Compassionate Appointment
(Consolidated Instructions)
F.
No, 43019/9/2019-Estt.(D)
Government of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
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North Block, New
Delhi,
Dated the 23 August, 2021
Office
Memorandum
Sub:
- Consolidated instructions on compassionate appointment — Replacement of Para
13 -regarding.
The undersigned is directed to say that consolidated
instructions on compassionate appointment under the Central Government were
issued vide this Department's O.M. No. 140] 4/2/2012-Estt. (D) dated 16,1.2013.
Para 13 of these consolidated instructions provides guidelines to the competent
authorities in Ministries/Departments for dealing with requests/ applications
seeking appointment on compassionate grounds and disposal of such requests/
applications thereof by the Ministries/Departments.
2. References have been reccived from different
Mintstries/ Departments relating to the procedure and modalities involved in
processing claims of compassionate appointment. The lack of uniformity in processing
such claims by different Government offices, has also come under scrutiny of
the Courts. including Central Administrative Tribunals. As a result, a need has
been fell to bring in more objectivity and transparency as well as streamline
the process in dealing with requests/Applications seeking compassionate
appointment. The Hon‘ble Jabalpur Bench of the Central Administrative Tribunal,
in its Order dated 26.9.2019, in O.A. No. 202/00756/2017 of Deepanshu Raje v/s Union
of India & Others. inter- alia, directed Secretary, Department of Personnel
and Training, to issue revised guidelines, so as to bring in more transparency
and probity in the system in processing the claims of Compassionate
Appointment.
3. Therefore, after careful examination, the
procedure, as provided in O.M. dated 16.1.2013. has been reviewed in
consultation with the major stakeholder Ministries/Departments. Accordingly. it
has been decided to substitute existing Para 13 of the consolidated instructions
(OM dated 16.1.2013), with revised Para 13 given in Appendix.
4. All Ministries/Departments may circulate these
revised instructions to all offices under their administrative control and also
issue. wherever necessary. departmental instructions for supplementing these
guidelines, for dealing with requests/applications seeking appointment on
compassionate grounds.
(Pradeep Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tel. No. 23040339
To,
All Ministries/Department of Government of India (as
per standard list)
Copy to
1. President’s
Secretariat/Vice-President’s Secretariat/Prime Minister’s Office/Cabinet Secretariat/Rajya
Sabha Secretariat/Lok Sabha Secretariat/UPSC/CVC/C&AG/SSC, New Delhi.
2. The
Registrar General, Supreme Court of India, New Delhi.
3. The
Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Deihi.
4. Central
Information Commission, Baba Gangnath Marg, Munirka, New Delhi-1 10067.
5. All
attached/subordinate offices of Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
6. National
Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, New Delhi.
7. National
Commission for Minorities, New Delhi.
8. National
Commission for OBCs, New Delhi.
9. Secretary,
Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New Delhi
10.
All Officers and Sections in the
Department of Personnel and Training.
11.
NIC (DOP&T) for placing this OM on the
website of DOP&T
12.
Hindi Section, DOPT for Hindi version. Pradeep
a
(Pradeep Kumar)
Under Secretary
to the Government of India
APPENDIX
TO O.M.N.o 43019/9/2019-Estt.(D) DATED 23rd August, 2021
13. PROCEDURE (existing para 13 of OM dated
16.1.2013 stands substituted as follows)
1. The
Welfare Officer in each Ministry/Department/Office or a senior officer may be
deputed to meet the family members of the deceased Government Servant and
apprise them of the terminal benefits available to the family. This may be done
at the earlies t possible, preferably, within 30 days of death.
2. In
case it is observed by the Welfare Officer/Senior Officer that the condition of
the family of the deceased Govt Servant is indigent, the family should also be
apprised of the scheme for compassionate appointment.
3. In
such cases, the Welfare Officer or any other Officer would assist the family
member of the deceased Government servant in applying for appointment on
compassionate grounds. The application should be made in the format prescribed
as in Annexure. All assistance should be extended to enable such family member
to fill the Application Form for compassionate
appointment, The Applicant should be advised in person about the requirements and
formalities to be completed by him. The Applicant should also be given detailed
information of the posts to which they can apply.
4. The
Administration shall satisfy itself regarding the correctness of the details
entered in the Application form and family income and other details computed
for processing the Application. During scrutiny, if any additional details or
information having a bearing on the case, emerge, the same should be added as
supplementary Note to the Application.
5. Every
application found to be in order, should be acknowledged by assigning a unique Registration
number. All pending Applications should also be assigned unique registration number.
This may be done within 2 to 3 weeks of time. Once a unique registration number
has been assigned to an application, the Applicant, including those whose
applications are pending, may be informed through email or other forms of
communication (including digital modes of communication) of their Unique
Application Registration Number.
6. Some
Departments such as CBIC, D/o Posts, D/o Defence have devised their own point
based merit system, for processing claims for compassionate appointment. In
order to bring in transparency and objectivity in dealing with such claims, all
Ministries/Departments, ho have not yet developed such a system, may do so by
devising their own point based merit system for assessing the merit of the
claims of compassionate appointments.
7. While
informing the Applicants of the registration number of their Application, they
may also be informed of the likely number of vacancies likely to be available
to be filled on compassionate grounds as well as be provided with a copy of the
point based merit system.
8. To
consider the various applications and to recommend individual applicant for
grant of compassionate appointment, a Committee, comprising three members (one
Chairman and two Members), may be constituted. The Committee may be chaired by
an Officer not below the rank of Director/Deputy Secretary in the
Ministry/Department and officers of equivalent rank in the case of attached and
subordinate offices.
9. The
Committee may preferably meet once in a year, to consider all fresh requests
received in the last calendar year, in addition to pending applications. In
case large number of applications are received at different times during the
calendar year, the Committee may meet twice or more to consider the applications.
10.
Prior to every meeting of the Committee,
the Applicants whose applications are being considered, should be informed,
through email or other forms of communication (including digital modes of
communication), of the number of vacancies in each grade for which they are being
considered as also the date the Committee is due to meet to consider their
Application. However, the Applicant(s) would not be required to have any
personal interaction, either with the Administration or the Committee and that
the Applicants may not be asked to be present during the meeting of the
Committee.
11.
Every valid application shall be
assessed strictly on the basis of the point based merit system formulated by
the concerned administrative Ministry/Department.
12.
The Committee should make its
recommendation for appointment on compassionate ground as per the total points
obtained by each Applicant, under the applicable point based merit system.
13.
The result of each round of selection
should be communicated to the Applicants. The points awarded against each
parameter alongwith total merit points earned, should be provided to the Applicants
through email or other forms of communication.
14.
The minutes of each meeting of the
Committee including the merit points earned by each Applicant should also be
placed, within a period of three weeks from the date of meeting of the Committee,
in public domain on the website of the Ministry/Department/Organisation for information
of all concerned.
15.
Recommendation of the Committee should
be placed before the competent authority for a decision. If the competent
authority disagrees with the committee’s recommendation, the case may be
referred to the next higher authority for a decision.
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