Public
Services – H uman Resources – Transfers a nd Postings of Employees – Guidelines
/Instructions-Modification Orders – Is sued.
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G.O Ms No : 57 Dt,:08.05.2018
In
supersession of orders issued in the r eference eighth read above, the Government
hereby issue following guidelines for transfer of employees for 2018 .
2.
The existing b an on transfer of employees i mposed vide
reference 5th cited is relaxed for the pe riod from 5th May,
2018 to 4th June, 2018 to ensure rig ht placement of emp
loyees to secure optimum productivity and commitment to furtherance of
Government’s development objectives.
Principles for Transfers and Postings
3.
The followin g principles may be adopted w hile effecting
transfer of employees:
A.
Transfers
shall be effected only on the f ollowing grounds.
i. Mutual
Grounds
ii. On Request.
B. Employees
seeking transfer on these g rounds shall have completed three ye ars of
continuous service as on 1st May,2018 in all cadres at the pres ent station. Station
means p lace (City, Town, Village) of actual working for the purpose of
transfers and not office or instituti on.
C. Transfers
on request shall be considere d by the competent authority only against an
existing clear vacancy.
i.
Request transfers shall be considered by the
competent au thorities only in respect of em ployees fulfilling one or more of
the conditions mentioned belo w:
a.
Visually
challenged persons.
b. Employees with disabilities of 4 0% or more as certified by a
competent authority as per “persons with disabilities”.
c. Husband and Wife cases
(only one of the spouses shall be shifted
following the prescribed procedure). Once the facility is utilized, the next
request can be made only after eight years.
d. Employees having mentally
challenged children to a place where medical
facilities are available.
e.
Widow employee appointed on Compassionate basis.
f. Medical grounds for the diseases (either self or spouse or
dependent children and dependent parents) of Cancer, Open Heart Operations,
Neuro Surgery, Kidney Transplantation to places where such facilities
available.
ii. While considering the request transfers based on above
conditions, preference shall be given to the employee with the longest tenure
at a particular duty station, seniority in the cadre and outstanding performance
record.
D. In
case of mutual transfers, both the employees seeking transfer on mutual grounds
shall have completed three (3) years of service as on 1st
May,2018 at their present respective stations.
E. Transfers
on mutual grounds or request grounds shall not be done between the offices
located in same station.
Procedure for Transfers
a.
The
relaxation on transfers shall be effective from 5th May, 2018 to 4th June, 2018.
b. All
the transfers shall be effected by the competent authorities as per the existing
orders of delegation subject to the existing Government Orders and conditions
prescribed.
c.
The
following procedure may be prescribed while undertaking this exercise:
i)
The department must undertake the transfer exercise in a
transparent process using IT application.
ii)
The authority effecting transfers shall notify the
existing vacancies category-wise by 10th May, 2018.
iii)
The vacancies and the preferences of employees shall be
exhibited at a prominent place in the premises of the office as well as in
Departmental web site.
iv)
All the applications on request / mutual transfers shall
reach the competent authority on or before 15th May 2018. The competent authority
shall examine/scrutinize the applications and shall process them on or before
24th May
2018. The orders of transfer shall be issued by the competent authority by 30th May
2018. All the transferred employees shall join in the new places on or before
the AN of 4th June 2018 without fail.
d. The
Head of the Department concerned is responsible for the implementation of the
transfer orders in the most transparent manner possible without giving any
scope for complaints / allegations. Any violation of these guidelines will be
viewed seriously by the Government.
Exceptions:
a. These
guidelines are applicable to all the departments including the revenue earning
departments viz. i) Commercial Taxes; ii) Prohibition & Excise; iii) Stamps
& Registration; iv) Transport, Medical & Health, Agriculture and
Non-teaching staff of Educational Institutions of Education & Welfare
Departments.
b. These guidelines are not applicable to teaching staff
of Education & Welfare Departments (School Education, Higher (Intermediate
& collegiate) Education, Technical Education and Residential institutions
etc.).
4. The
requests of the employees having any charges /ACB/Vigilance cases pending
against him / her shall not be considered for transfer. The authority shall
indicate this fact clearly against the name of that employee if there is any
request for transfer.
5. No TA
/ DA will be paid to the employees as these transfers are effected at their
request.
6.
The
ban on transfers shall come into force with effect from 5th JUNE, 2018.
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