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Haryana Government Gazette
Published by Authority
© Government of Haryana
No. 32-2020] CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2020 (SRAVANA 20, 1942 SAKA)
PART-I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
EXCISE AND TAXATION DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 31st July, 2020
Online Transfer Policy for Taxation Inspectors and Clerks of Field Cadre
No. 65/2020-SE-II- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution of
India, the Governor of Haryana hereby makes the following Online Transfer Policy for Taxation Inspectors and
Clerks in the Excise and Taxation Department:
1.
Vision: To ensure equitable distribution of Government employees at different locations in a fair and
transparent manner and to maximize job satisfaction amongst employees and further to improve performance
of the Excise and Taxation Department.
2.
Application: This Policy shall be applicable to all the Taxation Inspectors and Clerks of field cadre working
on regular basis in the Excise and Taxation Department.
3.
Definitions: In this policy, unless there be anything repugnant in the subject or context;
(a)
‘Blocked Posts’ means the vacancies of a cadre which are kept unfilled at any given point of time due
to shortage of employees in the department.
(b)
‘Employees of Special Category’ means the blind employees or the differently abled employees or
their child(ren) and spouse, women employees, women headed households, widows, widowers, couple
case, employees suffering from diseases of debilitating disorder;
(c)
‘Prescribed Tenure’ means the tenure of appointment for a period of five years. While calculating the
tenure of an employee for the purpose of this policy, the date from which someone is working in a zone
on 31st March or any other date specified by the Administrative Secretary, Excise and Taxation
Department of the calendar year of transfer shall be counted irrespective of the period spent in a zone
on account of temporary transfer. The time spent in a zone of temporary transfer shall be treated as a
period in the zone where an employee was posted prior to the temporary transfer. However, an
employee may participate in the transfer drive subject to completion of minimum three years service in
a zone;
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(d)
‘Qualifying date’ for the purpose of calculation of vacant post(s) shall be the 31st March or any
other date, specified by the Administrative Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, of the calendar
year of transfer.;
(e)
‘Service’ means duty period and all kinds of leave including extraordinary leave availed by a Govt.
employee during the prescribed tenure.
(f)
‘Transfer’ means posting/appointment from one Zone to another on or before completion of prescribed
tenure in a Zone;
(g)
‘Vacant Post for transfer’ means
(i)
a post not occupied by any employee
(ii)
a post presently occupied by an employee for a period of five years or more;
(iii)
a post on which an employee has been appointed by temporary transfer or due to non-
availability of online transfer drive;
(iv)
a post occupied by an employee who has been adjudged eligible and allowed by the competent
authority to participate in general transfer drive even if he has not completed the prescribed
tenure in the zone where he is presently posted.
Note 1. —
Where there are blocked posts in a cadre the same shall be excluded from the number of
vacant posts for transfer
Note 2. —
The post against which an employee has been posted/transferred on compulsion of
administrative reasons or due to litigation shall be excluded from the vacant posts for
transfer.
Note 3. —
The Department shall prepare the list of vacant posts for transfer and circulate it for the
benefit of stakeholders. Depending upon input from stakeholders, such list may be
amended if required.
(h)
‘Zone’ means the office of Excise and Taxation Commissioner or Joint Excise and Taxation
Commissioner (Range) / (Appeal) or Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (ST) for the cadre of
Taxation Inspectors; and the office of Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Range) or Deputy
Excise and Taxation Commissioner (ST and Excise) for the purpose of Clerks of the field cadre.
4.
General Principles:
(i)
Time Schedule for online transfers:
(a)
General transfers online will be made only once in a year. However, transfer/posting
necessitated by promotion, direct recruitment, posts needed to be filled up in public interest, can
be made anytime by the competent authority.
(b)
The online process will be completed up to 31st March and implemented after 31st March or as
per exigency/convenience of the Department.
(ii)
Liable to be posted anywhere:
Employees are liable to be transferred under this Policy in any Zone or anywhere in the State, in public
interest, on completion of prescribed tenure.
(iii)
Computerization of relevant service record of employees:
The Department shall ensure that all employees enter their service record in HRMS. Every employee
shall be responsible for the accuracy and regular updation of data in the Management Information
System in respect of his credentials, otherwise the Department shall be at liberty to post him anywhere
in the State.
(iv)
Rationalization and Blocking of posts: To avoid disproportionate concentration of employees at a
particular station, the department may rationalize its sanctioned posts and also block the sanctioned
posts as per requirement of the department for a particular zone. However, the total number of
sanctioned posts may be increased or decreased as per requirement in consultation with Work
Assessment Cell in the Administrative Reforms Department and Finance Department.
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5.
Merit Criteria for allotment of post:
(a)
Merit for allotment of vacant post to an employee shall be based on the total composite score of points
earned by the employee, out of 80 points as described below. The employee earning highest points shall
be entitled to be transferred against a particular vacancy.
(b)
Age shall be the prime factor for deciding the claim of an employee against a vacancy since it shall
have weightage of 60 points, out of total points.
(c)
A score of maximum 20 points can be availed by an employee of special category as indicated below:
(A)
Age: The score of merit points on account of age shall be calculated as under :
Sr.
No.
Major Factor
Sub-Factor
Max.
Points
Criteria for calculation
1
Age
(Present date i.e.
1st January of the year
of consideration
minus date of birth)
Eldest person shall be
given maximum
points.
60
Age in number of days ÷ 365
(Maximum four decimal
points only)
(B)
Special Category: The set of merit points for special category employee are enumerated
below:
Sr.
No.
Major Factor
Sub-Factor
Max.
Points
Explanation
1
Gender
Female
10
10 points shall be given to all
female employees.
