in the 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;
(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;
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(ii) List of diseases as notified by the Government in case of an employee's spouse and children.
(n) "Spouse case" means a case where 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 office or Government Engineering College or Government Polytechnic or Government Junior Technical Schools where he/sheis having regular posting to another office or Government Engineering College or Government Polytechnic or Government Junior Technical Schools of Department of Technical Education through counselling;
(r) "Workload" means the subject wise workload on the basis of student strength ofprevious academic year.
(s) "Zone" means the specific areas classified as Zone for the purpose ofappointment or transfer of teaching staff and includes-
(i) "Zone-A" means area within the limits of the Bruhat Bengaluru MahanagaraPalike.
(ii) "Zone–B" means all areas within the limits of the BangaloreDevelopment Authority and areas falling within the limits of CityCorporations constitutedunder The Karnataka MunicipalCorporationsAct 1976(Karnataka Act 14 of 1977), excluding theareas falling under Zone-A.
(iii) “Zone–C” means all District Head Quartersand all City Municipal Councils constitutedunder The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 1976 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1977)excluding the area falling under Zone-A and Zone-B;
(iv) “Zone-D” means all other areas excluding those falling under Zone-A, Zone-B and Zone-C.
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