Jaipur : Transfer Policy remains a big issue of politics in Rajasthan. Announcement regarding transfer policy was made 13 times during the Gehlot regime, but it could not be made public. During the assembly elections, BJP made a political masterstroke on this issue and said that if it comes to power, it will issue a policy within 100 days. After coming to power, the government secretly dealt with this issue with a 100-day action plan. Due to lack of policy, employees of other departments including education, medical, electricity, water supply and Panchayati Raj are waiting for transfers. In the absence of a clear policy, the round of transfers starts at any time and gets blocked at other times. Whereas in many states including Punjab, Haryana, Kerala, Delhi, there is a policy for transfers of employees of other departments including education. According to experts, every year on an average 13 thousand cases of transfer of officers and employees are registered in Rajasthan Civil Services Appellate Tribunal and other courts. Have arrived.
-The order for transfer policy in Gehlot government was issued on 3 January 2020.
-A committee was formed under the chairmanship of retired IAS Omkar Singh.
-The committee gave its report in August 2020.
-Studied the policies of Delhi, Punjab, Andhra Pradesh and other states.
-In June 2024, the BJP government announced to bring the policy.
claims in one year
-Transfer policy will be made on the lines of the Central Government.
-An online portal has been created regarding transfers in which applications can be made in a given month.
-Transfer will not be possible during the probation period.
During government service, experience of service in rural areas is also necessary.
The government should issue a transfer policy. Due to lack of transfer policy, officers and employees are forced to make rounds of public representatives.- Mahendra Pandey, Chief General Secretary, Raj. Primary and Secondary Teachers Association
pay attention to desire
Every government claims to transfer and post employees as per requirement. The reality is that even now the desire of the MLAs gets full attention in the transfers of government officers and employees in the state. Many times serious allegations have been made against public representatives regarding this.
When and what happened on this policy
1994: A committee was formed in 1994 under the chairmanship of former Education Secretary.
2015-18: Formed a committee under the chairmanship of then minister Gulabchand Kataria.
1997-98: Efforts were made to bring a policy, but nothing happened.
2005: Guidelines were issued to provide relief in transfers of teachers.
2020: Committee formed in the month of January. The committee reported in August.
2024: The government claimed to make policy on the lines of the Centre, not even the report.
What about in other states?
Haryana has a system of online transfers since 2017. Options for five districts are sought for transfers in UP. After this, officers and employees are transferred. Delhi government makes transfers in most departments only in August.
