School Education Deptt notifies Transfer Policy
Nishikant Khajuria
JAMMU, Apr 24: The School Education Department today notified its much awaited new Transfer Policy for the employees making it clear that all transfers shall be made through online mode only at the close of academic session while tenure of an employee at a particular school shall depend upon category of the zone.
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For the purpose, areas have been categorized as Zone I, II, III, IV and V. The tenure in Zone I, II and III shall ordinarily be three years at a particularly schools while the tenure in Zone IV and V shall be two years and one year, respectively.
Tenure for transfer of officers on administrative posts, viz CEOs, Principals, Headmasters, ZEOs and equivalent shall ordinarily be two years with a maximum period of three years.
Area falling within Municipal limit of district headquarter has been categorized as Zone-I while the area outside Municipal limit upto 20 kms from district headquarters falls under Zone-II. The area beyond 20 kms to 40 kms from district headquarters has been categorized as Zone-III.
The area beyond 40 kms and above from district headquarters and also where change of residence is required, has been categorized as Zone -IV. Those schools where there is no motorable road and walking distance from the nearest motorable road is 7 kms or more one way, also fall under this category.
Zone-V comprises the in-accessible areas, such as Marwah, Dachhan, Warwan, Paddar, Mahore, Chassana, Khwass, Malhar, Bani, Bhalesa, Gool, Khari, Karnah, Keran, Kralpora, Kupwara, Machil, Trehgam, Gurez, Aishmuqam and Uri.
In Zone IV and V, the period spent outside the actual place of posting on account of deputation, deployment, attachment and leave shall not be considered for claiming maximum tenure for transfer.
Employees would be rotated between Zone-I, II, III and IV as far as practicable while an employee who has served in Zone-V, will preferably be given posting in Zone-I and II to the extent possible. However, the prescribed tenure shall not be applicable to an employee, who is willing to serve or continue in Zone III, IV and V.
Employees shall generally have to serve in Zones-III, IV and V on promotions, whether immediately or later, unless specifically excluded by the Administrative Department on some reasonable grounds. Similarly, the new appointees shall be posted in Zones-III, IV and V as far as practicable.
According to the Policy, the transfers shall be made only at the close of academic session and there shall be no mid-term transfer. However, teaching staff can be transferred from one schools to another as per the requirement even during the mid-session on cogent reason, including performance of the teacher, school results, enrollment, requirement of subject specific teacher or any other administrative measure.
All transfers shall be made through online mode via Online Transfer Portal for which the department shall issue notification every year at the end of the Academic Session and such process shall be completed before the commencement of new Academic Session.
However, on administrative exigencies, offline transfers can also be effected with the approval of the competent authority, reads the policy.
Employees appointed under RBA/ALC category shall be required to serve in RBA/ALC area as required under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004 while the employees appointed under SRO-202 shall be eligible for transfer only after completion of five years tenure on the post against which he/she has been appointed.
Employees appointed under UT, Divisional or District cadre shall be transferable only within his/her own cadre and shall in no case be transferable from one Divisional cadre to another Divisional cadre or District Cadre, or from one District cadre to another District cadre or Divisional cadre post.
However, special consideration shall be accorded in certain cases, such as where both the husband and wife are in Government service, the employee attaining the age of superannuation within six months, employee in the age group of 58 years and above, single parent, divorcee, widow, female employees and an employee having specially abled children. They shall be posted conveniently.
Inter-cadre and mid-term transfer requests on extreme Medical conditions (self, spouse or dependent children) and Security grounds shall be made for a period of two years by the Administrative Department on the recommendation of the Designated Committee constituted for the purpose.
In case, any continuation beyond period of two years on Security ground is required, fresh recommendations shall be mandatory. However, in respect of Life Consuming Disease of the official(s), no fresh certification shall be required.
Inter-cadre mutual transfer of the employees shall be considered by the Administrative Department subject to the condition that they have qualification with similar academic background and shall have to serve at the place where they are posted on mutual basis. The officials so transferred on mutual basis have to serve for a minimum period of three years in that school.
However the employees due for promotion shall not be eligible for mutual transfer. Further, those appointed under RBA/ALC category shall be eligible for mutual transfer only after completion of their tenure in RBA/ALC area as required under the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Act, 2004.
In case of marriage, inter-cadre transfer of lady employee shall be considered by Administrative Department on the recommendation of the Designated Committee constituted for the purpose, provided she has served five years in her parent cadre (District/Divisional). However, this would be subject to availability of vacancies, department’s requirement and seniority of the official.
The Transfer Policy has also made it clear that the surplus employee in a school/institution shall be transferred without taking into consideration his/her period of stay. Further, no leave shall be sanctioned in favour of the employee who is under orders of transfer except in the circumstances beyond his/her control.
In respect of Model Schools as also those schools that have maintained high standards of education, the teaching staff shall be posted such that the standards are not compromised, even if, the same is in exception to the general policy.
Officers working on Administrative posts i.e. CEO, Deputy CEO, DEPO, ZEO and ZEPO shall be posted on transfer to an equivalent post of academic nature. Orders once issued must be strictly complied with and if it is considered that any order requires modification for some compelling reasons, it shall be done only after obtaining approval of the next higher authority.
However, this transfer Policy shall not apply in respect of RETS/RRETS, where the initial appointment is school specific.See full order of Transfer Policy
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