No.

12-11/2010-STG-I
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Telecommunications
Sanchar Bhawan, New Delhi - 110001
Dated: 30.01.2014

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: - Transfer and Posting policy for officers of ITS I GCS Group 'A' and
officers of TES I GCS Group 'B'.
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The existing transfer and posting policy for the officers of ITS I GCS Group 'A' and
officers of TES I GCS Group 'B' has been reviewed keeping in view the directions of
DoP&T vide No.11013/10/2013-Estt.A dated 24.12.2013 and revised transfer and posting
policy for transfer and posting of officers of ITS I GCS Group 'A' and officers of TES I
GCS Group 'B' is hereby issued with immediate effect and until further orders in
supersession of all previous instructions on the subject as follows:­

1. Scope:­

1.1 All inter-unit transfers shall be handled by DoT in accordance with the
principles enumerated in this policy. DoT (Hq.), TEC, each RTEC,
NTIPRIT, each TERM Cell and each Security unit at different stations shall
be treated as a unit. The units may be notified from time to time.

1.2 The transfer and posting shall be decided by the competent authority after
taking into consideration the recommendations made by the Placement
Committees constituted for this purpose as mentioned in para-2 of this
policy.

1.3 Posting of Officers from DoT to BSNL/ MTNL and vice-versa shall be
handled by DoT keeping in view the requirement of officers in
BSNL/MTNL/DoT and availability of officers.

1.4 On posting of officers from DoT Units to BSNL/MTNL or between BSNL

and MTNL, specific posting will be decided by the PSU to which the
services of the officers are placed as per transfer & posting policy of the
concerned PSU.

1.5 The processing of transfer cases shall be in accordance with the "Channel of
Submission & Level of Final Disposal" prescribed by O&M section of DoT
from time to time.

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2. Placement Committees for making recommendations for transfer & posting:­

The Placement Committees for making recommendations for transfer and

posting of the officers shall be as follows:­

(i) Placement Committee for the transfer & posting of the officers of SAG and
above level shall comprise of Secretary (T) as Chairman and Member (S),
Member (T) as Members. DDG(Estt.) will act as Convener of the Committee;

(ii) Placement Committee for the transfer & posting of the officers of JAG level
shall comprise of Member(S) as Chairman and Advisor (0), Advisor (T) as
Members. DDG(Estt.) will act as Convener of the Committee;

(iii) Placement Committee for the transfer & posting of the officers of STS and
below level shall comprise of Director (Staff), Director (Estt.) and US (SGT), to
be chaired by the senior of the two Directors

3. Types of Transfer:­

3.1 Transfer of an officer can be carried out under following categories:

a) Transfers in exigencies of service, which can be carried out to meet

specific requirement of post or desirable expertise, or for other
administrative reasons.

b) Rotational transfer, which can be carried out after completion of post

or station tenure.

c) Request transfer, which may be carried out considering the request of

individual officer, subject to administrative feasibility.
4. Tenure:­

4.1 The normal tenure for a post shall be 5 years. Tenure for a post identified as
sensitive shall be 3 years or as per guidelines issued by eve from time to
time.
4.1.1 The minimum tenure for a post shall normally be of 2 years.

4.2 The normal tenure for posting at a station shall be 6 years except for NCR
and Delhi where the station tenure shall be 8 years.

4.3 Tenure for postings in stations Classified as hard areas shall be in accordance
with relevant Government instructions issued from time to time.

4.4 The period spent by an officer, while posted at a station, in current grade and
one grade below shall be counted towards station tenure.

4.5 Where an officer requests for transfer from/to a station for personal
compulsions, such request shall be considered, if administrative!

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 even before completion of two years in the post/ station, subject to other
relevant provisions of this policy.

4.6 Period of posting of more than two years/specified period in case of hard
tenure station spent away from station shall be treated as break from station
tenure. In case such period is less than two years/specified period in case of
hard tenure station, the total period before and after such break, excluding
period spent away from the station, shall be counted towards station tenure.