2
Special category
female employees
Widow/divorced/sep
arated/unmarried
female employee
more than 40 years of
age/wife of serving
Military
personnel/Paramilitar
y personnel working
outside the State
10
All females of this category
shall be given 10 marks only.
3
Special category male
employee
Widower who has
not re-married and
has one or
more
minor children and/or
unmarried
daughter(s)
5
Eligible widowers shall be
given 5 points only.
4
Differently
abled
persons
Vision
20
40% to 60% disability =
5Marks.
Above 60% to 80% = 15
Marks.
Above 80% = 20 Marks.
Locomotors
20
Deaf and Dumb
20
5
Diseases of
“Debilitating
Disorders” i.e.
(a) currently suffering
from cancer, or
(b) having undergone
by-pass heart surgery;
or
(c) kidney transplant;
or
(d) currently
undergoing dialysis.
Self
10
Valid medical certificate
issued during last one year
by AIIMS (Including its
branches in Haryana), PGI
Rohtak, PGI Khanpur kalan,
Kalpana Chawla Medical
College, Karnal, PGI
Chandigarh, Medical College
of Haryana Govt. or a
Medical Board so
Constituted.
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(B)
Special Category: The set of merit points for special category employee are enumerated
below:
Sr.
No.
Major Factor
Sub-Factor
Max.
Points
Explanation
6
Diseases of
“Debilitating
Disorders”
Spouse/unmarried
children
10
Valid certificate issued
during last one year by
AIIMS (Including its
branches in Haryana), PGI
Rohtak, PGI Khanpur kalan,
Kalpana Chawla Medical
College, Karnal, PGI
Chandigarh, Medical College
of Haryana Govt. or a
Medical Board so
Constituted.
7
Differently abled or
mentally challenged
children
Male/Female
employee having
Mentally challenged
or 100% differently
abled child
10
Male/Female employees
having mentally challenged
or 100% differently abled
children shall be provided
maximum 10 points.
8
Couple case
Only applicable to
females.
5
Employees spouses working
in any
Department/Board/Corporati
ons under any State Govt. or
Govt. of India.
(d)
The employees who are 100% blind or having 80% or more locomotors disabilities involving both the
legs shall be given their choice of posting.
6.
Procedure to be adopted:
i.
The list of vacant posts for transfer will be circulated before each transfer drive, for the benefit of
stakeholders.
ii.
Where the posts are blocked in a zone, the employee with the longest stay shall have to opt for the
transfer drive. In case where more than one employee are having the same period of stay, than the
younger employee shall have to opt for the transfer drive.
iii.
All the Taxation Inspectors and Clerks of field cadre working on regular basis in the Excise & Taxation
Department shall be eligible to participate in the first online transfer drive. However, the employees
who have completed the prescribed tenure of five years at a zone will have to mandatorily participate in
the online transfer drive.
iv.
In the subsequent online transfer drives, employees who have completed three years at a zone would
have the option to voluntarily participate in the online transfer drive whereas the employees who have
completed the prescribed tenure of five years at a zone will have to mandatorily participate in the online
transfer drive.
v.
Excise and Taxation Commissioner shall seek options for choice of station in a zone from the eligible
employees for transfer. The transfer exercise shall be carried out only through approved web-based
application.
vi.
The option once availed and confirmed by the employee shall be final.
vii.
An employee who is due for superannuation within one year from the date for circulation of vacant
posts shall not be bound to participate in the transfer drive unless he himself desires to participate.
viii.
Merit criteria for allotment for zone will be as per clause 5 of this policy.
ix.
All transfers shall be implemented within seven days of their issuance. The Treasury Officers
concerned shall not draw the salary of the employees who have not complied with the orders.
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x.
An employee aggrieved with the transfer process can give representation to the Commissioner after
joining at the new place of posting within 15 days of issuance of orders on a grievance redressal forum
to be provided by the department for this purpose. His representation shall be considered in accordance
with the policy and appropriate decision shall be conveyed to him within 30 days from the closing date
for receipt of representation from the aggrieved employees.
xi.
Online general transfer due to completion of prescribed tenure of five years shall be treated as ‘transfer
in public interest’ and in such case the joining time and composite transfer grant shall be admissible as
per provision in Haryana Civil Services Rules, 2016.
7.
Bar against canvassing: No employee shall canvass for his case except through a representation to the Excise
and Taxation Commissioner or to higher authorities in Haryana, as per this policy. All other individual
representations shall be treated as an attempt to bring extraneous influence on the due process. No relief can be
sought except mentioned in Clause 6(viii) above.
8.
Appointment by promotion/ direct recruitment: Employees taken in a cadre through direct recruitment
promotion/repatriation may be posted in the zone of eligibility and availability.
9.
Opportunity of option to certain categories: The following categories of employees will not be transferred
unless they desire to participate in the transfer drive:
(a)
employees having 12 months or less in retirement on the date of next transfer drive;
(b)
unmarried female employees upon marriage;
(c)
married female employees upon divorce; or
(d)
widow or widower employees on the death of spouse;
However, the above exemption will not be given in the next transfer drive after the event.
10.
Clarification and Implementation: In case of any doubt or difficulty in making out the true intention of the
provisions of this policy, the Excise and Taxation Commissioner in consultation with General Administration
Department shall be the competent authority to clarify such doubt or to remove such difficulty by issuing a
reasoned order to this effect.
11.
Power to relax: Notwithstanding anything contained in the policy, the Administrative Secretary, Excise and
Taxation Department with the prior approval of the Chief Minister, Haryana, shall be competent to transfer an
employee to any place in relaxation of any or all of the above provisions after recording reasons justifying
such relaxation.
ANURAG RASTOGI,
Principal Secretary to Government Haryana,
Excise and Taxation Department.
8855—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.