Inter Zonal request transfers on bottom seniority -RBE No.170 /05

RBE No.170 /2005 

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
RAILWAY BOARD

Board’s letter No. E[NG]I-2005/TR/22                                               dated 06-10-05

Sub: Inter Zonal request transfers on bottom seniority.

In terms of extant procedure request transfer from one Railway / Division / Unit to another Railway /Division/Unit are considered in recruitment grades on bottom seniority subject to the condition that the employee seeking transfer fulfills the condition of qualification for recruitment to the posts in the grade to which transfer is sought.

2. It has been brought to the notice of this Ministry that inter zonal request transfers are being withheld on account of existence of vacancies. Since requests by Railway servants for transfer on bottom seniority are made on grounds of special cases of hardship, it has been decided that requests for inter zonal transfers may not be withheld on account of existence of vacancies. If, however, request for transfer are withheld in the exigency of service on account of existence of vacancies, a time bound programme should be chalked out to fill up the vacancies by direct recruitment or promotion, as the case may be.