The Chhattisgarh Government on Thursday announced its transfer policy for the year 2014-15.As per the circulars issued to all the departmental heads, divisional commissioners and district collectors of the State, the district and state-level transfers will be done fromJune 16 to July 15 this year. The employees can submit their applications anytime between June 6 and June 16, 2014.
In the circulars, it was informed that transfer of Grade-III and Grade-IV employees will be carried out by the district collector while approval from the Minister In-charge of the respective area will also be needed.Transfer application of maximum 10 per cent staff of Grade-III level employees and maximum 5 per cent staff of Grade-IV employees will be considered. However, mutual transfers of the employees, who will also be ready to bear the transfer expenses, will not be counted in this limit.
The district collectors will also ensure that vacant government posts in Scheduled Caste (SC) area is to be filled in while efforts should be made to maintain a balance in filling the vacant posts in urban and rural areas.In the circular, norms have also been described regarding transfer of the employees working in the district and divisional level offices.
Once issued, implementation of the transfer orders should be complied with by July 30, 2014.Applications of the married couple, who apply for their transfer at the same place, should be considered after examining the current circumstances.After releasing the transfer orders on July 15, there will be a complete ban on the transfer process at the district and divisional level. However, there is also a provision of giving relaxation in the rules and considering transfer requests made in special and very much required circumstances, the circular stated.