Appointment on Compassionate Grounds: RBE No.218/87 – More than 10 years Old Cases
No.E(NG)II/87/RC-1/57, dated 21.08.1987
Sub: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Cases beyond ten years of service.
1. Attention is invited to this Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)II/84/RC-1/26, dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) by which General Managers were authorized to consider cases of compassionate appointment of wards of employees dying in harness where the death took place more than five years back but not more than ten years back, subject to the conditions stipulated therein.
In the PNM meeting held between the Board and the AIRF on 22/23.04.1987, the Federation desired that the position regarding cases which were more than 10 years old or in which the conditions stipulated in Board’s letter dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) cited above are not fulfilled, should be clarified to the Zonal Railway Administrations.
2. Board wish to clarify that as per the provisions contained in their letter No.E(NG)III/78/RC1/1, dated 07.04.1983, in the cases where an employee loses his life in the course of duty or gets crippled in the course of duty (and accordingly retires on medical grounds), the General Managers can personally and in deserving cases, relax the five year time limit.
Board’s aforesaid letter dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) lays down the conditions subject to which it will be within the competence of General Managers to consider cases of compassionate appointments to wards of Railway employees dying in harness (other than a case of losing life in the course of duty) when the event of death has occurred within the preceding ten years.
3. Where death occurred more than 10 years back and also in cases where death took place between 5-10 years back, but the conditions stipulated in the said Board’s letter dated 18.4.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) are not fulfilled, compassionate appointment is not within the competency of the General Managers (except in cases of losing life in course of duty or getting crippled in the course of duty).
However in such cases, if compassionate appointment is otherwise admissible and if after careful examination of the case it is found that there are special features or circumstances justifying relaxation of time limit, the cases could be considered by the Railway Administrations for approaching the Railway Board for relaxation of time limit as a special case.
As per instructions in vogue on the subject, such a reference to the Railway Board should be made by the Railway Administrations only if the General Manager personally approves of recommending the case to the Board.