Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – To Near Relative

No.E(NG)III/78/RC1/1, dated 25.08.1980

Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds.

Reference is invited to Board’s letter of even number dated 30.04.1979, as amplified further, in regard to appointment on compassionate grounds. In partial modification of the instructions issued earlier, the Ministry of Railways have since decided that the benefit of compassionate appointment should be extended to “Near Relative” in cases where compassionate appointments are held to be justified. The eligibility of a “Near Relative” will be subject to the following conditions:

(i) The employee or the ex-employee should have no son or daughter or the son or daughter is a minor one and the widow cannot take up an employment.
(ii) A clear certificate should be forthcoming from the widow that the “Near Relative” will act as the bread-winner of the family.
(iii) If the family certifies at a later date that the “Near Relative”, who was appointed on compassionate grounds, refuses to support the family, the services of that employee will be liable to be terminated.
(iv) Once a “Near Relative” is appointed on compassionate grounds, no further appointment should be given later to a son or a daughter or the widow of the employee on compassionate grounds.
(v) The appointment of the “Near Relative” should not be considered, if a son or a daughter or the widow is already working and is earning.

Download Railway Board Circular dated 25.08.1980

Forward reference⇒RBE No.