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

No. IRTS Cadre 2024/2/Policy

BHARAT SARKAR I GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

RAIL MANTRALAYA/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYs 

(RAILWAY BOARD) 

General Managers

All Zonal Railways 

New Delhi, 10.01.2024 

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 Traffie 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 CGrade (12 years of service), an officer should, to the extent possible. be posted in Division/Field and thercafter. 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/Cieneral until confirmed JAG (as per SN I 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 I year. 

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

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

In addition to the above, it is clarified that PCcOM shall be the cadre controlling officer at Zonal level for Traffic Transportation and Commercial Department, with PCCM the associate member in the placement committe. 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(0&BD)).

(Mallela Srikant) OSD'MOBD 

Railway Board