Compassionate appointment - Clarification regarding regulation of condition and admissibility of various allowances after implementation of 6th CPC recommendation - regarding

No.19(7)/2012/D(Lab)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence

New Delhi, the 18th June, 2012.

Subject:- Compassionate appointment - Clarification regarding regulation of condition and admissibility of various allowances after implementation of 6th CPC recommendation - regarding.  

The undersigned is directed to refer to DoP&T O.M. No. F.No. 14014/2/2009-Estt(D) dated 3.4.2012 on the above subject circulated  vide this Ministry letter of even number dated 11.4.2012 and to forward the following clarifications received from DoP&T, for information, compliance, guidance and necessary action:- 

S.No.	Point of Reference	Clarification
1	Cases where widows who were earlier engaged in Pay band-1 with Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- and given on job training and were later reverted to Trainee in - 1S Pay Band due to subsequent govt instruction recovery of excess payment has been effected: (i) Will they be entitled to arrears for the recovery effected from them. (ii) Will their appointment after the latest instructions in Pay Band - 1 with Grade Pay Rs. 1800/- become effective from the date of initial appointment. (iii) Will this entitle them to arrears of salary and Pay Fixation accordingly.	The status of a Government servant appointed on compassionate ground will be either a "Trainee" or a 'regular' government servant. Subject to clarification furnished vide OM dated 3.4.2012, the status of a widow appointed on compassionate grounds will be that of a 'regular' government servant from the initial day of appointment. Yes. Yes. Yes.
2	Cases where widows were engaged as Trainees in the first instance due to non fulfillment of educational qualification. If appointing authority is satisfied that duties can be performed with the help of on job training then (i) Can the widows be appointed in Pay Band - 1 with Grade Pay 1800/- with retrospective effect i.e. from the date of initial engagement as trainee. (ii) Accordingly will they be entitled for arrears of pay and pay fixation accordingly.	Yes. Yes.

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(K.K. Diamary)
Under Secretary to the Govt of India.

LTC - FAQ

 Whether LTC can be availed by engaging Private Taxi?

Ø  No. It cannot be availed.

2.      What are the provisions for encashment of Earned Leave while proceeding on LTC?

Ø  Government servants are allowed to encash ten days of earned leave at the time of availing the LTC and to the extent of sixty days during the entire career. The leave encashed at the time of LTC will not be deducted from the maximum amount of earned leave encashable at the time of retirement. Where both husband and wife are Government servants, the present entitlement for availing LTC shall remain unchanged, and encashment of leave equal to 10 days at the time of availing of LTC will continue to be available to both, subject to a maximum of sixty days each during the career. With effect from 3.6.2009, encashment leave is permitted without any linkage to the number of days and nature of leave availed while proceeding on LTC.

3.      Can any official change his Home Town subsequently after the first declaration?

Ø  The hometown once declared and accepted by the controlling officer shall be treated as final. In exceptional circumstances, the Head of the Department, the Administrative Ministry may authorize a change in such declaration provided that such a change shall not be made more than once during the service of a Government servant.

4.      What are all the conditions for declaring home town?

Ø  In normal parlance home town is a place where the government servant is born. However it may not be applicable to most of the officials as many would have shifted to other places from the place of their birth due to various reasons. The following guidelines provided by the Govt which are not exhaustive could be useful for deciding the home town. However the decision of the Controlling Officer shall be final in accepting the hometowns.

·         The place declared by Government servant is the one which requires his physical presence at intervals for discharging various domestic and social obligations, and if so, whether after his entry into service, the Government servant had been visiting that place frequently.

·         The Government servant owns residential property in that place or whether he is a member of a joint family having such property there.

·         His near relations are resident in that place.

·         Prior to his entry into Government service, the Government servant had been living there for some years.

·         Where the Government servant or the family of which he is a member owns a residential or landed property in more than one place, it is left to the Government servant to make a choice giving reasons for the same.

5.      Whether both the husband and wife are eligible to LTC separately if they are government servants?

Ø  When husband and wife both are Govt. servants, they could, at their option, choose to declare separate hometown and both of them may claim the concession separately under the normal provisions of CCS (LTC) Rules. In respect of the members of their respective families subject to the condition that if husband or wife avails the facility as a member of the family of the other, he or she will not be entitled for claiming the concession for self independently. Similarly, the children shall be eligible for the benefit in one particular block as members of the family of one of the parents only.                                               

Relaxation under CCS Rules to visit North Eastern States and J&K in lieu of one LTC(Home Town)

No.11022/2/2008-AIS-II

Government of India 

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions 

Department of Personnel and Training 

North Block, New Delhi-110001

Dated the 29th June, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: AIS(LTC) Rules, 1975 — application of relaxation under CCS Rules to visit North Eastern States and J&K in lieu of one LTC(Home Town) - reg.



