Posting of husband and wife at the same station
F.NO.28034/9/2009-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
North Block,New Delhi,
Dated the 30th September, 2009.
Dated the 30th September, 2009.
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Posting of husband and wife at the same station.
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In view of the utmost importance attached to the enhancement of women's status in all walks of life and to enable them to lead a normal family life as also to ensure the education and welfare of the ·children, guidelines were issued by DOP&T in O.M No. 28034/7/86-Estt.(A) dated 3.4.86 and No.28034/2/97-Estt.(A) dated 12.6.97 for posting of husband and wife who are in Government service, at the same station. Department had on 23.8.2004 issued instructions to all Mins.lDeptts. to follow the above guidelines in letter and spirit.
2. In the context of the need to make concerted efforts to increase representation of women in Central Government jobs, these guidelines have been reviewed to see whether the instructions could be made mandatory. It has been decided that when both spouses are in same Central Service or working in same Deptt. and if posts are available, they may mandatorily be posted at the same station. It is also necessary to make the provisions at Paras 3(iv) and (vi) of the a.M. dated 3.4.86 stronger as it is not always necessary that the service to which the spouse with longer service belongs has adequate number of posts and posting to the nearest station by either of the Department may become necessary.
3. On the basis of the 6th CPC Report, Govt. servants have already been allowed the facility of Child Care Leave which is admissible till the children attain 18 years of age. On similar lines, provisions of a.M. dated 12.6.97 have been amended.
4. The onsolidated guidelines will now be as follows:
(i) Where the spouses belong to the same All India Service or two of the All India Services, namely lAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (Group 'A'); The spouse may be transferred to the same cadre by providing for a cadre transfer of one spouse to the Cadre of the other spouse, on the request of the member of service subject to the member of service not being posted under this process to his/her home cadre. Postings within the Cadre will, of course, fall within the purview of the State Govt.
(ii) Where one spouse belongs to one of the All India Services and the other spouse belongs' to one of the Central Services:- The cadre controlling authority of the Central Service may post the officer to the station or if there is no post in that station, to the State where the other spouse belonging to the All India service is posted.
(iii) Where the spouses belong to the same Central Service:
The Cadre controlling authority may post the spouses to the same station. (iv) Where the spouse belongs to one Central Service and the other spouse belongs to another Central Service:-
The spouse with the longer service at a station may apply to his/her appropriate cadre controlling authority and the said authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the nearest station where the post exists. In case that authority, after consideration of the request, is not in a position to accede to the request, on the basis of non-availability of vacant post, the spouse with lesser service may apply to the appropriate cadre authority accordingly, and that authority will consider such requests for posting the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the nearest station where the post exists.
(v) Where one spouse belongs to an All India Service and the other spouse belongs to a Public Sector Undertaking:
The spouse employed under the Public Sector Undertaking may apply to the competent authority and said authority may post the said officer to the station, or if there is no post under the PSU in that station, to the State where the other spouse is posted.
(vi) Where one spouse belongs to a Central Service and the other spouse belongs to a PSU:-
The spouse employed under the PSU 'may apply to the competent authority and the said authority may post the officer to the station or if there is no post under the PSU in that station, to the station nearest to the station where the other spouse is posted. If, however, the request cannot be granted because the PSU has no post in the said station, then the spouse belonging to the Central Service may apply to the appropriate cadre controlling authority and the said authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station, to the station nearest to the station where the spouse employed under PSU is posted.
(vii) Where one spouse is employed under the Central Govt. and the other spouse is employed under the state Govt.:-
The spouse employed under the Central Govt. may apply to the competent authority and the competent authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the State where the other spouse is posted.
(viii) "The husband
2. In the context of the need to make concerted efforts to increase representation of women in Central Government jobs, these guidelines have been reviewed to see whether the instructions could be made mandatory. It has been decided that when both spouses are in same Central Service or working in same Deptt. and if posts are available, they may mandatorily be posted at the same station. It is also necessary to make the provisions at Paras 3(iv) and (vi) of the a.M. dated 3.4.86 stronger as it is not always necessary that the service to which the spouse with longer service belongs has adequate number of posts and posting to the nearest station by either of the Department may become necessary.
