In order to quell 1973’s violent Jai Andhra movement for a separate State, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s Congress Government reached an agreement with the leaders of Andhra Pradesh. That agreement is often called the Six-Point Formula.
As part of that agreement, six new zones were defined. Each zone had a set of districts. Zone 1: Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, and Visakhapatnam, Zone 2: East Godavari, West Godavari, and Krishna, Zone 3: Guntur, Prakasham and Nellore, Zone 4: Chittoor, Cuddapah, Anantapur, and Kurnool, Zone 5: Adilabad, Karimnagar, Warangal, and Khammam, Zone 6: Ranga Reddy, Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Medak, and Nalgonda.
Hyderabad district was categorized separately as it was the State capital.
In the 6-point formula’s zonal agreement, 80% of Class-IV government jobs were reserved to those from their respective native districts. 70% of the non-gazetted posts were reserved for locals of each native zone, and similarly 60% of gazetted posts were reserved for locals of the native zone.
6-Point formula did not apply to certain government posts and these were detailed in Section 14 of the agreement. These included posts in the Secretariat, offices of the Heads of Department, and posts in other State level offices or institutions. Lastly, clause 14(f) excluded police officer posts, hired under the Hyderabad City Police Act, from the agreement.
This 14(f) clause has become a bone of contention over the past several years. The arrangement to allow candidates from all districts of the State to apply for police jobs in the capital city is not unusual. For example, Delhi police recruits from all the states in the country. Its 2009 recruitment notice said: “Recruitment will be held at Delhi for which candidates from all parts of the country…can apply”.
Separatist leaders claimed that opening up of Hyderabad posts to all districts in the State has resulted in jobs being looted by other regions of the State. They have instigated students against the government and people from other regions of the State. ‘14F’ became a rallying call for the students.
So, let us see if the repeal of 14(f) actually benefits those hailing from Nizam districts.
Andhra Pradesh police department, in 2005, compiled a list of police constables working in Hyderabad, but are not natives of the city. They’ve identified a total of 2869 candidates and here is their split by district- Srikakulam: 140, Vizianagaram: 23, Visakhapatnam: 23, East Godavari: 104, West Godavari: 97, Krishna: 113, Guntur: 247, Prakasam: 356, Nellore: 30, Chittoor: 53, Anantapur: 51, Kurnool: 128, Kadapa: 96, Mahabubnagar: 459, Nalgonda: 251, Ranga Reddy: 347, Medak: 125, Nizamabad: 37, Adilabad: 10, Karimnagar: 33, Warangal: 99, Khammam: 47.
If you group these posts by regions- Kosta: 1133 (39%), Rayalaseema: 358 (12%), Nizam: 1408 (49% ).
Now, let us see the percentage population of these regions excluding Hyderabad- Kosta: 44%, Rayalaseema: 19%, Nizam: 38%.
What does this indicate? Nizam region (excluding Hyderabad), despite having 38% population availed 49% of the police constable jobs, whereas Kosta with 44% of the population availed 39% and Rayalaseema with 19% of the population availed 12% of the non-local police constable jobs.
One may argue that with the repeal of 14(f), all the jobs will now go to Hyderabad citizens. However, Hyderabad today is a cosmopolitan city with residents from all regions of the State and all parts of the country living in it. So, jobs in Hyderabad will be availed by people of all regions living in the city and not necessarily from a particular region.
Government of Andhra Pradesh recently issued a notification for the hiring of 2,643 police constables in the city. If past trends were to hold good in the current recruitment phase, who are the worst affected by the repeal of 14(f)? The rural unemployed youth of Mahbubnagar, followed by Prakasam, Ranga Reddy and Nalgonda! These are the four districts that sent highest number of non-locals to the Hyderabad Police Department.
Interestingly, past efforts by the police department to recruit constables from Hyderabad were partially successful. Hyderabadi’s are not interested in taking up constable jobs, when there are less risky and more lucrative jobs available in the city. It is the rural unemployed that are keen on taking up these jobs. Our politicians in their infinite wisdom have fought hard to deny these employment benefits to our rural poor and underprivileged.
With the repeal of 14(f), residents of areas such as Kukatpally, Dilshukhnagar, Uppal, and Narsingi, which are integral part of Hyderabad, are denied job opportunities. These areas come under Ranga Reddy district!
