THE KARNATAKA STATE CIVIL SERVICES (REGULATION OF TRANSFER OF TEACHERS) (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2021
(Received the assent of the Governor on the 1st day of October 2021)
KARNATAKA ACT NO. 27 OF 2021
(First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the 5th day of October 2021)
An Act to amend the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) Act, 2020.
Whereas it is expedient to amend the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) Act, 2020 (Karnataka Act 04 of 2020) for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the Seventy second year of the Republic of India, as follows:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) (Amendment) Act, 2021.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from 29th day of April 2021.
2. Amendment of section 10.- In the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) Act, 2020 (Karnataka Act 04 of 2020), in section 10, after sub-section (5), the following shall be inserted, namely:-
“(6) In case of a teacher who was transferred on compulsory transfer, zonal transfer or under rationalisation outside the taluk in case of a primary school teacher or district in case of a high school teacher during the year 2019-20 shall also be provided an opportunity to opt a place of transfer within the taluk or district where they were working during the year 2019- 20 as a onetime measure ahead of other types of transfers subject to the availability of vacancies so as to give the benefit of posting within the concerned taluk or district in the transfer done immediately after the date of commencement of the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Teachers) (Amendment) Act, 2021 in the manner as may be prescribed."
3. Repeal and savings.- (1) The Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of transfer of Teachers) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2021 (Karnataka Ordinance 04 of 2021) is hereby repealed.
(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the principal Act, as amended by the said Ordinance, shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act, as amended by this Act.
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