Posting of Husband and Wife at the Same Station
- Dopt
Concerning
the posting at the same place of husband and wife who
are working in
Government service, the transfer issues have been
raised in Parliament
on several occasions. In 1980's these demands began to
show its
seriousness, because the percentage of women employees
were increased in
joining the Government services. The Central
Government also observed
this issue from various forums, a circular had been
issued by the
Department of Social Welfare in Feb 1976 to all Head of
Departments to
give serious consideration to the requests of posting
of husband and
wife at the same station. In order to that order, lot
of women employees
started to send their request to transfer at the place
where their
husbands are posted.
The Central Government gave its utmost
importance to this issue and as far as possible and
within the
constraints of administrative feasibility, the husband
and wife should
be posted at the same station to enable them to lead a
normal family
life and to ensure the education and welfare of their
children. The
Department of Personnel and Training issued an OM on
3.4.86, in
accordance with the guidelines and instructions in the
order given by
the Government, all cadre controlling authorities
should consider such
requests with the utmost sympathy.
The Department of Personnel and
Training issued various office memorandums regarding
this matter from
time to time. The motive of the Government on the
petitioners, said in
the orders repeatedly, to give 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.
Till recently, the persmin has issued total of
six orders pertaining the above subject on its website.
After
implementation of the 6th CPC, the last order has been
issued on
30.09.2009. The order said that "On the basis of the
6th CPC reprot,
Government servants have already been allowed the
facility of Child Care
Leave which is admissible till the children attain 18
years of age".
The consolidated guidelines concerened this subject has
been provided in
the OM dated 12.06.1997. The consolidated guidelines
has been amended
and published in the last order after implementation of
6th CPC.
In
the main guidelines, "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.
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".
We have made a table of orders for your kind
consideration…
| No. | O.M.
No./O.M. Date | Subject
Link |
| 1. | No.28034/7/86-Estt.(A)
03/04/1986 | Posting of husband
and wife at the same station |
| 2. | No.A-B14017/41/90-Estt(RR)
10/05/1990 | Posting of
Physically Handicapped Candidates |
| 3. | No.AB14017/41/90- Estt.(RR)
15/02/1991 | Posting of
Government employees who have mentallyretarded
children |
| 4. | No. 28034/2/97-Estt. (A)
12/06/1997 | Posting of husband
and wife at the same station |
| 5. | No.14017/16/2002-Estt(RR)
13/03/2002 | Posting of
physically handicapped candidates |
| 6. | No. 28034/9/2009-Estt.(A)
30/09/2009 | Posting of husband
and wife at the same station |
| 7. | No. 41017/10/2015-Estt.(A)
17/04/2015 | Status of
implementation of the Supreme Courtjudgement dated
31.10.2013 in WP(Civil) No. 82/2011 in the matter of
Shri
T.S.R. Subramanian and Others vs. UOI and Others -
Parliament Assurance in
Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q.No.988, answered on 17.07.2014,
on Amendment in Rule
3(3) of All India Service (Conduct) Rules -
regarding |
| 8. | No. 11013/10/2013-Estt.(A)
02/07/2015 | Framing a Transfer
Policy in all cadres - regarding |
The
affected employees feel that although the all
guidelines for
implementing the facility issued by the Government, the
Head of
Departments are not feasible to make it clear to
stricken employees.
