CM will have final say on transfers

The state government, which had irked courts and tribunals on transfer of public servants, has come out with a set of guidelines to avoid goof-ups in the coming days. The revised guidelines states that general transfers should be made in the month of May and June every year.

The new notification issued also states that there shall be no transfers or deputation after June, except in a few cases like when new posts are created or existing posts fall vacant owing to retirement, promotion, resignation, dismissal, compulsory retirement etc.

Another exception states that transfer can be necessitated only in exceptional cases, with the permission of the chief minister. The notification states that transfer cannot be claimed as a matter of right by the government servants.

It also stated that bringing political pressure for transfers is prohibited and any public servants who does so will face action. The state government also stipulated the number of years a public servant needs to complete in a post before being eligible for a transfer.

As per the rule, public servants holding ‘A’ and ‘B’ group posts must complete three years in a post and ‘C’ group four years and ‘D’ group seven years.

Exceptions will be applicable to those who possess technical qualifications or experience for a particular job for which a suitable replacements is not immediately available. Cases where employees work on a flagship programmes of the Union government that are in the crucial state of implementation and their withdrawal can affect the timely completion of the project too are subjected to exceptions.

Also, if both the spouses are government servants and if one of the spouses is transferred, then the other spouse may also be transferred to the same place or nearby place, depending upon the availability of vacancy, even if one of them has not completed the minimum period to stay.

However, prior permission of the chief minister must be taken by the administrative departments of the secretariat in such cases. The principal secretaries and secretaries of the government should not under any
circumstances issue transfer orders and later seek ratification or post facto approval of the chief minister.