diff --git a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/organisation/staff/service/StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl.java b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/organisation/staff/service/StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
index f66cb34a5..5f2f7e79b 100644
--- a/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/organisation/staff/service/StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
+++ b/mifosng-provider/src/main/java/org/mifosplatform/organisation/staff/service/StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl implements StaffReadPlatformService {
             sqlBuilder.append("s.mobile_no as mobileNo, s.is_active as isActive ");
             sqlBuilder.append("from m_office o ");
             sqlBuilder.append("join m_office ohierarchy on o.hierarchy like concat(ohierarchy.hierarchy, '%') ");
-            sqlBuilder.append("join m_staff s on s.office_id = ohierarchy.id ");
+            sqlBuilder.append("join m_staff s on s.office_id = ohierarchy.id and s.is_active=1 ");
 
             if (loanOfficersOnly) {
                 sqlBuilder.append("and s.is_loan_officer is true ");
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class StaffReadPlatformServiceImpl implements StaffReadPlatformService {
 
         final Long defaultOfficeId = defaultToUsersOfficeIfNull(officeId);
 
-        final String sql = "select " + this.lookupMapper.schema() + " where s.office_id = ?";
+        final String sql = "select " + this.lookupMapper.schema() + " where s.office_id = ? and s.is_active=1 ";
 
         return this.jdbcTemplate.query(sql, this.lookupMapper, new Object[] { defaultOfficeId });
     }