RBE No. 100/1994: Appointment on Compassionate Grounds – Time limit

No.E(NG)II/84/RC-1/26, dated 21.11.1994
(SC No.12 to MC No.16)

Sub: Appointment on compassionate grounds – Time limit for appointment.

1. Please refer to this Ministry’s letters of even number dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985), 18.04.1990 (RBE No. 68/1990) and No.E(NG)II/91RC-1/65 Policy, dated 07.08.1991 (RBE No. 143/1991), on the above noted subject.
2. Arising out of issues raised in the in formal Consultative Committee Meeting of MPs for Northern Railway held on 7th September, 1994, Rules/ guidelines covering compassionate appointments, powers delegated to the General Managers and the circumstances wherein cases are required to be referred to the Board, have been reviewed in order to simplify the procedure of compassionate appointment.
3. At present the General Managers are empowered to consider cases of compassionate appointments beyond the limit of five years subject to fulfillment of certain conditions. The conditions stipulated in para 3(ii) and 5(vii) of Board’s letter of even number dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) are as under:
3 (ii) The case should not be more than ten years old as reckoned from the date of death;
3(vii) The request for compassionate appointment should have been received by the Railway Administration as soon as the son/ daughter (clarified, as the first ward (son/daughter) vide Board’s letter No.E(NG)II/91/RC-1/65 Policy, dated 07.08.1991) (RBE No. 143/1991) to be considered for compassionate appointment has become a major, say, within a maximum period of six months (Subsequently modified as one year vide Board’s letter of even number dated 18.04.1990 (RBE No. 68/1990).
4. Board have decided that the above-mentioned conditions may be modified as under:-

(a) The case should not be more than 20 years old from the date of death; and
(b) The request for compassionate appointment should have been received by the Railway Administration as soon as the first child or, wherever the family desires for some satisfactory reasons, the first son/ first daughter to be considered for appointment, becomes a major. The General Manager will, however, have the power to relax this period upto a maximum of two years of attaining majority by the candidate, with the educational qualification for the purpose of appointment being taken as that acquired at the time of attaining majority.

5. The other conditions mentioned in Board’s letter of even number dated 18.04.1985 (RBE No. 112/1985) quoted above remain unchanged.
6. Wherever in individual cases of merit, it is considered that justification exists for extending consideration to cases falling beyond the above time limits i.e., where death took place over 20 years ago and where the applications for appointment is made after over two years after attaining majority, or where the application is made for other than first child/ first son/ first daughter, the prior approval of the Ministry of Railways should be obtained by forwarding a detailed proposal with specific justification and personal recommendation of the General Manager in the prescribed pro-forma, circulated vide Board’s letter No.E(NG)II/87/RC-1/143, dated 19.04.1988 (RBE No. 80/1988).

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 100/1994

Forward reference⇒RBE No.