Civil Service Personnel Rule 11

11. A service personnel shall not be transferred to a lower rank post for any reasons except under the following circumstances:
(a) the service personnel is incompetent;
(b) there are sufficient evidences of his misconduct;
(c) the service personnel himself requests in writing to transfer to a lower rank post.
Explanation

(i) The expression ‘transfer to a lower rank post’ does not apply to the appointment of a service personnel to another post on account of the abolition of his or her post.

(ii) The expression ‘transfer to a lower rank post’ does not apply to the temporary transfer of a service personnel to a lower rank post for a certain period as a form of disciplinary penalty.