(1) The order of priority for considering the requests during general transfers time shall be as follows:
(i) those who are eligible for transfer;
(ii) those who have completed ten years of service at the commencement of the Act and Rules but not served in category A posts;
(iii) those who have completed the prescribed tenure in the present post; and
(iv) those who are eligible for contingent transfers or postings as per rule 23.
(2) Applications received from each cadre shall be sorted into the above categories.
(3) Finally, they shall be sorted based on the Competent Authorities who are required to counsel the applicants.
(4) If there are too many applications and if it is not possible to consider all of them the Apex Authority may, rationalize the number by removing avoidable transfer applications from each group or deferring them for consideration later.
(5) Distribution of applications among different levels of Competent Authorities and different Circles and Divisions shall be fair and proportionate to the total cadre strength. Applications finally retained for counseling shall be the priority list.
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(6) The priority list so prepared shall be notified on the website by the Apex Authority indicating the names of the applicants, date, time and name of the counseling authority. Office of the Chairperson of the respective Competent Authorities shall be the venue for counseling.
(7) Controlling officers must communicate the counseling schedule to the forest officers or other officials working under their administrative control in remote areas and permit them to attend the counseling session.
(8) Counseling for general transfers and postings shall be done cadrewise by the respective Competent Authorities at the office of the Chairperson.