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Learn about the eligibility, procedure and benefits of compassionate appointment for dependent family members of deceased or retired government servants or armed forces personnel. This document is a compilation of relevant instructions and OMs issued by the Department of Personnel and Training.
Learn about the scheme, objective, eligibility, criteria and procedure for compassionate appointment of dependent family members of deceased or retired government servants. Find answers to frequently asked questions on age limit, definition of dependent, competent authority and posts eligible for compassionate appointment.
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- OBJECT. The object of the Scheme is to grant appointment on compassionate grounds to a dependent family member of a Government servant dying in harness or who is retired on medical grounds, thereby leaving his family in penury and without any means of livelihood, to relieve the family of the Government servant concerned from financial destitution and to help it get over the emergency.
- TO WHOM APPLICABLE. To a dependent family member - (A) of a Government servant who - (a) dies while in service (including death by suicide); or. (b) is retired on medical grounds under Rule 2 of the CCS (Medical Examination) Rules 1957 or the corresponding provision in the Central Civil Service Regulations before attaining the age of 55 years (57 years for Group D Government servants); or.
- AUTHORITY COMPETENT TO MAKE COMPASSIONATE APPOINTMENT. (a) Joint Secretary incharge of administration in the Ministry/Department concerned. (b) Head of the Department under the Supplementary Rule 2(10) in the case of attached and subordinate offices.
- POSTS TO WHICH SUCH APPOINTMENTS CAN BE MADE. Group C or Group D posts against the direct recruitment quota.
Learn about the social security scheme for the dependents of government servants who die in harness, get medically invalidated, or go missing. Find out the eligibility, qualifications, vacancies, reservation, and allotment rules for compassionate appointments.
- Object
- To Whom Applicable
- Authority Competent to Make Compassionate Appointment
- Eligibility
- A. Exemptions
- B. Relaxations
- Determination/Availability of Vacancies
- Time Limit For Considering Applications For Compassionate Appointment
- Belated Requests For Compassionate Appointment
- Widow Appointed on Compassionate Grounds Getting Remarried
The object of the Scheme is to grant appointment on compassionate grounds to a dependent family member of a Government servant dying in harness or who is retired on medical grounds, thereby leaving his family in penury and without any means of livelihood, to relieve the family of the Government servant concerned from financial destitution and to he...
To a dependent family member (A) of a Government servant who — (a) dies while in service (including death by suicide); or (b) “is retired on medical grounds under Rule 2 of the CCS (Medical Examination) Rules 1957 or the corresponding provision in-the Central Civil Service Regulations before attaining the-age of 55 years (57 years for erstwhile Gro...
(a) Joint Secretary in-charge of administration in the Ministry/Department concerned. (b) Head of the Department under the supplementary Rule 2(10) in the so case of attached and subordinate offices. (c) Secretary in the Ministry/Department concerned in special types of cases.
(a) The family is indigent and deserves immediate assistance for relief from financial destitution: and (b) Applicant for compassionate appointment should be eligible and suitable for the post in all respects under the provisions of the relevant Recruitment Rules.
Compassionate appointments are exempted from observance of the following requirements:- (a) Recruitment procedure i.e. without the agency of the Staff Selection. Commission or the Employment Exchange. (b) Clearance from the Surplus Cell of the Department of Personnel and Training/Directorate General of Employment and Training, (c) The ban orders on...
(a) Upper age limit could be relaxed wherever found to be necessary. The lower age limit should, however, in no case be relaxed below 18 years of age. Note IAge eligibility shall be determined with reference to the date of application and not the date of appointment; Note IIAuthority competent to take a fina! decision for making compassionate appoi...
(a) Appointment on compassionate. grounds should be made only on regular basis ‘and that too only if regular vacancies meant for that purpose are available. (b) Compassionate appointments can be made upto a maximum of 5% of vacancies falling under direct recruitment quota in any Group ‘C’ post. The appointing authority may hold back-upto 5% of vaca...
Prescribing time limit for considering applications for compassionate appointment has been reviewed vide this Department O.M No.14014/3/2011-Estt(D) dated 26.07.2012. Subject to availability of a vacancy and instructions on the subject issued by this Department and as amended from time to time, any application for compassionate appointment is to be...
(a) Ministries/Departments can consider requests for compassionate appointment even where the death or retirement on medical grounds of a Government servant took place long back, say five years or so. While considering such belated requests it should, however, be kept in view that the concept of compassionate appointment is largely related to the n...
A widow appointed on compassionate grounds will be allowed to continue in service even after re-marriage.
Learn the eligibility, priorities, time limit and conditions for compassionate appointment of dependents of deceased, incapacitated or missing railway employees. The document provides detailed instructions and examples based on Estt. Rules and Master Circulars.
The Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) issued revised instructions on compassionate appointment for Central Government employees in August 2021. The instructions cover the procedure, eligibility, criteria, and documentation for processing claims of compassionate appointment.
