Appointment on compassionate grounds – To wife of medically de-categorized

No.E(NG)II-84/RCI/105, dated 16.11.1984

Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds.

1. Attention is invited to the clarification given against item (1) in this Ministry’s letter No.E(NG)III-78/RC1/1, dated 03.02.1981, in which it was stated that in the case of a Railway servant who is medically incapacitated or de-categorized and who retires from service, only a son or a daughter is eligible for appointment on compassionate grounds and not the wife.
2. The question whether in such cases appointment on compassionate grounds of the wife of the ex-employee also should be allowed, has been under consideration. Organized labour also have represented that in such cases appointment to the wife of the employee concerned should be permitted.
3. Ministry of Railways have carefully considered the matter. They have now decided that in the case of a Railway servant who is medically incapacitate or de-categorized and retires from service and if compassionate appointment is otherwise permissible, such appointment may be offered also to the wife of the railway servant, subject to the following conditions:-

(i) Either the employee has no son or daughter, or the son or daughter is a minor at the time the request for appointment is made;
(ii) In each case, the appointment will be approved personally by the Chief Personnel Officer, and
(iii) The Railway Administration has no practical difficulty in offering appointment in a post for which the candidate is eligible and suitable.

Download Railway Board Circular dated 16.11.1984

Forward reference⇒RBE No.