Of the total 108 such officials, highest of nine are from Ministry of Home Affairs, followed by eight from Defence ministry, six from Ministry of Rural Development and four each from ministries of Civil Aviation, Commerce, Health and Family Welfare and Department of Revenue.
Besides, three officials each from Coal and Environment and Forests ministries, Industrial Police and Promotion, Posts, Shipping, Social Justice and Empowerment, and Textiles departments will also being rotated to different ministries, according to a list issued by Department of Personnel and Training.
"Those on the lists have been asked to give their preferences for new postings if any by the month end failing which the government would go ahead with the transfers," a DoPT official said.
The move is a part of the government's phase-wise plans to shift Central Secretariat Service officers, who have completed their tenure in a particular ministry. One of the objectives of the policy is to allow officers gain exposure to various challenging situations at various ministries, he said.
The officers, who are due to superannuate within next two years, have been exempted from the move.
Two officials each from Consumer Affairs, Disinvestment, Telecommunication, Expenditure, Labour and Employment, and Mines departments, Development of North Eastern Region, Earth Sciences, Petroleum and Natural gas, Power and Women and Child Development ministries, and Union Public Service Commission are also on the list.