Minutes of the meeting held under the chairmanship of Shri Sanjay Kothari, Secretary, DOP&T on 31.03.2016 to consider the cases of inter cadre deputation/inter cadre transfer/extension in inter cadre requiring relaxation of provision(s) of the guidelines.
A meeting was held on 31.03.2016 under the Chairmanship of Secretary(P) to consider the cases of inter cadre deputation/ inter cadre transfer/ extension in inter cadre deputation period requiring relaxation of provision(s) of the guidelines. The member of the committee AS(S&V) was also present. Further, US(S-III) was also present to assist the Committee in the meeting.
The Committee took note of the Action Taken Report on the minutes of the previous meeting held on 14.03.2016. The Committee after detailed deliberations and careful consideration in each case took following decisions in the meeting:-
Case 1: Inter cadre transfer of Ms. R. Alice Vaz, IAS (WB:2005) on grounds of marriage to Shri S.S. Yadav, IPS (AGMUT: 97) from West Bengal cadre to AGMUT cadre.
The Committee was informed that Ms. R. Alice Vaz, IAS (WB:2005) has requested for inter cadre transfer on grounds of marriage to Shri S.S. Yadav, IPS (AGMUT:97) from West Bengal cadre to AGMUT cadre. The home state of Ms. R. Alice is Tamil Nadu. Further, the State Government of West Bengal i.e. the parent cadre has regretted its inability to give its consent for the proposed cadre transfer of the officer due to an acute shortage of IAS officers in this State Cadre. The Committe after detailed deliberations decided that the proposal for cadre change of Ms. R. Alice Vaz, IAS may be processed only on receipt of no objection/consent from West Bengal cadre and inform the officer accordingly.
Case 2: Inter cadre deputation of Shri Ranjit Kumar Singh IAS (GJ: 08) from Gujarat cadre to Bihar cadre.
The Committee was informed that the officer is suffering from chronic Spontaneous Urticaria. Further, his mother of the officer is on bed rest and father is a patient of asthma. The officer is going to complete required nine years of service on 01.07.2017. The Committee after detailed deliberation did not recommend the proposal of the officer as the officer has not completed the required period of 9 years in his cadre and decided to incorporate the case in the quarterly report to be submitted to ACC and officer to be informed about the above decision.
Case 3: Inter cadre deputation of Dr. Pooja Pandey, IAS (AM:2008) from Assam- Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
The Committee was informed that Dr. Pooja Pandey, IAS has requested for inter cadre deputation from Assam Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre. However, the State Government of Meghalaya has conveyed that it is not in a position to release the officer due to shortage of officer in the Meghalaya Wing of the Joint cadre of Assam-Meghalaya. The Committee after detailed deliberations decided that the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of the officer may be processed only after receipt of no objection/ consent from the Government of Meghalaya and decided to incorporate the case in the quarterly report to be submitted to ACC and officer to be informed about the above decision.
Case 4: Inter cadre deputation of Shri Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari, IAS (AM:06) from Assam Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
The Committee was informed that Shri Brahma Deo Ram Tiwari, IAS has requested for inter cadre deputation from Assam Meghalaya cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre. However, the State Government of Meghalaya has conveyed that it is not in a position to release the officer due to shortage of officer in the Meghalaya Wing of the Joint cadre of Assam-Meghalaya. The Committee after detailed deliberations decided that the proposal for inter-cadre deputation of the officer may be processed only after receipt of no objection/ consent from the Government of Meghalaya and decided to incorporate the case in the quarterly report to be submitted to ACC and officer to be informed about the above decision.
Case 5: Extension of inter cadre deputation period in respect of Shri B. Kalyan Chakravarthy, IAS (AM:95) from Assam-Meghalaya cadre to Telnagana cadre for a further period of 3 years w.e.f 01.02.2017.
The Committee was informed that the officer has requested for extension of his inter cadre period for a further period of 3 years w.e.f. 01.02.2017 as the grounds of extreme hardship of medical nature are still persistent. The Committee observed that the period of inter cadre deputation of the officer is going to expire on 01.02.2017 and directed that the officer may be informed to again process his proposal before three months of expiry of inter cadre tenure.
Case 6: Extension of Inter-cadre deputation period of Ms. Nidhi Kesarwani, IAS (MN:2004) from Manipur cadre to Uttar Pradesh cadre.
The Committee was informed that MOS (Home) has requested MOS(PP) for extension of inter cadre deputation of Ms. Nidhi Kesarwani, IAS for a further period of four years beyond 13.10.2016. The Committee after detailed deliberations decided to defer the proposal for the present.
Case 7: Request for delegation of power to Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEF) for cadre change of PH category IFS officers.
The Committee was informed that the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change has requested for delegation of power to Secretary, MoEF for cadre change of PH category, IFS officers. The Committee after detailed deliberations conveyed that the power for cadre change of AIS officer’s rests with ACC and the same cannot be delegated at the present. The Committee directed to convey the MoEF accordingly.
Case 8: Review of the Policy for inter cadre transfer/ deputation for North East cadres.
The Committee discussed North East Policy and directed to put up the policy separately as per discussion.
Table Agenda
Case 9: Relaxation in the condition of eligibility for inter-cadre deputation of AIS officer to the State of Telangana.
The Committee was informed that a reference has been received from the Home Secretary stating that the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Telangana has requested that in view of shortage of IPS officers in Telangana they may be allowed to liberally take suitable officers on deputation from other States cadre in relaxation to the extant policy as done earlier in the case of newly created State of Jharkhand etc. The Committee observed that the proposal for increasing the cadre strength of IPS in Telangana is under process. Further, cases of the officers who are eligible and willing for inter cadre deputation under the extant policy may be processed first and the relaxation to the extant policy for inter cadre deputation in respect for Telangana be taken up thereafter.
Meeting ended with thanks to the Chair
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