Commissioners' Transfers – CBEC running out of time?
Strangely it is not Departmental officers alone who are interested in getting information about the transfer of Commissioners, but also a large number of assessees. It is a revelation to us that there are so many Commissioners who are so unpopular that both their staff and assessees are hoping for their transfer. Many assessees are seeking adjournments of Personal Hearing hoping that a more reasonable Commissioner will be posted. More than the Commissioners concerned we are flooded with calls from junior officers and assessees who are more interested than the Commissioners themselves in the transfers. All of them expect us to share inside information with them. We submit, we only report news; we don't create.
It seems the FM (you know who he is) wanted some changes in the proposed list. This is a time when politicians are very obliging.
But will the CBEC be able to issue the transfer orders by Friday? If not, the order may be stuck for quite some time, till a new Government takes a new decision.
It is understood that the FM has agreed to some major changes in the Transfer Policy like making the tenure in Metros 8 years instead of 6 years and excluding the period of deputation in the metros. If that is so, the transfers 2009 also have to be as per the revised policy. Really complicated issues and we will have to wait till the weekend and for that PH, wait for a week.