Officers
of the three premier services IAS, IPS and IFoS will now spend a minimum of two
years in each posting, according to new rules aimed at checking political
interference.
However, transfers and postings before two years can be done
by a Civil Services Board to be constituted by states under the new rules
circulated by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) of the central
government.
A
cadre officer, appointed to any cadre post, shall hold the office for at least
two years unless he or she is promoted, retired or sent on deputation outside
the state or for training exceeding two months, the rules said on Thursday.
"The
Centre or the state government... may transfer a cadre officer before the
minimum specified period on the recommendation of the Civil Services
Board," the rules said.
States
have now been mandated to constitute a Civil Services Board, which is to be
headed by the chief secretary. However, the competent authority may
reject the recommendation of the Civil Services Board by recording the reasons
for the same. For transfer and postings
of Indian Administrative Service officers, the board will have the senior-most
Additional Chief Secretary or Chairman, Board of Revenue or Financial
Commissioner, or an officer of equivalent rank and status as member, and Principal
Secretary or Secretary of the Department of Personnel in the state government,
as member secretary.
For
the posting and transfer of Indian Police Service officers, the board will have
two more members Principal Secretary or Secretary, Home, and the Director
General of Police. For Indian Forest Service officers as well, the board is to
have two additional members Principal Secretary or Secretary, Forest, and the
state's Principal Chief Conservator of Forest. "All appointments of cadre officers shall
be made on the recommendation of the Civil Services Board," state the
rules, which were notified by the DoPT on Tuesday.