The department has decided to transfer all administrative support personnel who have completed three years in a single post

Metro India News | AMARAVATI

In a bold administrative move aimed at curbing corruption and improving governance, the Andhra Pradesh Health Department has initiated a comprehensive transfer policy targeting long-standing staff and underperforming senior officials. The decision follows approval from Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who sanctioned special exemptions for the department to restructure its workforce more effectively.

For the first time, administrative staff who have served at the same post for more than three years will be transferred — a deviation from the standard five-year rule — as part of the department's anti-corruption strategy. The transfer drive will also apply performance-based criteria to senior doctors, principals of government medical colleges, and superintendents of teaching and specialty hospitals.

It is revealed that several allegations of corruption and administrative irregularities have surfaced against lower-level support staff such as junior assistants, senior assistants, accountants, and office managers. Many of these staff members have remained in the same post for extended periods, leading to entrenched practices and misuse of power.

In response, the department has decided to transfer all administrative support personnel who have completed three years in a single post — a policy being implemented for the first time. Officials stated that these transfers would send a strong message against corruption and reinforce accountability.

The transfers will also affect 37 senior doctors, including principals of government medical colleges, superintendents of affiliated teaching hospitals, and specialty hospitals, who currently hold key administrative roles, including positions equivalent to Additional Director of Medical Education (ADME).

Officials stated that although some of these officers have not yet completed five years in their current roles, their transfers are being executed based on their performance and administrative needs. Several among them reportedly failed to meet expected performance standards.