Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 22: The Education Department today notified its new policy banning mid-term transfer of teaching staff, proposing tenure of the teachers between two and three years excepting Ladakh and higher reaches, where it will be one year, posting of spouses in same general area, inter-cadre transfer of lady official in case of marriage after five years of service and giving suitable posting to the officials before one year of retirement.
The new transfer policy for employees of School Education Department was issued today vide Government Order No. 622-Edu of 2015.
“There will be no mid-term transfers of teaching staff members. The schedule for transfers in Summer Zone will be from June 1 to July 31 and in the Winter Zone from January 1 to February 28,” the transfer policy said.
However, in view of different academic years for Summer and Winter Zones, the timing of transfers would not apply to the transfers involving change from one Zone to another.
“This will also not apply to postings of officials upon their promotion, revocation of suspension, resumption of duties after training/leave or on issues related to performance and rationalization,” the policy document said, adding that transfers in respect of Ladakh region will be in accordance with the policy laid down by the Ladakh Affairs Department.
“Tenure of the teachers at one place would ordinarily be two years and maximum three years. However, the tenure in respect of Zone-III areas like Ladakh and other upper reaches shall be one year for any person, not otherwise resident of that area or not belonging to the said district cadre,” it said. After an official serves in Zone-III, he/she will necessarily be given posting of preference for two years.
The Policy documents said the official shall generally have to serve in difficult areas on promotion, whether immediately or later, unless specifically excluded by the Administrative Department. Official recruited from areas that give reservation benefit shall ordinarily be required to serve the prescribed period in such areas.
In another significant decision, the transfer policy said: “to the extent possible, the spouses shall be posted in the same general area. In case of marriage, inter-cadre transfer of lady official shall be allowed provided they have served for five years in their parent cadre (district/division). However, such transfer will be subject to availability of vacancies and department’s requirements.
“To the extent possible, married lady officials with children, widows and divorcee female officials would be posted at the places from where they can return home after duty. Subject to the availability of post, officials with specially abled children would be posted at a place near to his/her place of residence”.
The Policy Documents said the officials attaining age of superannuation within one year shall be preferably posted at a place close to where they intend to settle down after retirement.
For transfer on medical grounds of self, spouse or dependent children, the transfer policy stated that recommendations of the Standing Medical Board would be pre-requisite. The Board recommendations shall be valid only for two years. Posting on security concerns shall be made after considering such recommendations as received from the Head of the CID Wing and that too, only for two years.
“Inter-cadre mutual transfers shall be considered on reciprocal basis with the conditions that the concerned officials shall have qualification with similar academic background and they shall have to serve a minimum tenure of two years at the place, where the official is posted on reciprocal transfer,” it said.
It added that for intra-district transfers, posting shall be alternated between the urban and rural areas. All towns and notified areas will be treated as urban areas. Inter-zonal (education zone) transfers shall be effected to bring in administrative efficiency. No official shall be posted to any school, where they have served over the past 5 years or any of the immediately preceding two postings.
“In respects of ReTs/RRTs, where the initial appointment is school specific, the instant policy shall not apply. The policy with regard to them shall be notified separately. In case of staff becoming surplus in a school as a result of rationalization, the surplus staff shall be transferred even if the same is in exception to the general policy. As far as possible, official posted on administrative posts of CEO, Deputy CEO, DEPO, ZEO and ZEPO shall be posted on transfer to an equivalent post in the teaching faculty,” the policy said.
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