Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Order of Priority
No.E(NG)II/84/RCI/51, dated 19.09.1984
Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds.
1. Attention in invited to para VIII of this Ministry’s latter No.E(NG)III-78/RC1/1, dated 07.04.1983 in which the order of priority for making appointments on compassionate grounds has been indicated.
2. The Ministry of Railways have had occasion to review this order of priority in the light of suggestions that consideration of appointment on compassionate grounds in cases where a person is medically de-categorized at the fag end of his service and/or a person who has earned the full retirement benefits at the time of medical de-categorization, should not be on the same footing as compassionate appointments in faces of death while still in service, particularly when a Railway servant dies suddenly.
3. The Ministry has now decided that the order of priority, as laid down in the aforesaid letter of 07.04.1983 shall be revised as under:
(i) Dependents of employees who die or are permanently crippled in the course of duty.
(ii) Dependents of employees who die in harness as a result of Railway or other accidents when off duty.
(iii) Dependents of employees who:-
(a) Die in service or are totally incapacitated while in service irrespective of the period of service left to reach the age of superannuation or of earning retirement benefit in full, or
(b) Are medically de-categorized with less than 30 years of qualifying service for pensionary benefits/ 30 years of service for SC to PF.
(iv) Dependents of employees are medically de-categorized with 30 years or more of qualifying service for pensionary benefits/ 30 years of service for SC to PF.
4. The revised order of priority will take effect from 1st October 1984, i.e. in respect of appointments on compassionate grounds, which are decided upon after the said date. In the meantime, Railway Administration are advised to have their records recast suitably in terms of the provisions in the preceding paragraph, so that there is no practical difficulty in following the above revised order of priority.
Download Railway Board Circular dated 19.09.1984
Forward reference⇒RBE No.