Punjab govt issues guidelines for transfers

The Punjab Government today said that transfers of employees would be kept to the barest minimum and would be made against vacant posts, except where it is justified on administrative or compassionate grounds.
Issuing guidelines for the general postings and transfers of officers and officials of the government in the state during 2017-18, an official spokesman said that transfers would be made between May 1 to 31 during the current year.
"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 said.

He 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 both husband and wife are serving, it is desirable to keep them at a station for a period of not more than five years.
Even in the cases where the wife is in government service and the husband is working in private under taking, the same attitude would be adopted, he said.

However, efforts would be made to post unmarried girls and widows at stations suitable to them as far as possible, he said.

The spokesman said that unmarried girls and widows would be given preference over couple cases in the matter of posting and transfers at stations convenient to them.
He 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," he said.