Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Dopt: Posting of Husband and Wife at the Same Station

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. DateSubject 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) 30/09/2009Posting 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) 02/07/2015Framing 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.

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