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Haryana Government Gazette
Published by Authority
© Government of Haryana
No. 4-2023]
CHANDIGARH, TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023 (MAGHA 4, 1944 SAKA)
PART-I
Notifications, Orders and Declarations by Haryana Government
HARYANA GOVERNMENT
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
Notification
The 17th January, 2023
No. 14/24/2021-3FA.— The Governor of Haryana is pleased to formulate following online transfer policy for
Government employees (Auditor), wherever the sanctioned posts are more than 80 in a particular discipline only,
appointed in the Local Audit Department, Haryana, namely:-
This Policy may be called “Online Transfer Policy for Auditor”.
1.
Vision/Object:
To ensure equitable distribution of employees of the Local Audit Department in the cadre of Auditors at
different locations in a fair and transparent manner and to maximize job satisfaction and to further improve
their performance.
2.
Application:
This policy shall be applicable to Auditors working on regular basis in the field offices/Head Office, the Cadre
strength of which is more than 80 sanctioned posts or above and shall be applicable from the date of its
publication. Headquarters posts shall also be included in the Transfer Drive.
3.
Definitions:
In this policy, unless there be anything repugnant in the subject or context;
(a)
‘Blocked Posts’ means the vacancies of a cadre remaining unfilled at any given point of time due to
shortage of employees in the department/office/scheme.
(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
office on 31st May of the calendar year of transfer shall be counted irrespective of the fact that he has
been appointed by temporary transfer or otherwise. However, an employee may participate in the
transfer drive subject to completion of minimum three years service in a office;
(d)
‘Qualifying date’ for the purpose of calculation of vacant post(s) shall be the 31st May 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.
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(f)
‘Transfer’ means posting/appointment from Directorate/Field Offices/Resident Audit Schemes/Audit
Circles to another Field Offices/Resident Audit Schemes/Audit Circles on or before completion of
prescribed tenure thereof;
(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/she has not completed the prescribed
tenure in the office where he/she is presently posted.
(v)
A post occupied by an employee who has been offered promotion within last one year but he has
forgone the same.
Note 1. Where there are Blocked Posts in 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 litigation nature shall also not be included in the vacant posts for transfer.
Note 3. The Department shall prepare the list of vacant posts for transfer and notify them for the benefit of
stakeholders. Depending upon input from stakeholders, such list may be amended if required and
deemed fit in the administrative/public interest.
(h)
‘Zone’ means an area prescribed by the competent authority for the purpose of calculation of
prescribed tenure and entitlement of an employee for transfer from one zone to another under this
policy;
4.
General Principles:
{i} Time Schedule for online transfer:
A.
General transfer online will be made only once in a year. However, transfer/posting necessitated
by promotions, 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 May and implemented after 31st May 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, department rationalize sanctioned posts of the cadre of Auditors only and also block
actual vacant posts which are to be kept vacant in the transfer drive. However, in the long run, the
department may increase/decrease the total number of sanctioned posts as per the assessment/
requirement in consultation with work assessment cell in the Administrative Reforms Department and
Finance Department.
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 privilege of maximum 20 points can be availed by the employees of special categories as indicated
below: -
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(A)
Age: The first set of merit points will be the Age of the Government employee concerned
enumerated below:-
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 second set of merit points will come from the Special Category enumerated hereinafter:
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/
Separated /unmarried
female
employee
more than 40 years of
age/wife of serving
Military
personnel/
Paramilitary
personnel
working
outside the state.
10
All female of this category
shall be given 10 marks only.
3.
Special
Category
male employees
Widower who has
not remarried 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 = 10
Marks Above 60 % to 80% = 15
Marks Above 80% = 20
Locomotors
Deaf & Dumb
5
Diseases of
“Debilitating Disorders
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.
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
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Sr.
No.
Major Factor
Sub-Factor
Max
Points
Explanation
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
Employee’s spouses working
in any Department/ Board/
Corporations under any State
Govt. or Govt. of India.
{d}
Employees suffering from 100% vision loss; or having 80% locomotors disabilities involving both
the legs shall be given their choice of posting.
6.
Procedure to be adopted:
i.
Head of Department shall seek preferences for choice of station in an office from the eligible
employees for transfer. The transfer exercise shall be carried out only through approved web based
application. In case of employee who exhaust their preferred choices, before posting them under
‘Anywhere in the State’ option, the department shall again seek their options against the remaining
available posts at that point of time. Changes in the transfer software may be made accordingly so that
they are not randomly posted too far away from their places of posting.
ii.
The option once availed and confirmed by the employee shall be final and cannot be changed.
iii.
An employee who is due for superannuation within one year or less shall not be eligible to participate in
the transfer drive unless he so desires.
iv.
Merit criteria for allotment of station will be as per Para 5 above.
v.
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.
vi.
Within 15 days of issuance of orders, an employee aggrieved with the transfer process can represent to
the department after joining at the new place of posting, 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 as deemed fit.
(A Committee headed by the Deputy Commissioner and comprising of CMO and District Officer of the
concerned Department, may recommend deputation/temporary transfer of an employee after the
transfer drive, on the basis of genuine and compelling reasons. A web portal should be provided for
taking online applications from the employees for this purpose. The Committee will scrutinize such
cases and send their recommendations to the Government which will be dealt under relaxation clause of
the Transfer Policy).
vii.
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.
viii.
In case of employees who exhaust their preferred choices, before posting them in “Anywhere in the
State” should be asked option against the remaining available posts at that point of time. Changes in the
software be made accordingly so that they are not all randomly posted too far away.
7.
Bar against canvassing: No employee shall canvass for his case except through a representation to the
Director, Local Audit Haryana or to higher authorities, 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
the one already sought as per Para 6 above.
8.
Appointment by promotion/direct recruitment: Employees taken in a cadre through direct recruitment/
promotion/repatriation shall be posted in the office 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.
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(c)
married female employees upon divorce; or
(d)
widow or widower employees on the death of spouse.
They may be permitted to participate in the next transfer drive after the event.
After the transfer drive, the ‘newly married’ or ‘recently divorced' female employees shall be given
preferred place of posting against vacancy upon request. However, they shall have to participate in the
next transfer drive being married or widowed and at that time they shall be adjusted at any of their top
three choices against available vacant posts.
10.
Posting in remote areas: Incentive for serving on the choice of Anywhere in the State: lf an employee opts
for ‘anywhere in the State’ and is thereafter posted in an office in Morni Hills Area or Nuh District against a
vacancy for which no employee has opted, he will be paid remuneration @ 10% of the Basic Pay + D.A.
during the period of said posting provided this incentive shall not be admissible in case of transfer in home
district Nuh and Panchkula.
11.
Clarification & Implementation: In case of any doubt or difficulty in making out the true intention of the
provisions of this policy, the Finance Department 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.
12.
Power to relax: Notwithstanding anything contained in the policy, the Administrative Secretary to Govt. of
Haryana 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,
Additional Chief Secretary to Government Haryana,
Finance Department.
10099—C.S.—H.G.P., Pkl.