Mutual transfer of the staff working in Pay Level-I: Clarification by Railway Board vide RBE No. 67/2025 dated 08.07.2025
RBE No. 67/2025
भारत सरकार/ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय/ MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
रेलवे बोर्ड/ (RAILWAY BOARD)
No. E(NG)I-2020/TR/13(E-3327313)
New Delhi, dated 08.07.2025
The General Manager(P)
All Zonal Railways & PUs
(As per standard list)
Sub: Regarding policy of Mutual transfer of the staff working in Pay Level-I.
Ref: PNM/AIRF Item no. 20/2024.
Federation (AIRF) vide their PNM Item no. 20/2024 under reference raised the issue regarding mutual transfer of staff working in Level-I (GP Rs. 1800) belonging to different cadres/departments. Federation has pointed out that some Zonal Railways are interpreting the instructions issued vide Board’s letter dated 06.07.2018 (RBE No. 99/2018) in such a way that they are permitting requests of mutual transfers only in cases of inter Division and/or inter Railways.
2. The matter has been examined in Board’s office. It is clarified that the instructions issued vide RBE No. 99/2018 stipulate mutual transfers from one Office/Division/Railway/Unit to another Office/ Division/ Railway/Unit either in the same or corresponding cadres. In view of the instructions of RBE No.99/2018 and the intentions thereof and the provisions of the Rule-103(51), Chapter-1 of R-1 (The Indian Railway Establishment Code (Volume-I), Fifth Edition (Third Reprint) 2008, envisaging that transfer involves either taking up of duties of a new post or is a consequence of a change of a railway servant’s headquarters, it cannot be construed that a mutual transfer is, permissible only when a change of Division or Railway is involved.
3. The Railways/PUs are therefore advised to process mutual transfer requests, where change of Divisions or Railways is not involved, accordingly.
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