Policy Guidelines on Transfer & Posting of officers in Traffic Transportation and Commercial Department in Zonal Railways

 BHARAT SARKAR/GOVERNMENT OF INDIA RAIL MANTRALAYA/MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAILWAY BOARD)

New Delhi. 10.01.2024

No. IRTS Cadre/2024/2/Policy

General Managers All Zonal Railways

Sub: Policy Guidelines on Transfer & Posting of officers in Traffic Transportation and Commercial Department in Zonal Railways

These policy guidelines on transfer & posting of officers in Traffic Transportation and Commercial Department in Zonal Railways shall be supplementary to the extant policy guidelines issued from time-to-time governing transfers and postings by Railway Board.

1. Till confirmed Junior Administrative Grade (9 years of service), an officer must be given atleast one term each in Operating, Commercial and preferably one term in Safety/General. A term for this purpose will be a duration of minimum 1 year. This shall be applicable to Group A and Group B officers.

2. Till Selection Grade (12 years of service), an officer should, to the extent possible, be posted in Division/Field and thereafter, preferably in Zonal Headquarters.

3. Till Senior Administrative Grade (17 years of service), an officer must be given atleast one term in Zonal Headquarters. If an officer has not been given one term in Safety/General until confirmed JAG (as per SN 1 above), the officer may be given one term in Zonal Headquarters of an equivalent profile. A term for this purpose will be a duration of minimum 1 year.

4. In a particular division, an officer should not be a branch officer for more than 5 years in total i.e. combination of SrDOM/SrDCM/SrDSO. For posting as SrDOM, it is preferred that an officer has experience of working in a Junior Administrative Grade post, including ad-hoc positions, in Division/Zonal Headquarters/Railway Board.

5. On promotion from Group C to Group B, officers must be posted outside their current division for atleast a term of 1 year.

In addition to the above, it is clarified that PCOM shall be the cadre controlling officer at Zonal level for Traffic Transportation and Commercial Department, with PCCM the associate member in the placement committee. The above policy guidelines may be modified only in exceptional cases, by PCOM with prior consultation with AM/Traffic.

This has the approval of Board [M(O&BD)].

(Mallela Srikant)

OSD/MOBD

 Railway Board