Usually it would not happen, i.e., not relieving a government servant who has been transferred to another post. Sometimes, due to some administrative exigencies (and sometimes also due to some other reasons, including personal ones), a transferred government servant may not be relieved early to join the new place of posting. The way you have mentioned that your head of the office has not relieved you on transfer even after 6 months, there may be a possibility that he might have talked to the transferring authority and may have taken his permission (written or oral) to not relieve you early, or may even have requested for the cancellation of the transfer order citing some reasons, including the administrative exigencies. It may be advisable to make a written representation to the head of office as well as to the transferring authority and you may also inform them about the hardships being faced by you due to the uncertainty. You may also seek a personal appointment with the transferring authority to personally apprise him of your difficulties. If you are seriously aggrieved, you may even consider approaching the appropriate court or tribunal (such as Central Administrative Tribunal, if you are a central government servant); however, please note that courts and tribunals will generally not interfere in the transfer matters.
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