# BMC plans software-based randomised transfer system for engineers 2026-08-05T23:15:23+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will introduce a software-based randomisation system for transferring sub-engineers, junior engineers and assistant engineers, expected by October, the Free Press Journal reported. The system will generate postings based on vacancies and existing transfer rules, reducing discretionary decisions, following allegations that engineers had secured preferred postings through influence. The Municipal Engineers' Association welcomed the move but asked the municipal commissioner for a merit-based scoring system using seniority, tenure, performance and administrative need, along with online publication of scores and transfer orders, a correction window and an appeal process. The report referenced a 2025 decision staying transfers of over 160 engineers and a 2026 allegation that some of those officials were reassigned to the same postings. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The BMC's proposed draw would take individual discretion out of postings, though the criteria feeding it and the process for correcting errors are what the engineers' association is asking to see published. The allegations of a transfer market cited here remain allegations, without any inquiry finding referenced in the report. The October rollout is when the BMC either publishes those scores and an appeal route or goes ahead without them. ## Coverage - www.freepressjournal.in Tags: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/bmc-to-introduce-software-based-engineer-transfer-system-amid-transfer-market-allegations/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/bmc-to-introduce-software-based-engineer-transfer-system-amid-transfer-market-allegations/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.