SALIENT FEATURES OF DRAFT TRANSFER/PLACEMENT GUIDELINES, 2018

SUBMITTED BY THE COMMITTEE

1) The Annual General Transfers in the grades of Superintendent and Inspector, and in
particular, involving a change of station, shall normally be effected once at the end of
the financial year, preferably by April end.

2) As a rule on promotion, the Superintendents are liable to be posted to different stations,

depending on the availability of the vacancies, with change of station.

3) The Committee has proposed for fair rotation of officers between sensitive to non-
sensitive places of posting.

4) Since preferred place of posting of officers is mainly in and around Bhubaneswar, it has
been proposed by the Committee to move out officers from Bhubaneswar to make space
for others for justified rotation. The Executive Officers, both Gazetted and Non-
Gazetted, on completion of tenure at Bhubaneswar, are liable to be transferred based on
their station seniority.

5) The maximum continuous tenure of stay in a particular Commissionerate/CCO/Appeals

shall be as follows:
Sl. Commissionerate Tenure Norm
No.
1. GST & CX, Bhubaneswar 4 years
Commissionerate
2. GST & CX, Rourkela 4 years
Commissionerate
3. Customs (Prev.) Commissionerate 3 years
4. Audit Commissionerate 3 years (extendable to 4 years in
deserving cases)
5. Appeals Commissionerate 2 years
6. CCO 2 years

6) Officers willing to continue in Rourkela Commissionerate may be allowed to do so with

the recommendation of the Commissioner and approval by the Chief Commissioner/CCA.

7) The maximum continuous tenure at a particular station shall be 8 years for

Bhubaneswar (including Cuttack, Choudwar & Khurda), 6 years for Rourkela and 4 years
for other stations. However, the same could be considered for extension for further two
years (upto 4 years for Rourkela) on the grounds of administrative exigency, the
proposal for which will be routed through the concerned Commissioner and has to be
approved by the Chief Commissioner.
8) Officers willing to continue in Rourkela Commissionerate may be allowed to do so with
the recommendation of the Commissioner and approval by the Chief Commissioner/CCA.

9) Tenure of continuous posting in any Commissionerate has been proposed by the

Committee to be normally for 03/04 years (as applicable) for
Superintendents/Inspectors.

10) During posting of 04 years in GST & CX Commissionerates of Bhubaneswar / Rourkela,

one officer has to be posted ordinarily for two years at sensitive posting and 2 years of
non-sensitive posting/charge.

11) Sensitive/non-sensitive and Hard places of Postings have been identified by the
Committee as follows:

12) Sensitive Postings:

a) Commissionerate and Divisional Anti-Evasion / Preventive Section;
b) Pre and Post Audit in Hqrs.Audit Branch;
c) All Divisional Technical Branches dealing with Rebate/Refunds, LUT/Bonds and
Registrations;
d) Audit Group/ Touring parties/ Circles of Audit Commissionerate;
e) Airports / Sea ports / ICD / Air Cargo Complex / CFS / Terminals/ Customs
Divisions / any other Assessment formations of Customs;
f) Deputations and postings on loan basis to DGGSTI / DRI / Directorate of
Enforcement / SEZ;
g) All Ranges of GST & Central Excise;

13) Non-sensitive Postings:

 Apart from the above, all other Branches/Sections in Chief Commissioner’s
Office/Commissionerates/Divisions /Commissioner (Appeals) Office would be treated as
Non-Sensitive postings.

14) Hard places of posting:

Taking into consideration various factors, like distance from/connectivity with Bhubaneswar,
living conditions in the area, availability of health care and good education facility, etc., the
following stations are hereby declared as Hard places of posting:
Sl. Station Commissionerate
No.
1. Jeypore GST & CX, Bhubaneswar
2. Bhawanipatna GST & CX, Bhubaneswar
3. Damanjodi GST & CX, Bhubaneswar
4. Titilagarh GST & CX, Rourkela
5. Rairangpur GST & CX, Rourkela
6. Belpahar GST & CX, Rourkela
7. Barbil GST & CX, Rourkela
8. Joda GST & CX, Rourkela
 15) For Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Khurda and Choudwar, the overall career limit/cap shall be
of 16 years, either individually or combinedly;

16) For Rourkela, Sambulpur and Jharsuguda, the overall career limit/cap shall be of 16
years, either individually or combinedly.

17) The officers coming back from deputation from sensitive charges, such as DRI, DGGSTI,
SEZ and/or any other formation have been proposed to be posted neither to Customs
Commissionerate nor will be given any sensitive posting in CGST & CX/Audit
Commissionerates till cooling-off period of 2 years is over.

18) In respect of Superintendents, the station stay will be calculated by computing their
continuous stay in the station in the combined executive cadre (Superintendent and
Inspector grade).

19) Transfer and Postings within a Commissionerate are to be done by the Commissioner in-
charge of the Commissionerate. However, deviation, if any, from the Transfer/Posting
guidelines, has been proposed by the Committee to be done with the prior approval of
the Chief Commissioner.

20) Tenure of Posting in Field formations/ locations of GST & Customs Commissionerates:
Sl. Place of Posting Tenure
No.
1 At Hard places of posting -- 1 year for officers other than coming from Customs & Audit
Commissionerate.
 -- 2 years for officers completing their tenure in Customs and
Audit Commissionerates.
 -- However, the officer can continue further on his or her
request, provided the same is acceded to by the
administration, subject to overall station tenure norms.
2 All Divisions of GST 2 years – subject to tenure norms of Commissionerate
Commissionerates
3 All Ranges of GST 2 years – subject to tenure norms of Commissionerate
Commissionerates
4 All field formations of 1 or 2 years (maximum 3 years in the Commissionerate); ICD-
Customs 1 year, ACC- 2 years, Sea Port- 2 years (subject to aptitude
Commissionerate and performance).
(Divisions / Customs
Houses / ICDs etc.)
5 Airport 1 year. Those who intend to continue beyond one year may be
allowed, subject to tenure norms of Customs Commissionerate.
6 Anti Evasion / Preventive 2 years -Should have a cooling off period of 2 years.Cooling off
Section of GST period can be waived of by the Chief Commissioner in
Commissionerates. deserving cases / special circumstances.
21) The cases of lady officers will be considered sympathetically, as far as possible.

22) Officers getting transferred to a choice station on own request before completion of
prescribed tenure to be considered as not in public interest transfers.If an officer’s
transfer order is cancelled on representation, then the officer will be liable for transfer in
the next AGT automatically.

23) Tenure in Audit Commissionerate will ordinarily be for 3 years, which shall be extendable
by further 1 year in deserving cases/administrative exigencies.

24) Since the Audit Commissionerate is headquartered in Bhubaneswar, the overall ceiling of
six years in a station shall be applicable for posting in the Hqrs.Office of the
Commissionerate including the Circle offices stationed at Bhubaneswar. In respect of
Audit Circle located at Rourkela, the combined tenure will be 6 years at Rourkela station.

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