CBEC Transfers - When?

By Vijay Kumar

THE Transfer Policy states, "All annual transfer orders shall be normally issued by 30th April and, in any case, not later than 31st May of the year.”

We are into the third week of August and the CBEC is yet to wrap up its annual transfer jamboree.

On Monday they transferred 113 additional/Joint Commissioners. They have to still transfer Commissioners, Principal Commissioners and Chief Commissioners and perhaps appoint some Principal Chief Commissioners. There are several Commissioners who have been promoted as Principal Commissioners and waiting for posting orders.

Work in many offices has suffered as officers anticipating transfers are not keen to look into files, at least not new files.

What is administration all about if they cannot stick to the schedule they themselves have fixed? And is it fair to transfer officers in September in the middle of the academic year?

And the sooner the transfer shop downs its shutters, it is better for all concerned.