Transfer, Mutual Transfer

Transfer, Mutual Transfer

 

• Master Circular on Transfer - 24 issued on 08.04.1991
• IREC-I, Para 103 (51)
• IREM -I para 310 Mutual transfer
• Sensitive Post- transfer after every four years.
• 53/2006 - no back tracking on mutual transfer
• 107/2007 - Mutual transfer allowed same categories
• Clerical staff working on sensitive posts/seats, rotational shifting from desk to desk  
• Ticket checking staff, detected indulging in malpractices, should be sent on inter-Divisional transfer, as a matter of policy. 
• They may be transferred to an adjoining Division on the same Railway. 
• They may also be transferred to a Division on another Railway adjoining their parent.
• Railway servants transferred at their Own request from one unit of seniority to another should be assigned bottom seniority in the relevant grade on the date they join the new unit i. e. they should be placed in the seniority list below all the existing staff, both permanent and regular in the relevant grade on the date they join the new unit irrespective of their length of service and status in the former unit.
• Mutual transfer, the senior of the two employees will be assigned the place of seniority vacated by the other person i.e. the junior, who will be allowed to retain his former seniority and fitted into the seniority in the new unit below all the persons having the same seniority.
• Mutual transfers may be allowed between a temporary Railway servant and a permanent Railway servant. It may also be allowed in intermediate grades, where there is no element of direct recruitment.
• Office bearer- Any proposal to the transfer of an office bearer of a recognized Trade Union including its Branches should be advised to the Union concerned and the Union should be allowed to bring to the notice of the Divisional Officer and if necessary, later to the G.M. 
• Office bearer- Where a transfer becomes necessary to comply with statutory obligations under the HOER, the Railway should comply with the usual procedure.
• Office bearer-For transfers becoming necessary on promotion, it is enough if the Union is only informed about the proposed transfer.
• If an office bearer of the Union has to be transferred because of involvement in a SPE case, the Union concerned may only be advised of the transfer.
• Office bearer-In case of transfer from one section/ Department to another in the same office there is no need to give notice to the Union before hand. However, the Union may be informed about the transfer at the time of affecting such transfers.
• Office bearer-The normal procedure need not be followed in a case where the transfer of an office bearer of the Union is considered necessary by the SPE/Vigilance organisation of the Railway. In such a case, papers should be seen by the G.M. personally, before the transfer is decided. The Trade Union need not be given any notice but should only be advised of the transfer. 
• Office bearer-The same procedure should be followed in the cases where the Civil and Police authorities recommend immediate transfer of the Railway servant, who is an office bearer of a recognized Union, on the ground that the individual is indulging in undesirable activities, detrimental to the efficient functioning of the Railway.
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