3. On the basis of the 6th CPC Report, Govt. servants have already been allowed the facility of Child Care Leave which is admissible till the children attain 18 years of age. On similar lines, provisions of a.M. dated 12.6.97 have been amended.
4. The onsolidated guidelines will now be as follows:
(i) Where the spouses belong to the same All India Service or two of the All India Services, namely lAS, IPS and Indian Forest Service (Group 'A'); The spouse may be transferred to the same cadre by providing for a cadre transfer of one spouse to the Cadre of the other spouse, on the request of the member of service subject to the member of service not being posted under this process to his/her home cadre. Postings within the Cadre will, of course, fall within the purview of the State Govt.
(ii) Where one spouse belongs to one of the All India Services and the other spouse belongs' to one of the Central Services:- The cadre controlling authority of the Central Service may post the officer to the station or if there is no post in that station, to the State where the other spouse belonging to the All India service is posted.
(iii) Where the spouses belong to the same Central Service:
The Cadre controlling authority may post the spouses to the same station. (iv) Where the spouse belongs to one Central Service and the other spouse belongs to another Central Service:-
The spouse with the longer service at a station may apply to his/her appropriate cadre controlling authority and the said authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the nearest station where the post exists. In case that authority, after consideration of the request, is not in a position to accede to the request, on the basis of non-availability of vacant post, the spouse with lesser service may apply to the appropriate cadre authority accordingly, and that authority will consider such requests for posting the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the nearest station where the post exists.
(v) Where one spouse belongs to an All India Service and the other spouse belongs to a Public Sector Undertaking:
The spouse employed under the Public Sector Undertaking may apply to the competent authority and said authority may post the said officer to the station, or if there is no post under the PSU in that station, to the State where the other spouse is posted.
(vi) Where one spouse belongs to a Central Service and the other spouse belongs to a PSU:-
The spouse employed under the PSU 'may apply to the competent authority and the said authority may post the officer to the station or if there is no post under the PSU in that station, to the station nearest to the station where the other spouse is posted. If, however, the request cannot be granted because the PSU has no post in the said station, then the spouse belonging to the Central Service may apply to the appropriate cadre controlling authority and the said authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station, to the station nearest to the station where the spouse employed under PSU is posted.
(vii) Where one spouse is employed under the Central Govt. and the other spouse is employed under the state Govt.:-
The spouse employed under the Central Govt. may apply to the competent authority and the competent authority may post the said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station to the State where the other spouse is posted.
(viii) "The husband
& wife, if working in the same Department and if the required level of post is available, should invariably be posted together in order to enable them to lead a normal family life and look after the welfare of their children especially till the children attain 18 years of age. This will not apply on appointment under the central Staffing Scheme. Where only wife is a Govt. servant, the above concessions would be applicable to the Govt. servant.
5. Complaints are sometimes received that even if posts are available in the station of posting of the spouse, the administrative authorities do not accommodate the employees citing administrative reasons. In all such cases, the cadre controlling authority should strive to post the employee at the station of the spouse and in case of inability to do so, specific reasons, therefor, may be communicated to the employee.
5. Complaints are sometimes received that even if posts are available in the station of posting of the spouse, the administrative authorities do not accommodate the employees citing administrative reasons. In all such cases, the cadre controlling authority should strive to post the employee at the station of the spouse and in case of inability to do so, specific reasons, therefor, may be communicated to the employee.
6. Although, normal channels of representations/complaints redressal mechanism exist in the Min.lDeptts., added safeguards to prevent noncompliance may be provided by ensuring that the complaints against nonadherence to the instructions are be decided by the authorities at least one level above the authorities which took the original decision when they are below the level of secretary to the Govt. of India/Head of the PSU concerned and all such representations are considered and disposed off in time bound manner.
