Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan implements the new transfer policy of Secretariat administration

Chief Secretary Anand Bardhan has implemented the new transfer policy of the Secretariat Administration immediately. All transfers will be done before July 31. Though the transfer policy was implemented in the Secretariat in 2007, it could not be effective. Due to this officers have not been transferred in many sections for years.

This policy will be effective for Section Officer to Joint Secretary and Review Officer, Assistant Review Officer, Computer Assistant under the Secretariat Service Cadre. A committee will be formed with the approval of the Chief Secretary for annual transfers, in which one of the Additional Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary, Secretary Secretariat Service will be the Chairman.

Apart from this, Additional Secretary Secretariat Administration and officers up to the level of Additional Secretary nominated by the Chief Secretary will be members. Category-A officers of the Secretariat Service will get deployment in any one department for a maximum of three years. Category-B officers will get deployment in a section for a maximum of five years. In category-C, Review Officer and Assistant Review Officer will get deployment in a section for a maximum of five years, Computer Assistant will get deployment in a section for a maximum of seven years.