One major area in the administrative structure of our state is that of periodical transfers and postings of officials of all ranks. Transfers are part of service and the Government has full powers and authority to order transfer of its employees. For efficient and effective administration transfers are a necessary part of a Government employee. However, it should be made clear that no officer has authority of arbitrarily ordering transfer of a functionary. There are some rules that need to be followed. For example, the existing rules say that no transfers will be ordered before completion of tenure of at least two years at one place of posting. There can be exceptions to the rule like emergency transfer in case of medical problem or family problem etc. which the immediate officers have to ascertain.
Many Government functionaries complain that in some cases transfers are ordered either before the minimum period of two years at the place of posting or no transfer is ordered for more than a decade of posting at one place. This is the fall out of nepotism and favouritism. Not only that even in some cases in the engineering segment incumbents do not honour transfer order and no action is taken against them. It is generally believed that there is much nepotism and favouritism in making postings of Government functionaries. Those who have political clout or are the relatives and associates of political bigwigs get plum postings which bring them so many facilities and comforts while others languish at inconvenient places for years at end. Appointed in June this year, 137 Junior Engineers (JEs) Electrical are awaiting postings and the Government has to pay over Rs 2.2 crore to them as salaries for sitting idle. There are several departments and organizations where the services of these engineers are required but the posting is not ordered by the Commissioner for Power, the competent authority with whom they remain attached. Additionally, 75 more JEs who were transferred from Power Development Corporation (PDC) to the PDD in September this year are also sitting idle for unknown reasons and they are yet to be posted. Sources say that the Engineers including JEs and Draftsmen manage DO letters from Ministers, MLAs and MLCs to get plum postings. The point is that politicians are interfering in the administration to please their blue eyed wards at the cost of the rights of other employees. This is a hindrance to good governance. Violation of established guidelines for transfers and postings have resulted in inexperienced engineers posted to handle important and sensitive positions without being able to do justice to the duties they are expected to render. This is the time that the Government should take drastic steps for strictly enforcing the established guidelines for transfer and posting of State employees.
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