F.NO.28034/9/2009-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions
North Block,
New Delhi,
Dated the 30.09.2009
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Posting of husband and wife at the same
station.
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/Deptts. 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 O.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 O.M. dated 12.6.97 have been amended.
4. The consolidated
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 IAS, 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.
6. Although, normal
channels of representations/complaints redressal mechanism exist in the
Min./Deptts., added safeguards to prevent noncompliance may be provided by
ensuring that the complaints against non adherence 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
