Lok Sabha Question No. 2159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-08-05
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Transfer Policy 2023
Ministry: EDUCATION
Asked by: Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2159 ANSWERED ON 05.08.2024

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA SANGATHAN TRANSFER POLICY 2023

## 2159   DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether employees having spouses in Government Service have been displaced/transferred  in  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  under  Transfer Policy 2023;
- (b) if so, details of number of such spouses and number of employees still posted away from their spouses' station;
- (c) the details of employees who have taken voluntary retirement from service in 2022, 2023 and 2024;
- (d) whether representation has been received by KVS to add 'Spouse' in Part-I, Point 3-  Basic  Principles  (V)  of  Transfer  Policy  to  enable  them  to  apply  for  transfer without completion of three years tenure like cases covered under PwD/MDG/DFP/LTR, if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard, if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  posting  of  Government spouses in the KVS at the same place in accordance with the DoPT guidelines to ensure ease of living?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SHRI JAYANT CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b) The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) Transfer Policy 2023 is school-centric and supports the needs of all employees subject to the requirements of the organization and availability of vacancy. Transfer guidelines / policies of the institution are in place to ensure achievement of the objective of KVS, with regard to all stakeholders. KVS Transfer Policy 2023 aims to give better stability to the teaching process by prescribing a defined tenure  for  teaching  and  non-teaching  staff.  Further,  the  policy  is  comprehensive  and school-centric in order to ensure balanced availability of staff and a uniform standard of education for all students in 1253 functional KVs across the country.

There are specific provisions in Transfer Policy 2023 for consideration of spouse cases  subject  to  availability  of  vacancies.  The  policy  is  aligned  with  the  Central Government Rules and Regulations on transfer-posting. Weightage in terms of Transfer Counts and Displacement Counts is accorded to transfer requests on spouse ground.  In addition,  request  for  transfer  on  spouse  ground  is  also  considered  in  exceptional circumstances where both spouses are KV employees or one spouse is KV employee and the  other  is  a  Central  Government  /  Defence  employee  /  Central  Public  Sector Undertakings / Central Autonomous Bodies / State Government employee and the tenure of the KV employee is not yet completed but stay at the station is more than 3 years.

Any transfer to the choice station is dependent on the vacancies available as well as allotted transfer counts as per KVS Transfer Policy, 2023. As per information received from KVS, the data filled by employees during the annual transfer process 2024 under spouse category as well as  details  of  requests for  transfer  and  transfer  made  are  as under:-

| Particular                                                             |   No. of Cases |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
| Total number of spouse cases                                           |           9215 |
| Number of employees requested for transfer under spouse ground         |            321 |
| Number of employees transferred on spouse ground to their choice place |            150 |

Rest of the employees have been retained at same station on spouse ground.

- (c) As per information received from KVS, no such case has been reported involving employees,  who  took  Voluntary  Retirement  from  services  due  to  displacement  / transfer.   VRS is an option which an employee can exercise as a personal choice.
- (d) & (e) There is also a provision in KVS Transfer Policy 2023 to facilitate transfer of spouse cases even without completion of 5 years tenure by the concerned employee. In such cases, KVS can transfer on spouse ground, on request, by giving relaxation in tenure from five years to three years subject to availability of vacancy, eligibility, station seniority and applicable parameters in the interest of the organization. The policy is aligned with the Central Government Rules and Regulations on transfer-posting. Weightage in terms of Transfer Counts and Displacement Counts is accorded to transfer requests on spouse ground.

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