Punjab Govt. announces Transfer Policy.

The Punjab Government Tuesday issued guidelines for the general postings
and transfers of officers and officials of the government in the state
during 2010-11.


Disclosing this, a spokesman of the Punjab Government said that the
transfers would be done from 04th June, 2010 to 30th June, 2010.


Giving details of the broad guidelines to be adopted for the transfers the
spokesman said that as per the policy of the state government transfers
would be kept to the barest minimum and would be made against vacant post
except where the transfers were justified on administrative or compassionate
grounds.


He also said the employees whether gazetted or non-gazetted due to retire
within next two years, would be allowed to continue in the same district or
at the same station of postings till retirement as far as possible.


Referring to the transfer policy for couple cases, he said that when husband
and wife both were serving the Government it was desirable to keep them at
one station for a period of not more than five years, thereafter they would
be transferred as per the policy. Even in the cases where the wife was in
government service and the husband was working in private under taking, the
same attitude would be adopted.


However, efforts would be made to post unmarried girls and widows at
stations suitable to them as far as possible. The spokesman explained that
unmarried girls and widows would be given preference over couple cases in
the matter of posting and transfers at stations convenient to them


The spokesman further said that to mitigate the suffering of the handicapped
and the blind employees, the state government would be considerate in
posting and transferring them. Sympathetic attitude would be adopted while
posting or transferring a government employee or officers whose child was
mentally challenged and efforts would be made to post them at the place of
their choice.


Adding further, he said that a stay of three years and five years would be
treated respectively as the minimum and maximum period at a particular
place. Similarly for employees transferable within the state particularly
Group 'A' and Group 'B' officers, no employee would be allowed to serve in
one district beyond a period of 7 years in his center service, within
particular office, seats having sensitive nature of work such as extensive
public dealings, establishment, monetary sanctions etc. would be clearly
defined and maximum stay would be kept at 2 years.


Premature transfers i.e. transfer of any employee before he has completed
minimum three years would not be ordered except under rare circumstances of
punishment or clearly spelt out administrative reasons, the spokesman
clarified.


The employees or officers who were posted in the border areas, bet areas and
Kandi areas would remain there for a minimum period of 2 years, he added.