(1) It shall be compulsory for all Medical Officers and Other Staff to serve in rural areas as specified in the relevant rules of recruitment. A Medical Officer or Other Staff, who, as on the date of commencement of the Act, has not served in rural areas for the specified minimum period under the relevant rules of recruitment and who has not attained the age of fifty years, shall be transferred and posted to work in a rural area.
(2) The Competent Authority shall transfer such of those Medical Officers and Other Staff specified in sub-rule (1) who, as on the date of commencement of the Act, have not attained the age of fifty years and have not completed the specified period of compulsory rural service, in the relevant rules of recruitment, to rural areas, through the process of computerised counselling. In the process, in order to achieve above object, if necessary, the Competent Authority may transfer sufficient number of Medical Officers and Other Staff who have already completed the minimum period of compulsory service in rural area as per the relevant rules of recruitment, from rural area to Zone-B, and from Zone-B to Zone-A, as the case may be.
(3) The Competent Authority shall prepare and publish the names of those Medical Officers and Other Staff in each category of posts taking into consideration their length of service in urban area, who, as on the date of commencement of the Act, have not completed the specified compulsory minimum period of service in rural area as per the relevant rules of recruitment.
(4) The Competent Authority shall also prepare and publish the names of those Medical Officers and Other Staff serving in rural areas and Zone-B, who, as on the date of commencement of the Act, have already completed the minimum period of service in rural areas as per the relevant rules of recruitment in each category of posts, taking into consideration their length of service in the respective zone.
(5) The list of vacancies that are likely to be filled due to compulsory transfer of Medical Officer or other staff under sub-rule (3) i.e., existing clear vacancies and the vacancies available under subrule (4), shall be displayed in the Departmental Website. The consequential vacancies that arise at the time of counselling shall also be included in the list of vacancies as and when such vacancies arise.
(6) Procedure in compulsory transfer of Medical Officers and other staff to rural areas shall be as follows, namely: -
(a) Publish the provisional lists of Medical Officers and other staff who are proposed to be transferred to the rural area as per sub-rule (3); on the notice board of the Department and in the Departmental Website giving seven days time for submission of objections if any.
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(b) Publish the list of Medical Officers and Other Staff who are proposed to be transferred from rural areas to Zone-B, or from Zone-B to Zone-A, under sub-rule (4); on the notice board of the Department and on the Departmental Website giving seven days time for submission of objections if any.
(c) Consideration of objections and publication of final lists of Medical Officers and other staff who are to be transferred as per sub-rules (3) and (4);
(d) Counselling of the Medical officers and other staff;
(e) Issue of transfer orders.