In enclosing herewith a copy of Notification from P&AR Department, GoWB referred as above, which speaks for itself, I am directed to request you to take necessary course of action on following point(s):-
a) No Officer/ Official shall ordinarily be posted in his/her Home District, except during the last two years preceding the date of superannuation, subject to administrative convenience.
b) An Officer/ Official shall be ordinarily considered for transfer on completion of three years of continuous service in a post and, in any case, no officer/ official shall ordinarily be continued in the same post beyond four years.
c) Officers holding revenue collection, tax collection or other sensitive filed assignments, shall ordinarily be transferred on completion of two years of service in the post and shall not continue beyond three years in the same assignment.
d) While effecting transfers, convenience of the officers/ officials in terms of district may be considered subject to administrative convenience and public interest.
e) The Administrative Department may, on special cases, relax any of the above provision(s) in case of administrative exigencies, hardship or other exceptional circumstances.
Hence, for improvement of i) Administrative Efficiency, ii) Greater Transparency & iii) Accountability in H&FW Department, I am further directed to request you to kindly onward transmit the Circular along with the above-mentioned Order to your administrative counter-parts & subordinate offices under your control and instruct to take further course of action(s) with strict adherence in this regard.
This may please be treated as important.
Enclo: As stated above Yours faithfully
Sd/- Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal
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Government of West Bengal Department of Health & Family Welfare G.A.Branch, Swasthya Bhavan, GN-29, Sector-V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata-91
No. 2181/HF/O/GA/W-71/2023 Dated, Kolkata, the 27th July, 2026.
CIRCULAR
From: The Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal;
To:
The Director of Health Services, WB
The Director of Medical Education, WB
The Director of Ayurveda, WB
The Director of Homoeopathy
The Director of Drugs Control
The Secretary, WBHRB
The Secretary, WBCERC
The Mission Director, NHM
The Executive Director, WBSH&FW Samiti
The Executive Director, WB AYUSH Samiti
The MD, WBMSCL
The MD, GLUCONATE
The MD, EMAIL
The Director, State Drugs Control & Research Laboratory (SDCRL)
The Director, State Pharmacopoeial Laboratory & Pharmacy for Indian Medicine (SPLPIM)
The Director, ISM Drugs Control
The Jt. Director (Personnel), under DHS, WB
The Jt. DHS(Transport), SHTO under Directorate of Health Services
In enclosing herewith a copy of Notification from P&AR Department, GoWB referred as above, which speaks for itself, I am directed to request you to take necessary course of action on following point(s):-
a) No Officer/ Official shall ordinarily be posted in his/her Home District, except during the last two years preceding the date of superannuation, subject to administrative convenience.
b) An Officer/ Official shall be ordinarily considered for transfer on completion of three years of continuous service in a post and, in any case, no officer/ official shall ordinarily be continued in the same post beyond four years.
c) Officers holding revenue collection, tax collection or other sensitive filed assignments, shall ordinarily be transferred on completion of two years of service in the post and shall not continue beyond three years in the same assignment.
d) While effecting transfers, convenience of the officers/ officials in terms of district may be considered subject to administrative convenience and public interest.
e) The Administrative Department may, on special cases, relax any of the above provision(s) in case of administrative exigencies, hardship or other exceptional circumstances.
Hence, for improvement of i) Administrative Efficiency, ii) Greater Transparency & iii) Accountability in H&FW Department, I am further directed to request you to kindly onward transmit the Circular along with the above-mentioned Order to your administrative counter-parts & subordinate offices under your control and instruct to take further course of action(s) with strict adherence in this regard.
This may please be treated as important.
Enclo: As stated above Yours faithfully
Sd/- Deputy Secretary to the Government of West Bengal