No. F.No.

L-r9o4/24lzozo-AS
Governrnent of India
Minis$ofAYUSH
(AYURVEDA section)
(B'BlocIq GFO Complex,
AYUSH Bhanan
D{AMa*et:
New Delhi-rrooeq.
I-lated : oS.l1.2oso
To:
(i) The Director General, CCRAS/CCRII/@RUM,
Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences,
Janakpuri, New Delhi-rroosg.
(ir) The Director General,
Central Council for Research in Sidha,
Anna Hospital Campus, Ar:ra Arch. Rd., NSK Naear.
Arumbakkam, Chennai-6ooro6 (Iamil Nadu) -
(iii) Director, CCRyN,
Central Council for Reseaich in Ayurvedic Sciences,
Janakpuri, New Delhi-rroos8.

sub : Rotational Transfer poliq foqpr_rsonnel employed in the Research councils,

functioning under the aegis of-Ministry ofA'iUSH.

Sir,

.,.^ _^__I_T $I"$ to,gf 1fg1n1*ently there is no .Rotational Ttansfer polig/ in force, for
tre Personnel employed in all the frve- Research C;ouncils, functioning under the aegiiof
rr,rini"t"y of
AYUSH, which results in large. influx of various requests *a dp."."ntutloo"iietrua i1 tue
Minisry,. directly . or through. vlps. Therefore, in order to uuoia-' .".n ruq"uoi
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rgqlgts/reprryDtations, and to address the glev"tc€s pe_rtaining to

"rransie*" oiil" .*pr6vo
'Rotati-onar- rlariGfer poH<i, r,r. i""n p."pr""a *itr, tll-ap-*.r .r
of all Research couircils, a
competent A'thority, for immediate irnFlementatiori in all the id;aich *
c.r""iiJ-
(Rotational
4 mpy of the said
l.Reseanch Tlansfer poliry for personnel employed in the
Cormcils under the aegis of Ministry ofAytSH,, is attached.

3. This issues with the approval of President of Governing Body ofall the Research
Councils.
Regards,

yours sincerely,

Encl : As above. /L
( AJ.J. Kennedy)
-
Under Secretary to the Government of Indil.
 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF AYUSH
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ROTATIONAL TRANSFER POLICY FOR PERSONNEL IN THE RESEARCH

COUNCITS UNDFR THE AEGIS OF MINISTRY OF AYUSH.

1 APPUCABITITY: This policy shall apply to all the employees of all five Research
Councils under the aegis of Ministry of AYUSH as under:.

1.1 All Group 'A' &'B' officers of all five Research Councils.
1.2 All Group C employees consequent upon their promotion into Group-B
subject to availability of vacancy.
1.3 All Gi'oup 'C' emplolees conseQU€trt upon re-orgartization of the institutes/
Units and Research schemes of the Council or some other administrative
exigencies.

2. OBJECTIVES:

2.1 To cater to the changing organizational need,

2.2. To ensure optimum manpower utilization, upgrade skills & support creating
knowledge based organization.
2.3 To accomplish specific task / objectives with the available resources.
2.4 To meet organizational developmental needs, employees aspiration and
future organizational requirements.
2.5 To recreate a vibrant organization.

3. TRANSFER LIABILITY:

3.1 All officers & employees are liable to be posted at Headquarter or in any
field unit of the respective Council anywhere in India.

4. STATION TENURE:

4,L Normal Station tenure shall be of 7 years. An official can be posted out of
Station before completion of Station tenure, but, normally not before 03
years as to meet administrative requirement.

5. RE-POSTING RESTRICTIONS:

5.1 An officer, normally, may not be re-posted to same Station within 05

years from the date of his/her last transfer from that Station.
6. POSrING rN REMOIE/HARDAREAS:

6.1 The normal tenure of posting in North-Eastern region, Jammu & Kashmir,
Leh & Laddakh, A & N Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra & Nagar Haveli shall
be 3 years.

7. TRANSFERONPROMOTION:

7.L the promotions will normally entail a change in office/ station.

7.2 If the normal tenure of 07 years has not completed and there is a
vacancy at the same Station, the offlcial will be retained at the same
station and covered in rotational transfer on completion of normal tenure.

7.3 If an official is due for superannuation within two years, he will be

retained at the same Station against an existing vaeancy of the
promotional post. In case of no vacancy of the promotional post then he
will be transferred to another Station,
8. REQUESTTRANSFER:

8.1 Request for transfers on compassion may be considered on the following

grounds:

Working spouse
. Serious / terminal disease and / or extraordinary disabilities of self/
family members

9. MID.TERMTRANSFER:

9.1 Mid-term transfers will be considered only in exceptional circumstances,

or on administrative grounds.
10. OFFICERS EXEUPTED FROM TRANSFER UNDER RTP:

10.1 The Officials of all grades within two years of superannuation will be
exempted from rotational transfers.

10.2 The Officials likely to be promoted within one year shall be exempted
from the RTP as on promotion Officials are transferred, if they have
completed the prescribed tenure for the promotional post.

