State Act

THE KARNATAKA STATE CIVIL SERVICES (REGULATION OF TRANSFER OF TEACHERS) ACT, 2020

3. Compulsory appointment of a teacher to Zone-C.- (1) Every appointing authority while giving first posting on initial appointment or promotion of a teacher shall ensure that vacancies in Zone-C shall be filled in the first instance. Preferably the taluks with more than twenty percent vacancies shall be filled on priority. (2) If no vacancy is available for posting on initial appointment or promotion in Zone-C, vacancy may be created by transfer of willing teachers working in Zone-C who have completed minimum period of service to Zone-B in the order of priority and from Zone B-to Zone-A: Provided that, posting of a teacher to Zone-C on initial appointment or promotion shall not apply to a teacher who has been appointed to a unit of seniority which does not comprise any area under Zone-C: Provided further that, if no vacancies are available in Zone-C even after undertaking process under sub-sections (1) to (2), then a teacher may be posted to a 1[School or Pre-university College]1 in order of Zone-B or Zone-A: Provided also that, if a teacher who has already served more than ten years in Zone-C continuously or fifteen years in Zone-C cumulatively, such teacher on promotion may be posted to a 1[School or Pre-university College]1 in the order to Zone-B or Zone-A through counselling subject to availability of such vacancies. 2[Provided also that, the initial appointment or promotion of Principal or Lecturer shall be to a Government Pre-University College in Zone-C.]2