RBE No. 118/2002: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Divorced/ widowed daughter

No.E(NG)II/2002/RC-1/Genl./5, dated 19.07.2002
(SC No.53 to MC No.16)

Sub: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Divorced/ widowed daughter.

Attention is invited to Board’s letter No.E(NG)II/2001/RC-1/ER/5, dated 21.11.2001 (RBE No.224/2001), wherein the Railways were advised to consider the cases of dependent divorced/ widowed daughter for appointment on compassionate grounds as in the case of married daughters. The Railways were also advised in the said letter that this would be effective prospectively from the date of its issue and past cases need not be reopened.

In the meanwhile, a demand has been table by the Staff Side in the PNM/AIRF (No.28/2002) for the removal of the clause “Past cases need not be reopened” contained in para-3 of Board’s letter cited above and to advise the Railways to consider all such cases on merits.

The matter has been considered by the Board and it has been decided that only those cases which were under process on the date of issue of Board’s letter dated 21.11.2001 (RBE No.224/2001) may be considered by the Railways themselves on merit of each case.