Sparing class III and IV employees from the vagaries of transfer the state government announced new Transfer Policy for this year allowing transfer of only class I and II officers who have completed six years in one district. Besides, government has also decided to construct toilets in 300 state-run girls’ intermediate colleges.
The decisions were taken by the state cabinet that met here on Tuesday. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Government spokesman said that officers of class I and class II would be eligible for transfer if they have completed six years in a district or 10 years in a division with March 31 being the cut-off date.
“Only 10 per cent of the officials can be transferred of a department. Class I officer would be transferred by the government while the class II officer would be transferred by the departmental heads. The last date for completing the transfer is June 30 next,” the spokesman said. Differentially abled persons have been kept out of the purview of this transfer policy.
The Class three-employees who are to retire in next two years can be considered for transfer to their home districts but in the case of class I and class II officers they can get posting in the district of their choice except their home district. In another decision state government has decided to construct toilet blocks in 300 girls’ intermediate colleges. These toilet blocks would be constructed by Sulabh International. It will also be responsible for maintenance of these toilets for next 10 years. Government will give Rs 19.46 lakh for the construction of these toilets. The government has also decided to give pension benefit to the employees of Awas Vikas. Around 5000 employees would be benefited by this decision and it will be applicable only to those employees who have joined before March 31,2005 and have not retired from the service yet.
The state government has also approved a proposal of seeking a loan of Rs 4300 lakh from NCR Planning Board for construction of a bridge on Yamuna which will connect Baghpat of UP and Panipat district of Haryana. The UP government would be spending Rs 5673 lakh on the bridge of which 75 per cent fund would be given by NCR Planning Board as loan.
The state government also decided to go for State Support Agreement on case to case basis for construction of two National Highways. The agreement would be done for early completion of 150 kilometer long Meerut - Delhi expressway and Bareilly-Sitapur section of the NH- 24.