Our politicians in their infinite wisdom have fought hard to deny these employment benefits to our rural poor and underprivileged. As long as our creator continues to shower our leaders with this kind of wisdom, we can be rest assured of our third world country status.
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Chakravarthy gaaru ,
I am bit confused by your analysis. With the repeal of of 14F , only zone 6 guys will be able to work in zone6 . I dont think there is any provision for specific Hyderbad city recruitment. So Mehboobnagar ppl wont loose ,but along with coastal ,seema , Zone 5 districts Adilabad ,Karimnagar, Warangal,Khammam will loose.
hi andhra,
the jobs of state govt are 4 types group 4, group 3, group 2, group1. in that group 4 jobs are reserved to that dist people only(80%). so if u remove 14F the constable jobs(not si,ci) will be reserved to hyderabad dist people only.
so you are saying that all group 4 jobs in each district are reserved for that district only. This is bit strange. My understanding so far has been there is no district wise reservation in any category , we only have zonal reservation in all categories. If you can clarify more ,it would help
not all it is 80%. read the 7,8,9 points of President order.
http://www.aponline.gov.in/Apportal/HomePageLinks/PresidentialOrder/Presidential_Order.pdf
Chakravarthy: Section 14 is based on the premise that certain jobs have to be "state wide" by their very nature. Secretariat, for instance, is located in Hyderabad only because it is the capital. Surely this logic can't extented to policemen?
The beat constable can be more effective if he is familiar with the place he works. A guy who does not understand the local lingo and has never lived in a big city will have far too many adjustment problems.
Contrary to general belief, there is a lot of urban poverty too. The "old" city offers fewer employment opportunities than the "new" one. Muslims are clearly impacted.
A couple of questions if you know the answer. Do you know how many Hyderabadis were on the the 2005 list? Do you have similar data on other section 14 jobs?
The only reason for the police constables excluding is there are attacks on andra people in the 1969 telangana moment. some are beaten, some/few are burned alive. so considering all andhra people feel that there is no security for them in hyderabad. so after jai andhra moment when 6 point formula formed this became one of the main concern for Andhra people. so considering all the concerns the hyderbad city is separated from rest of the old hyderabad dist(current day hyderabad and rangareddy dists) named it as hyderabad dist. and the old hyderabad dist is named as ranga reddy dist. and the constable jobs in hyderabad dist are given to all the people in the state. this is accepted by leaders of Andhra, telangana and muslim groups on that day.
@Air: interesting theory but not sure how true it is. Perhaps T-people felt safer with SA-police as 300+ people died in T-police firing
If it improves the number of Muslims in city police force that is not a bad thing -eh ? not sure whether separatists have bargained for that.
Kiran
100 years since Kolkata lost the crown
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5670436.
Same will be Hyderabad , if division happens and capital shifted.
@Venu: No, it won't. Delhi did not lose its sheen whether the capital was Agra or Calcutta. Simla (the summer capital during the Raj) did not suffer either. You will remember Hyderabad grew even when Aurangabad was the capital.
Calcutta is a special case because the city (and the state) suffered under 30 years of CPM misrule.
Cities have their own momentum independant of "capital" (political HQ) because they have their own "capital" (financial muscle, cultural strengths etc.).
Lastly, the capital will stay in Hyderabad even after division.
Delhi got shine after its becoming capital, not during the period when agra or calcutta was capital. What is the importance of simla now except in tourism. Can you explain me the growth of Hyderabad when aurangabad was capital?
CPM misrule. Many leaders in current movement also have leftists ideologies. They blame it on industrialists from kosta. Do they do it after division and want the hyderabad to grow?
– Lastly, the capital will stay in Hyderabad even after division.
If you are favouring division . What for ? and for how long? permanently.
Why did andhra got divided from Madras state ? What for ?
@ vkc
Maybe it was all pre-planned 
You know, one of those BIG conspiracies 
Why did andhra got divided from Madras state ? What for ?
Maybe the answer is so that you people can ask for a telangana state after 50 odd years
Please see http://jaigottimukkala.blogspot.com/2011/12/interesting-experience-at-intersection.html for a post on a slightly related matter.
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