4.7 Period spent by an officer outside DoT, whether on deputation, training,

leave or placement of his services to a PSU at the same station shall not be
counted towards station tenure.

4.8 For hard tenure stations, periods of leave, training etc. in excess of 30 days
per year would be excluded and only the actual time the officer has served at
the station shall be taken into account for counting the station tenure.

5. Transfer Principles:

5.1 Rotational Transfer:

5.1.1 All rotational transfer to be effected in a year shall normally be considered in

the month of February of the concerned year, so that transfer orders are
issued by the end of March of the same year. For this purpose options for the
choice of stations shall be required to be submitted by the officers by l 51h
January of the year. However, submission of choice shall not confer any
right to the officer to be posted only to the opted station.

5.1.2 In case of rotational Transfer, counting of period of stay in a post/station

(except hard tenure postings) shall be done as on 31st March of the concerned
year.

5.1.3 Officers, who are within two years ofreaching the age of superannuation and
already posted at the station of their choice, shall normally not be transferred.

5.1.4 For rotational transfer, officers shall be considered in order of their length of
stay at a station, in descending order.

5.1.5 Rotational transfer to other station shall not be resorted to during the periods
of austerity measures announced by Government. However, rotational
transfer based upon completion of post tenure shall continue to be resorted
to.

5 .1.6 Where more than one officer from the same unit are being considered for
rotational transfer out of a unit not more than l/3'd number of officers of the
total working strength of the unit shall normally be transferred out in a year
in order to avoid major disruption of activities of that unit. This limit shall
be separately applied for JAG and above as one group and Group 'B' to STS
level as another group.
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 5.2 Other Transfers:­

5.2.1 Normally, other transfers shall also be considered along with rotational
transfers to be effected in a year. However, request transfers, transfers in
exigencies of service and those on completion of Hard Area tenure shall be
considered as and when required.

5.2.2 Request of officers, who are within two years of reaching the age of
superannuation, for posting to a station of their choice, shall be given
preference subject to administrative feasibility.

5.2.3 Request transfer of an officer before completion of two years in post/station

shall be on his own cost.

6. General Principles:­

6.1 As far as possible and within administrative exigencies, the transfers and
postings will be done in such a way that officers in general get an
opportunity to serve in various units catered to by the cadre.

6.2 All efforts will be made to see that guidelines laid down by DoP&T in the
matter such as posting of husband and wife, SC/ST officers, differently-abled
officers and officers having differently-abled children, etc. are followed.

6.3 Officers against whom disciplinary proceedings are pending for major
penalty may not be posted against sensitive posts.

6.4 Notwithstanding the above guidelines, the competent authority may transfer
or retain the officer(s) at/from a particular station/post in the interest of
service, as and when required, by recording reasons in writing, thereof.

6.5 In case where officers try to influence transfer through means other than
proper channel, action will be taken as per Clause 20 of the CCS (Conduct)
Rules. This rule envisages that "No Government servant shall bring or
attempt to bring any political or other outside influence to bear upon any
superior authority to further his interests in respect of matter pertaining to his
service under government".

This issues with the approval ofHon'ble MOC&IT.

30\1\~n\'-(
(N.R. Bishnoi)
Director (Staff)
Tel: 23711391/23036645

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Copy to:­

1. PS to Hon'ble MOC⁢
2. PS to Hon'ble MOS C&IT(D)/(Dr. KK)
3. PPS to Secretary (T), DOT;
4. PPS to Member(S)/Member(T)/Member(F)
5. Advisor(T)/ Advisor(O)/Advisor (F), DoT
6. Administrator, USOF/Sr. DDG, TERM/Sr.DDG, USOF/Sr.DDG (BW)/AS (T) DOT
/Sr. DDG, TEC, New Delhi.
7. All DDsG, DoT(Hq.)/JS (A)/JS (T);
8. CMD BSNL/MTNL;
9. General Secretary, ITSA
10. General Secretary, DoT Engineering Officers Association
11. Guard file.
12. Director (IT) with request to upload this OM on the website of DOT.

(D.N. Sah)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Tel.No.2371657

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