TGCGTA Expresses Gratitude to the State Government.
HANAMKONDA, JUNE 13, 2026: K. Surender Reddy, State Secretary of the Telangana Government College Gazetted Teachers Association (TGCGTA), stated that the issuance of G.O. 21 by the Government of Telangana is a historic decision in the higher education sector.
This order resolves a long-pending issue of nearly 15 years concerning the applicability of previous service rules for lecturers who initially served as Junior Lecturers (JL) in Government Junior Colleges and were later promoted as lecturers in Government Degree Colleges under the Higher Education Department. With this G.O., such lecturers have now become eligible to receive benefits under the Career Advancement Scheme (CAS).
He expressed special gratitude to Anumula Revanth Reddy, Chief Minister of Telangana, for issuing this G.O. He also thanked CMO Education Secretary Ajith Reddy, Education Department Principal Secretary Yogita Rana, and Higher Education Commissioner Sri Devasena for their efforts in making this possible.
On Saturday, degree lecturers organised a celebratory meeting under the banner of TGCGTA at KDC College in Hanamkonda and conveyed their special thanks to the government.
Speaking on the occasion, K. Surender Reddy said that lecturers who were promoted from Junior Lecturer positions to Degree Lecturer posts had previously been granted the benefit of past service as per employee service rules. However, due to policies followed by governments after 2006, there had been significant delays in recognizing previous service, resulting in major losses for lecturers.
He explained that TGCGTA took this issue very seriously and continuously fought for employees’ rights. The association held several rounds of discussions with government officials and consulted with MLC Sripal Reddy and Member of Parliament Vem Narender Reddy. The issue was ultimately brought to the attention of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, whose intervention led to the resolution through G.O. 21.
On behalf of TGCGTA, he extended special thanks to the state government for addressing this issue. Following this, lecturers organized a felicitation meeting to celebrate the achievement.The programme was attended by TGCGTA Associate President N. Gopi, State Vice President J. Chinna, State Finance Secretary N. Ramesh Goud, Multi Zone-1 Secretary J. Shankaraiah, State Special Advisor Belli Yadaiah, State women secretary Pavani, Kakatiya University Coordinator D. Ramakrishna Reddy, Joint Warangal District President and Secretaries Venkanna, Ravi Kumar, Ramesh, Sudhakar, Ravi Prasad, Srinivas, Kavitha Venkataramana, MD Yakub, Ravinder, Srinivas, Shyam Prasad, Bhageerath, Anil, Ramesh along with district representatives from various districts, primary members, and lecturers from different Government Degree Colleges. This decision is being viewed as a landmark achievement for government degree college lecturers in Telangana’s higher education sector.
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