The State government on Friday issued guidelines for transfers and postings of employees through a GO.
Through the new order, the government relaxed ban on transfers for the period from June 10 to June 20, 2016, to ensure right placement of employees to secure optimum productivity and commitment to furtherance of the government’s development objectives.
The transfers would be done by the competent authorities as per the existing orders of delegation subject to the existing GOs and conditions prescribed. All transfers would be done on the basis of performance based counselling in a transparent manner. The performance criteria for various categories of employees would be evolved by the competent authorities. Wherever required, self appraisal may be obtained quickly from the employees.
The process of counselling will begin on June 15 and end by June 17. The competent authority effecting transfers shall draw up and publish detailed schedule for counselling for each category indicating the date and time. The slots and the venue for counselling shall be publicised in such a manner that all employees know the slot and venue well in advance enabling them to attend the counselling.
As per the guidelines, no employee would be transferred before completion of three years of service in a particular duty station as on June 1, 2016, and no person be retained beyond five years of service in a particular station to the extent possible. In case of ITDA areas, the minimum mandatory service may be two years, other than for local cadre employees.
The revenue earning departments — Commercial Taxes, Prohibition and Excise, Stamps and Registration, Transport, and Service Departments such as Education (School Education and Higher Education), Health, Medical and Family Welfare and Agriculture Departments — which have unique operational systems have been exempted from these guidelines. The criterion for these departments is performance only. In case of revenue earning departments, the minimum period of eligibility for transfer is 2 years. In case of service departments like Education, Medical Health and Agriculture Departments, the criteria would be performance based counselling as in case of other departments.
All transfers will be done on the basis of performance-based counselling in a transparent manner
