Question : CHANGE OF CADRE

(a) whether the government have received several requests from the State Governments of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir for change of cadre of some IAS/IPS Officers to their home State;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of those cases where Government have allowed the change of cadre of IAS/IPS Officers to their home State in public interest, the criteria followed in this regard;

(d) whether the ratio of insiders and outsiders in the State to which a cadre change is allowed is taken into account for cadre change on ground of public interest/personal reasons; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for not allowing the cadre change?

THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF SMALL SCALE INDUSTRIES, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF ATOMIC ENERGY AND SPACE. (SMT.VASUNDHARA RAJE)

(a)&(b): Requests for change of cadres for 8 I.A.S. officers and for one I.P.S. officer have been received from the Governments of Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir in the recent past.

(c): The extant policy on inter-cadre transfers came into force from 1995. Since then no inter-cadre transfer has been allowed in public interest to IAS/IPS officers.

(d)&(e): The requests for inter-cadre transfers are considered on merits of each case and after taking into account all relevant factors, in accordance with the extant policy on inter-cadre transfer.