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Hundreds of Andhra Home Guards Await Telangana Repatriation
When Andhra Pradesh was divided and Telangana was created in 2014, some Home Guards remained working in Telangana.
There are about 400 to 500 of them.
Their families often live in Andhra Pradesh, so traveling home during emergencies can be difficult.
They also have Andhra Pradesh identity and residence documents.
Because they work in Telangana but are considered non-locals there, they may miss some recruitment and welfare benefits.
They also cannot fully use some benefits from Andhra Pradesh while working in Telangana.
About 300 Home Guards in Andhra Pradesh reportedly want to move to Telangana.
The workers say the two states could solve the problem through mutual transfers.
Police officials say the issue is being considered and that a decision will come soon.
Around 400 to 500 Andhra Pradesh Home Guards have continued working in Telangana since the 2014 state bifurcation.
They were not systematically allocated or transferred because Home Guards were classified as volunteers rather than permanent government employees.
Many workers face family emergencies, welfare-access problems and exclusion from Telangana recruitment benefits because they are treated as non-locals.
About 300 Home Guards serving in Andhra Pradesh reportedly want to move to Telangana through possible mutual transfers.
Representations to both state governments remain pending, while police officials say a decision will be made soon.
- Who
- Around 400 to 500 Home Guards from Andhra Pradesh who continue to serve in Telangana, along with about 300 Home Guards in Andhra Pradesh seeking transfers to Telangana.
- What
- They are seeking inter-state repatriation or mutual transfers between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.
- Where
- The affected Home Guards serve mainly in Telangana, including Hyderabad, while many of their families live in Andhra Pradesh.
- When
- The issue has continued for about 11 years since the 2014 bifurcation of undivided Andhra Pradesh.
- Why
- They were not systematically allocated after bifurcation and face family, recruitment-benefit and welfare-access difficulties because of their cross-state status.
Home Guards' Concerns
Police Officials' Response
Urgency of transfers
Home Guards' Concerns
Home Guards say prolonged separation from families creates hardship during illness and other emergencies, and they want the two states to arrange mutual transfers on humanitarian grounds.
Police Officials' Response
Senior police officials say the matter has been delayed but remains under consideration, adding that efforts are being made to send as many Home Guards as possible.
Current status
Home Guards' Concerns
The workers say representations to the Andhra Pradesh and Telangana governments are still pending and want the issue included in bilateral bifurcation discussions.
Police Officials' Response
Officials say Home Guards should not worry and that a decision regarding the transfers will be made soon.
Key facts
- Affected workers
- Approximately 400 to 500 Andhra Pradesh Home Guards remain in Telangana.
- Bifurcation
- The issue began after the division of undivided Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
- Major source districts
- Many affected Home Guards are from Guntur, Krishna and Kurnool districts.
- Current deployments
- Some serve in Hyderabad traffic and law-and-order wings.
- Potential transfers
- Around 300 Home Guards working in Andhra Pradesh reportedly want to move to Telangana.
- Government response
- Police officials said the matter is under consideration and a decision will be made soon.
Quotes
Senior police officials
Police officials discussing the pending inter-state repatriation of Home Guards
“A decision regarding this will be made soon; it will not take longer. Home Guards need not worry.”
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