Sir,

       I am directed to enclose herewith copies of the instructions contained in this Department’s O.M. No.31011/4/2007-Estt(A), dated 30th April. 2012 and O.M.No.31011/2/2003-Estt.A-IV dated 15th June, 2012 regarding extension of relaxation to visit North Eastern States and J&K for a further period of two years and to say that the said instructions may also be invoked in respect of All India Services officers in respective State cadres under the provisions contained in rule 3 of All India Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1975.

Yours faithfully,

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(Deepti Umashankar)

Director(Services)

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CHQ NEWS ON NON-SETTLEMENT OF POSTAL ACCOUNTS ISSUES

All India Postal Accounts Employees Association

Central Headquarter

(Affiliated to National Federation of Postal Employees)

13-B, New Mahavir Nagar, Type-IV, DAO Flat, New Delhi – 110018

e-mail: aipaea_pao@yahoo.co.in

(Camp at: B-17, F-3,Vignanapuri,Vidyanagar,Hyderabad-500044)

AIPAEA/CHQ/12                                                                     Dated: 02-07-2012

To
Ms. Manjula Prasher, 
Secretary (Posts) & Chairman, PS Board,
Dak Bhavan,
New Delhi.

        Sub: - Long pending issues of Postal Accounts – Request – Intervention – Reg.

Respected Madam,

    I wish to bring to your kind attention the issues which are agitating the minds of the Postal Accounts employees that manifested in several forms of protests. These are the issues which are pending for a long time without any positive outcome.  Once again this Association is constrained to observe the protest week from 16-07-12 to 20-07-12 in order to bring to your kind notice the inordinate delay in the settlement of these issues.

1. Recruitment in PAOs: In spite of the assurance that the recruitment will be done on priority basis, no tangible and focused attention is given on this vital issue by the authorities concerned. The Postal Accounts Offices are reeling under severe shortage of Staff. If this depletion is allowed further, it will adversely affect the interests of the Department also besides demoralizing the existing Staff. Hence, a time bound action with alternative measures as suggested by the Staff side is requested.
2. Cadre restructuring in PAOs: As per the decision taken by the Secretary (P), the cadre restructuring Committee was constituted on 12-07-10 to examine the proposal for the restructuring of cadres in PAOs. The committee finalized its recommendations in the month of July 2011. The Internal Finance has cleared the proposal in the month of January 2012. Yet the issue is pending settlement till date. Many senior officials are retiring without deriving any benefit of the proposed cadre restructuring. Hence, it is requested to clear the proposal without waiting for the finalization of the cadre restructuring proposals of other wings of the Department.
3. Gr. D and Sorter anomalies: In the year 2004 Gr. D officials were promoted under Seniority Cum Fitness quota directly to LDC cadre ignoring the seniors in the Sorter cadre which is a normal promotional hierarchy to Gr.Ds of PAO. This has upset the seniority of the Sorters. After several pleadings by this Association the DDG (PAF) has taken a positive view on this and assured to protect the seniority on notional basis. But, so far no order has been issued in this regard. It is requested to cause the release of necessary orders by giving notional seniority to the adversely affected Sorters from the year 2004.
4. Gr.B non-gazetted status to Senior Accountants: DOP&T has issued a Gazette notification on 09-04-2009 classifying the employees with Grade Pay of Rs. 4200 as Gr.B.   Department of Posts has issued an order vide Lr. No. 4-4/2008-PCC dated 23-04-2009 followed by a subsequent corrigendum dated 04-05-2009 classifying the Senior Accountants Gr. B non-Gazetted. Since then this Association is demanding the implementation of the DOP order. But on some untenable grounds the issue has been kept under cold storage. It is requested to bestow Gr. B non-Gazetted status to Senior Accountants without further delay, as enjoined by the DOP order.
5. Victimization of PAO employees: PAO employees are being victimized in the name of contributory negligence for the frauds committed in the Post Offices. Without taking into consideration the post audit duties and other extenuating circumstances under which the PAO employees are functioning, the officials are being harassed and victimized in the name of contributory negligence. Retired employees are deprived of their terminal benefits for years together by not concluding the Charge sheets issued under Rule-16 of CCS (CCA)Rules before their retirement. It is requested to intervene and do justice to the employee and their families. It is also requested not to apply the doctrine of contributory negligence to the PAOs, as there is no direct nexus with the principle offenders and post audit cannot prevent the embezzlements.

    I request your good-self to kindly address these genuine grievances of Postal Accounts employees with your reassuring intervention.

           With Regards,

                                                                                                                                      Yours Faithfully,

                                                                                                                               (T.SATYANARAYANA)
                                                                                                                                   General Secretary