Joining Time

Comprehensive Guide to Joining Time on Transfers and other occasions for AP/ TG Government Employees

The joining time rules for AP / TG government servants ensure smooth transitions between posts. Joining time is granted for transfers during duty, return from earned leave (up to four months), and return from long leave or deputation abroad. Specific rules apply for remote locality transfers and surplus staff transfers. For training deputations, section officers and assistant section officers receive full joining time. Direct recruitment appointments entitle probationers to joining time and transit pay. Waiting for posting orders on return from leave allows joining time continuation. These guidelines help to government employee transfer policies Rules s effectively.

1. General Conditions
2. Specific Conditions and Exceptions
   1. Temporary Transfers
   2. Vacation Combined with Leave
   3. Training Deputations
   4. Direct Recruitment Appointments
   5. Compulsory Waiting for Posting Orders
   6. Post-Training Posting
3. Restrictions and In eligibility
4. Important Points on Joining Time
   1. Holidays Following Joining Time
   2. Single Day for Non-Residence Change
   3. Holidays and Sundays Count
   4. No Change of Office
   5. Transfer at Request
   6. Sunday Following Joining Time
   7. Commencement of Joining Time

Salient Features of Joining Time Rules on Transfers for Government Servants Explained

Comprehensive Guide to Joining Time on Transfers and other occasions for Government Employees General Conditions

1. Transfer During Duty
   Joining time may be granted to join a post to which the servant is transferred while on duty (FR 105 (a)).
2. Return from Earned Leave
Probationers and approved probationers returning from earned leave of not more than four months may be granted joining time (FR 105 (b), General Rulings under A.P. Leave Rules, 1933).
3. Return from Long Leave/Deputation
   For returns from leave, study leave, or deputation out of India for more than four months, joining time is granted from the post of debarkation or the regular post in India in case of arrival by aircraft (FR 105 (c)).
4. Remote Localities
   Joining time is allowed for proceeding to or returning from remote localities that are not easy to access (FR 105 (d) (i&ii)).
5. Surplus Staff Transfers
   Surplus staff transferred from one post to another are eligible for joining time (FR 105 (e) read with GO.Ms.No. 84, F&P dept., dt 15-4-1981).

Specific Conditions and Exceptions

1. Temporary Transfers
   No joining time is admissible for temporary transfers not exceeding 180 days; only actual transit time is allowed as for journeys on tour (FR 105 (f)).
2. Vacation Combined with Leave
   If vacation is combined with leave and the total duration is less than 120 days, joining time is allowed (Note 1 under FR 105).
3. Training Deputations
   Section officers and Assistant section officers in secretariat,superintendents and senior Assistants in the office of Commissioner of Land Revenue, and Head Quarters Staff of A.P. Ministerial Service, may avail full joining time admissible as on transfer when they are deputed to under go training as Tahsildars and Revenue Inspectors, as the case may be in the Districts (Note 2 under FR10 5 and G.O. Ms.No. 143, Finance dept., dt 27-5-1970) .
4. Direct Recruitment Appointments
   Probationers and approved probationers appointed to the same or another service by direct recruitment are entitled to joining time and transit pay but not traveling allowance (Note 3 under FR 105).
5. Compulsory Waiting for Posting Orders
   When a government servant must wait for posting orders on return from leave, and this period is treated as duty, joining time is allowed in continuation of the waiting period (Note 4 under FR 105).
6. Post-Training Posting
   Government servants posted to a place other than their old headquarters after training are eligible for joining time, which is reckoned from the date of relief from training (FR 105).

Restrictions and In eligibility

1. Extended Earned Leave
   No joining time is admissible when transferred while on earned leave exceeding 120 days (Ruling 4 of FR 106).
2. Extraordinary Leave
   Joining time is not admissible if an employee is on extraordinary leave for more than 14 days (FR 107 (b) (i)).
3. Post-Suspension
   No joining time is allowed after suspension adjudged as a specific penalty (Ruling 4 F under FR 106).
4. No Change of Building
   Joining time is not admissible when the transfer does not involve a change of building (Ruling 4 under FR 106).
5. Casual Leave
   Casual leave should not be prefixed or suffixed to joining time.

Important Points on Joining Time

General Provisions

1. Holidays Following Joining Time
   When holidays follow joining time, the normal joining time may be deemed extended to cover such holidays (G.O.Ms.No.158 Finance department, dated 26-05-1969 read with subsidiary rule 1(b) under FR 106).
2. Single Day for Non-Residence Change
   Not more than one day is allowed to join a new post if it does not involve a change of residence from one station to another.
3. Holidays and Sundays Count
   A holiday or Sunday counts as a day for the purpose of subsidiary rule 1(a) of FR 106.
4. No Change of Office
   No joining time is allowed when the change of post does not involve an actual change of office (subsidiary rule 1(a) of FR 106).

Specific Situations

1. Transfer at Request
   Joining time may be allowed for transfers at the request of the employee, subject to the authority sanctioning the transfer reducing the period if necessary in the public interest (subsidiary rule 13 of FR 106).
2. Sunday Following Joining Time
   The Sunday immediately following the joining time, when the government servant returns to duty on the following Monday, does not form part of the joining time and should be suffixed to it as in the case of holidays for leave purposes (Rule 7 of subsidiary rules under FR 106).
3. Commencement of Joining Time
   Joining time commences from the date of relinquishment of charge of the old post if the charge is made over in the forenoon, or the following date if the charge is made over in the afternoon (G.O.Ms.No.84, Finance department, dated 15-4-1981). The procedure for handing over charge on transfer and the regulation of pay are detailed in rulings 1 and 2 under FR 107.

More Details Read : Circular Memo.No:10445/Ser.D/2011 Dated:01-06-2011