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Schedule VII Sensitive Posts and Transfers 1. Sensitive Posts Sensitive Post' Means A Post Which Is Considered As A Key Decision-Making
Schedule VII Sensitive Posts and Transfers 1. Sensitive Posts Sensitive Post' Means A Post Which Is Considered As A Key Decision-Making
(2) The Chairperson has power to classify a post as a sensitive post and circulate
the list of such posts from time to time.
(a) While all employees are ordinarily considered for transfer after 5 years,
those employees working in sensitive posts/departments shall be
compulsorily rotated / transferred once every 3 years.
(b) Transfer of any employee working in a sensitive post/department, before
completion of minimum period on a post, will be done in public interest after
recording reasons thereof.
(c) Considering the nature and importance of the posts identified as sensitive,
while determining placements, postings and transfers of employees
positioned in these posts will be decided accordingly.
(d) First posting on appointment / promotion of employees shall be to a non-
sensitive post.
(e) There shall be a gap of minimum 3 years between one sensitive posting to
another.
(f) An employee in the subsequent cycle of posting shall not be posted in the
same sensitive post.
2. Transfers
(1) Objective
(2) Applicability
The transfers may be made in all grades of employees of the Authority including
Officers on Special Duty (OSD).
3. Type of transfers
(a) ‘Request Transfer’ means such transfer for which an order is issued by the
Competent Authority considering the request of an employee for his posting
at a station of his choice.
(b) ‘Qualifying service for request transfer’ will be the number of years of stay at
one station at a single stretch, to be reckoned from the date of joining at such
station. However, if an employee avails leave beyond 120 days including all
kinds of leave in a year, such period will not be counted as ‘qualifying service’
for request transfer.
(c) Transfer on request of an employee may be considered on medical
emergency/grounds or other genuine personal reasons subject to availability
of vacancy at that office to which transfer is sought.
(d) Employees with 3 years active service and above can apply for transfer but
the employee whose service is more at that centre will have priority in
transfer.
(e) Any transfer due to personal reasons within a minimum term of three years
subject to administrative approvals will be at employee’s cost.
4. Posting/Stay
(1) The posting of an employee in a department will be generally for three years
except in cases of any disciplinary proceedings initiated/pending. The starting
point for computing the stay in a department shall be the date of joining in that
department.
(2) The stay of an employee at any station for the purposes of transfer will ordinarily
be five years subject to office exigencies and decision of the Competent
Authority. This provision, however, does not apply to Deputy General Manager
and above.
(3) When a certain number of employees are due for moving out of a station to a
new station or by local rotation to new postings in the same station for the
reason of having completed their stay in that station, but cannot be so moved
due to non-availability of vacancies, an employee who has served for longer
period will be transferred first.
(4) On request, the Authority will endeavor to transfer an employee to a centre of
his choice, one or two years prior to retirement, subject to administrative
convenience and availability of vacancy.
(5) Specialized postings - The specialized postings shall be governed by
instructions issued in this regard from time to time. For (i) Actuarial Department,
(ii) Legal Department (iii) Any other Department as decided by the Chairperson
depending on the organizational needs - the conditions as aforesaid shall be
modified to be up to seven years and in case of promotion of employees
working in such departments, it may be at the discretion of the Competent
Authority depending on exigencies of the department and the instructions
issued from time to time.
(6) The period of stay at a centre will be inclusive of all postings in different
departments at that centre. The transferees will be identified on 'First-in-First-
out’ basis.
5. Transfers on promotion
(1) Refusal of promotion to avoid transfer will be dealt with as per rules which may
include cancellation of promotion and non-consideration of his candidature for
promotion in the next round of promotions.
(2) Employees aged more than 58 years may be considered for retention in the
same station on promotion subject to availability of vacancy at that station.
(3) Employees on promotion may be posted in the same station subject to the
vacancy position, provided, the employee was transferred from some other
station within the last 2 years.
(1) All posting orders will indicate a relieving time up to a maximum of 30 days
within which an employee is to be relieved. The relieving shall be mandatorily
carried out before the last date indicated.
(2) Representations, if any, will be addressed to the Chairperson only. Any
representation in respect of posting orders are to be submitted within 15 days of
issue of such orders failing which the same will not be considered. The
representation will be considered by the Competent Authority on a case to case
basis and disposed of within 15 days.
(3) Overstay in the post after a transfer order is issued tantamounts to
misconduct and necessary action will be initiated accordingly as per rules and
instructions in vogue.