Chandigarh : Haryana has set a 10-day deadline to roll out its first online transfer drive under the newly notified Model Online Transfer Policy, 2026. Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi has directed all Administrative Secretaries, Heads of Departments, Boards, Corporations, the National Informatics Centre (NIC), and the Health and Medical Education Departments to complete all preparatory work within the stipulated timeline. This includes updating Human Resource Management System (HRMS) records, deploying online software modules, appointing nodal officers, and ensuring departments are fully prepared for the technology-driven transfer process.
The Chief Secretary said the new policy, which replaces the Model Online Transfer Policy, 2025, aims to make employee transfers transparent, objective, merit-based and fully digital. Departments have been instructed to verify and update employee service records in HRMS, while NIC has been tasked with completing software development, testing and deployment on priority. All transfer drives initiated under the repealed 2025 policy have been discontinued, and future transfers will be conducted exclusively through the HRMS-integrated online system.
To ensure eligible employees are not deprived of benefits, the Health and Medical Education Departments have been directed to issue disability, UDID and medical certificates within three days of receiving applications wherever admissible. The government has also asked Boards, Corporations and other government organisations to adopt the Model Online Transfer Policy, 2026, or align their existing transfer policies with it. Officials have reiterated that no regular transfers will be allowed outside the online transfer process, and any attempt to furnish false information or influence transfers through unfair means will invite disciplinary action.
