Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

NOTIFICATION

The draft of the following rules to amend the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) Rules, 2022 which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 read with section 8 of the Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1978 (Karnataka Act 14 of 1990), is hereby published as required by clause (a) of sub-section (2) of section 3 of the said Act, for the information of all the persons likely to be affected thereby and notice is hereby given that the said draft will be taken into consideration after fifteen days from the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

Any objection or suggestion which may be received by the State Government from any person with respect to the said draft before the expiry of the period specified above will be considered by the State Government. Objections or suggestions may be addressed to the Principal Secretary to Government, Department of School Education and Literacy, M.S. Building, Bengaluru-560001.

DRAFT RULES

1. Title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) (Amendment) Rules, 2025.

(2) They shall come into force from the date of their final publication in the official Gazette.

2. Amendment of rule 3.- In the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Principal and Lecturers) Rules, 2022 (hereinafter referred as said rules), in rule 3,-

(1) the existing provision shall be re-numbered as sub-rule (1); and

(2) after sub-rule (1), as so re-numbered the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“(2) The Director, pre-university Education Department is also the competent authority to publish vacant posts as per administrative requirements of the Department.”

3. Amendment of rule 6.- In the said rules, in rule 6, in sub-rule (3),-

(1) for clause (a), the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“(a) Inviting applications from Lectures and Principals.”

(2) clause (f), shall be omitted; and

(3) clause (i), shall be omitted.

4. Amendment of rule 7.- In the said rules, rule 7 and entries relating there under shall be omitted.

5. Amendment of rule 11.- In the said rules, in rule 11, in sub-rule (2), under the table, in the entries relating to ‘Exemption or Priority claim’, in third column,-

(1) in sl.no.2 the words “with dependent children”, shall be omitted;

(2) in sl.no.3 the word “Principal”, shall be omitted; and

(3) in sl.no.5 after the words ” or Aided Institution”, the following shall be inserted, namely:-

“NOTE: This shall not apply to PSU’s and shall be considered as priority as per sub-section (5) of section 10 of the Act.”

By order and in the name of the Governor of Karnataka,

(Padmini S.N.),

Under Secretary of Government, School Education and Literacy Department, (Pre-University Education).