10. Sensitive Posts & CVC guidelines

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Sensitive Posts & CVC guidelines

 Tenure for sensitive posts is 2/3 years and rotation of all officials working in sensitive should be ensured.

 CVC in its order dated 11.09.2013 instructed that officials should not be retained in the same place/position for long time.

 All posts in Single/Double handed post offices, BNPL centres, BPC centres, E commerce centres & Saving bank counters are identified as sensitive posts

 Sensitive Posts includes all posts handling treasury, Cheque clearance, billing, counter operations, claim cases, CPC CBS & (PLI) branch including CEPT/SDC 

 Officials dealing with vigilance, investigation, recruitment, staff, transfer & posting, building, procurement, stock are considered to be sensitive posts.

 All posts in MMS units are treated as sensitive posts.

 Officials working as Marketing Executive & System Managers should be rotated every 2/3 years. It is pertinent to mention that in para 5.1 (iii) of sensitive posts Directorate order dated 08.03.2018 it is clearly stated that “officials” working as ME/System Manager are considered to be sensitive and not the post of Marketing Executive & System Manager. To illustrate if an official is working as system manager, he/she cannot be transferred and posted as system manager in another office on completion of tenure as system manager. He should be compulsorily relieved from the post of system manager.