(a) [The State Government] may transfer a Government servant from one post to another ; provided that, except :—
[Subs. by G.O.Ms.No. 12, Fin. & Plg. (FW:FR.I) Dept., Dt. 7-2-95]
(1) on account of inefficiency or misbehaviour, or
(2) on his written request,
a Government servant shall not be transferred substantively to, or, except in a case covered by Rule 49 appointed to officiate in a post carrying less pay than the pay of the permanent post on which he holds a lien, or would hold a lien, had his lien not been suspended under Rule 14.
(b) Nothing contained in clause (a) of this rule, or in Clause (13) of Rule 9 shall operate to prevent the retransfer of a Government servant to the post on which he would hold a lien had it not been suspended in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of Rule 14.