7. Hindi version will follow.
(C.B.Paliwal)
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India
Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India
10 comments:
what about army officers people? my husband and i are both in the army. for the past 6 years of our married life , have never been posted together, and presently my husband got posted to banglore when he asked for pune despite there being three of his service units being here?
It seems a lady Govt. servant only should marry another Govt. servant,or fall in love only with a Govt. servant and only marry him. I am a class one officer in central Govt. and my hubby is working in a software firm which has got no branches anywhere else (in India) except his current place of posting. We have not stayed together more than two months since our more than 1 yr marriage hence got no kids. Since he is getting more salary than me the only option in front of us is to leave my job (based on the unanimous voting of both the families) despite of my brilliant academics compared to him........this only a Bharthiya naari can do to save her marriage.The current decision is most welcome, but still some brilliant lady brains are wasting because of the selfishness of our system.
Opinion of the officer is corrcet in her own perspective .But there are innumerable examples in govt of india orgaizations where both are in central govt and they have never been posted together.I know kendriya vidyalaya sangathan chandigarh where all such ladies whose husbands are in central and transferable service have never stayed together ,but ladies whose husbands are in the private sector or are self employed have spent their whole lives together.Because they were ,may be, in a position to get it done.
Thanks to the dopt instructions who at least have looked in this direction for a common govt servant who doesnt have any pull and push
i fully agree with the opinion of ms priya.
Ms. Priya is requested to go back to newspaper report few years back when sh manmohan singh as prime minister had said that
this transfer posting industry needs to be closed.
He hinted at many things.I am sure Ms . Priya u understand it
In case only wife is a Government PSU employee and husband is going abroad for an year. Should wives be eligible for one year leave (on pay / without pay) ?
I am posted in railways in Gr. A services and my wife is teaching in state govt (autonomus university). We got married in 2004 since then we only manage together for 2 years. The senior officers of mine willfully do not let me to post at the same place of my wife inspite of verbal and written requests. I think this is the problem of mean mentality of our senior officers. Hope this will change.
Mandeep Kaur,
My husband is serving in defence. i am a punjab govt employee. can i request to central govt to transfer my husband in my home state
i and my husband are in same organisation in central governent. he is posted in Chhattisgar.and im posted in Delhi. there is vacancy in my lab.but his General Manager is not giving transfer.he is also having sevsre backbackbone problem.no medical facility is available in jadalpur.yet his GM is not giving transfer.What we can do in such siyuation
Myself is a central government employee and working in out of my home state. My wife is a state government employee and cannot be granted transfer to the state where i am working. I am trying to convince my higher authorities for last one and half year and they have no patience to read my requision letters. Some of my coleagues who are junior than me in service, were given transfer to their home states,even they will not come under the perview of spouse case transfers, as their husbands are not government employees. They were considered because they were ladies. Whether it mean the spouse case transfer is applicable only to lady employees. OR WHETHER IT MEAN LADIES SHOULD NOT BE EMPLOYED IN STATE GOVERNMENT, LIKE MY WIFE IS EMPLOYED IN STATE GOVERNMENT, AND CANNOT BE TRANSFERED TO THE STATE OF MY WORKING, AS THE STATE GOVERNMENTS ARE DIFFERENT. I THINK MY HIGHER AUTHORITIES ARE ON THE VIEW THAT A CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE SHOULD NOT MARRY A STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE , or, one of the spouses should resign from the job after their marriage.
Hello everyone ..i will apreciate some feedbacks on this question which i am going to ask.
I have been working in a power psu which is joint venture of goi and govt. Of himachal pradesh.my wife works in state govt department in shimla(only office in state) that means her job is not transferrable.
Myself being from engineering field currently working in project site which is 150 kms away from shimla.i have a daughter which is just 1 year old.my wife lives alone( no family support) how should i approach my higher authorities for transfer to shima? They have their design and contract departments there.but i have heard from many fellow employees that shimla beinh a soft location management has closed mind attitude towards transfers untill they are directly on minister's approach or internal links.what should i do?, suffering from a kind of depression.i dont want transfer for my whole service in shimla.just want untill children attains age of 10 years.please any expert show me the way.
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