Categories of Employee Transfers in Post Offices

Categories of Transfers in Department of Psots

1. Transfer on Administrative Grounds
2. Transfer on Repatriation
3. Transfer on Compassionate Grounds
4. Transfer on Request

1. Transfer on Administrative Grounds:

i) On functional requirement of the organization.

ii) On completing the Service tenure.

iii) On administrative exigencies e.g. disciplinary action under Rule 14 of the CCS (CC&A) Rules 1965, ongoing vigilance proceedings against any officer/staff, wherein his posting at same station will be detrimental to the ongoing proceedings till the closure of Vigilance case.

iv) Notwithstanding anything contained in this policy, Govt. may, if considered necessary in public interest can transfer or post any officer/staff at any station or post.

2. Transfer on Repatriation:

i) It stipulates transfer on repatriation subject to availability of vacancies.

ii) Officers/staff may be repatriated to their Home Stations after completion of minimum tenure subject to availability of vacancies.

3. Transfer on Compassionate Ground:

i) Posting of Husband & Wife at the same station as per DoPT’s OM No. 28034/2/97-Estt. (A) dated 12-06-97 will be followed.

ii) Request for transfer on Medical grounds will be considered after due verification from a medical board, if deemed necessary.

iii) Physically challenged employee shall be considered for transfer as defined in para 8 of DoPT’s O.M. No. 36035/3/2004/Estt. (RES) dated 29-12-2005 on the subject ‘Reservation for the Persons with Disabilities’.

iv) Employee due for superannuation within 02 years may request for the last posting at his choice station for consideration.

4. Transfer on Request: Will be considered on case to case basis by competent authority.