IREC Rule No.231: Transfer From One Department To Another

231.  Transfer From One Department To Another:-

Person employed in one department shall not be eligible for employment in another except with the previous consent of the head of the department in which they are employed. Without such prior consent the head of an office or department shall not employ a person either temporarily or permanently, if he knows or has reasons to believe that such persons belongs to another establishment under Government. A railway servant who takes up a new employment without the consent of the head of department commits a breach of discipline and is liable to be punished.  Divisional Railway Managers, may, however, transfer Group ‘D’ employees (Peons, Gangmen, Khalasi, Unskilled and Semiskilled, etc.) from one department to another or from one Division to another.