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Transitory provisions SCHEDULE - I SCHEDULE – II STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS I Act 2 of 2011.- It is considered necessary to regulate transfer of Medical Officers as well as other staff in Health and Family Welfare Department and Ayush Department, so as to ensure availability of Medical officers and other staff in Government hospitals in rural areas, thereby achieving the following objectives, namely:- (a) Transparency in transfer through process of counseling; (b) Ensuring minimum years of service in rural area in respect of Medical Officers and other staff; (c) Ensuring that Specialists or Senior Specialists work in a post commensurate with heir qualification. 2 Hence, the Bill. (L.C.Bill No. 01 of 2011, File No:Samvyashae 03 Shasana 2011) (Entry 41 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India.) II Amending Act 34 of 2017.- There are more number of officers and staff who have completed ten years of service in a same place. In order to transfer them in public interest it is considered necessary to increase the five percent of transfer of Medical Officers and Other Staff to fifteen percent by amending section 6 of the Karnataka State Civil Services (Regulation of transfer of Medical Officers and other Staff) Act, 2011 Hence the Bill, [L.A. Bill No.23 of 2017, File No. Samvyashae 30 Shasana 2017] [entry 41 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] III Amendment Act 70 of 2025:- It is considered necessary to amend The Karnataka State Civil Service (Regulation of Transfer of Medical Officers and other Staff) Act, 2011 to provide for,- (a) Definitions of the word's critical posts, administrative posts, Greater Bengaluru area, Special category of persons etc., to enable Government to make rules for posting to these posts. (b) Making rules regarding the manner of posting to project posts and administrative posts. (c) Omission of certain spent and redundant provision in the Act. (d) Appeal to the prescribed authority by persons who are aggrieved by the order of the competent authority to make transfer, under this Act. (e) Certain consequential amendments are also made. As the matter was urgent and both houses of the state legislature were not in session the Karnataka Civil Services (Regulation of Transfer of Medical Officers and other Staff) (Amendment) Ordinance, 2025 (Karnataka Ordinance 05 of 2025) was promulgated to achieve the above object. This Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance. Hence, the Bill. [L.A. Bill No. 28 of 2025, File No. SAMVYASHAE 34 SHASANA 2025] [Entry 41 of List II and entry 26 of List III of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India] [Published in Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary No.581 in part-IVA dated:12.09.2025] 3 KARNATAKA ACT No. 2 OF 2011 (First Published in the Karnataka Gazette Extra-ordinary on the Third day of February, 2011) THE KARNATAKA STATE CIVIL SERVICES (REGULATION OF TRANSFER OF MEDICAL OFFICERS AND OTHER STAFF) ACT, 2011 (Received the assent of the Governor on the First day of February, 2011) (As amended by Act 34 of 2017 and 70 of 2025) An Act to provide for regulation of transfer of medical officers and other staff of the department of Health and Family Welfare so as to ensure the availability of medical officers and other staff in Government hospitals in rural areas. Whereas, it is expedient to provide for regulation of transfer of medical officers and other staff so as to ensure the availability of medical officers and other staff in Government hospitals in rural areas and for the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto; Be it enacted by the Karnataka State Legislature in the sixty first year of the Republic of India, as follows:-