11. POSTIITIG ON RETURN FROM DEPUTATION/ LONG LEAVE:

11.1 An fficial returning ftom Deputation/ Long Leave will be posted to any
station on the Administrative exigencies. In such cases this posting will be
treated as a fresh tenure. In case it is decided that an Official is to be
posted back to the same station he last served, then his tenure will be
limited to the balance period of the tenure prescribed subject to the
availability of the vacancy and subject to the condition that at least one
year of balance tenure is left.
12. POSTING INVOTVING VIGILANCT ANGLE:

L2.7 An Official, who is not clear from vigilance angle and who may/ may not be
due for transfer under RTp may be transferred out.

12.2 Such an official wili be posted to a ncn-sensitivc post withcut seeking his
option for posting irrespective of the tenure of his posting at that station.
No preference will be sought from such Official.

13. POSTING OF FRESH APPOIITITEE:

13.1 The fresh appointees to Group'A' post has to serve in tribavremote areas
for a period of 3 years subject to availability of vacancies.

13.2 In case of no vacancy in tribal/ remote/ hard areas, preference will be

given to give posting at the nearest station to his native place subject to
availability of vacancy and administrative requirement.

13.3 Failing above, posting will be given as per seniority & choice of place
Failing it, in alphabetical order of the Station as per seniority.

t4. MUTUAL TRANSFER:

14.1 Request for mutual transfer of Officials may be considered subject to

the following conditions:

t. Both of the Officials for mutual transfer should have completed

at least 50o/o of the tenure prescribed for the post.
, The Officials concerned should be clear ftom the vigilance
angle.
t. Requests for usual transfers will be considered on case-to-case
basis keeping functional consideration in mind.
IV Tenure on mutual transfer at the new Station will be afresh for
fudher transfer under RTp.

15. POSTIT{G OF DIFFERENTLYABLED:

15.1 Physically handicapped persons suffer from a range of problems on

account of mobility. Requests from differently abled fficials will therefore
be considered for posting on case to case basis.

16. CUT OFF DATE AilD TENTATIVE SCHEDUTE OF TRANSFER:

16.1 The cut-off date for calculating the pe riod of residency at a Station will be
01't lul fo r the year in which rotation al transfer is carried out. An Official
r ng covered under RTP should have completed prescribed tenure as
l
on 01$ uly. The cut-off date for calculating two years in respect of
officials superannuating will be calculated as on the last date of the
month in which rotational transfer order is issued.

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 16.2 The implementation of the transfer policy will be carried out from ZO2L t/
onwards.

17. GENERAL CONDIIIOI{S FOR ROTATIONAL TRANSFER:

L7.L officers/staff who have developed a specialization in a particular field,

would be transferred to such institutions/units where their specialization
:ould be utilized.
r7.2 In case the spouse of the officer/staff happens to be an employee of state
GoM/central Govt. or Govt, undertakings, the hansfer of suih 6m.",=/rtar
will be restricted as far as possibre (eicept on administratire grounds) to
-of
the place of posting of his/her spouse subject to avairabirity ,ucan.y,
failing which the posting should be considered at the nearest p"riiur"
station. .l
L7 '3 In situations where on administrative and technical grounds, some posts
are required to be transferred from one Institute/.nit to'another, the
incumbents holding such posts wourd be transferred arong with tn"
dotg.
The Director General shall personaily satisfu himserf aoouittre neiesiity
or
transfer of such post along with the incumbent from one unit to another
and certifl expraining the reasons that this has been done in ffre puutic
Interest and after obbaining necessary approvars where ever requireol rnis
should be done with the prior approvar of the Executive commiltee and
in
case of urgency, with the approval of the chairperson of the Executive
Committee.

18. PR(rcEDURE OF RTP:

18.1 The process for annual transfer shall be stafted 09 months prior to the
cut-off date, i.e. , in November for transfer falling due on 01d Ju of the
following year.

18.2 Promotion shall be made against availabre vacancies. preferences for

posting on promotion shall be accommodated as far as possible
within the
available vacancies and in the order of seniority.

18.3 The list of officials, who are to be transferred wilr be notified on the
website of the councir arong with the vacancy position Station-wise
seeking preference choice from the oFficials concerned. officials
concerned may furnish three preferences for posting with reasons within
the availabte vacancies within 15 days of notification-of vacancies.

19. ANNUAL ROTATIONAL TRANSFER COMMITIEE:

19.1 There shall be a Transfer committee to consider the cases of annual
transfer. The committee shall be chaired by DG/ Director of the respective
Council.

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 L9.2 The composition of the Committee may be deiced by the respective
Council.

20. RESIDUARY JURISDICTION AND POWERS TO RELAX:

20.1 The jurisdiction in all residuary matters and also to relax any of the
provisions in deserving circumstances will rest with the Chairperson,
Executive Committee of the respective Council. In administrative
exigencies, the Chairperson may order any transfer beyond this policy.

20.2 The DG of the respective Council will submit suitable proposal in such
case directly to the Chairperson, Executive Committee.

2l. COMPTIAI{CEOFTRANSFERORDERS:
zL.l After issue of transfer orders, the controlling officers responsible for
relieving the transferred officers/employees will be responsible for its
compliance. No leave to be sanctioned to any transferee, after his / her
. transfer, by the Head Quarters.

2L.2 Non-compliance of the order will be viewed seriously and will attract
disciplinary action.

22, COMPETENTAUTHORITY:

22.1 The powers to review or modifu/amend the p.rovisions of this policy

shall vest with the Executive Committee.

22.1 The power to approve transfer & posting barring cases under provision
at S.No. 20 above shall vest with the DG/Director of the Council.
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