COMPENDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONS Miscellaneous Matters

Transfer
Copy of letter No. 8954-5GS-60/36687, dated the 5th October, 1960 from the Chief Secretary to
Government, Punjab, to all Heads of Departments, etc. etc.
Subject : — Posting of father and son and very close relatives in the same office-policy regarding.
I am directed to address you on the above subject and to say that question whether a father
and his son or very close relations among whom there is either material or substantial dependence
should be posted in the same office, has been considered by Government. It has been decided that as
a general principle, as far as possible, father and son or very close relatives should not work in the same
office as this may lead to various kinds of abuse or at least various kinds or accusation or suspicion.
However, in respect of lower grade employees or in smaller offices e.g. the establishment of a Deputy
Commissioner where it is not practical to enforce this principle rigidly, an effort should be made to
appoint persons in relationship of this kind to work in different branches of the same office.
2. The receipt of this letter may be acknowledged.
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Copy of Circular letter No. 15905-2G8-60/46567, dated 19th December, 1960 from the
Chief Secretary to Government, Punjab, to all Heads of Departments etc.
Subject :— Implementation of decisions taken at the Conference of Commissioners and Deputy
Commissioners held at Simla in October, 1960, Restrictions on the posting of officials
in their Home Tehsils.
I am directed to say that in the Conference of Commissioners and Deputy Commissioners
held at Simla in October, 1960, it has been recommended to Government that for practical considerations
and because opportunities of misbehavior resulting there from are negligible, the ministerial and peon
staff of District and Sub-Divisional offices should be exempted from the rule that an official may not be
posted in his home tehsil and that in their case posting in the home tehsil should be permissible.
2. From the instructions contained in Punjab Government letter No. 9508-GI-58/25184, dated
the 16th August, 1958, it is clear that these do not apply to the ministerial and peon staff and there is no
bar to their being posted in their home tehsils. However, it is understood that some departments have
issued orders placing restrictions on the posting of such staff in their home tehsils.Government have
carefully considered this matter and it has been decided that as recommended by the Conference, there
should be no restriction to the ministerial and peon staff being posted in their home tehsils.
3. The receipt of this letter may please be acknowledged.
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