No.
AB 14017/41/90-Estt. (RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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New
Delhi, 15th February,
1991
Subject:
Posting of Government employees who have
mentally retarded children.
The undersigned is directed
to say that there has been a demand that an employed parent of a mentally
retarded child should be given posting at a place of his/her choice.
This demand has been made on the plea that facilities of medical aid and
education of such children are not available everywhere.
Also looking after such children does require special care and patience
and is expensive. Hence some
concessions from the Government at least in matters of posting at a place of
choice is called for.
2.
The matter has been examined.
Considering that the facilities for medical help and education of
mentally retarded children may not be available at all stations,
a choice in the place
of posting is likely to be of some
help to the parent in taking care of
such a child.
While administratively it may not be possible in all cases to ensure
posting of such an employee at a place of his/her choice, Ministries/Departments
are requested to take a sympathetic view on the merits of each case and
accommodate such requests for posting to the extent possible.
To
All Ministries/Departments.
No.
A-B 14017/41/90-Estt. (RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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New
Delhi the 10th May, 1990
Subject:
Posting of Physically Handicapped Candidates.
The undersigned
is directed to say that a suggestion has been made that physically handicapped
candidates appointed under the Government
should preferably be posted in their native places or at least in their
native district.
The matter has been examined carefully.
It may not be possible or desirable to lay down that physically
handicapped employees belonging to Group-A or Group-B who have all India
transfer liability should be posted near their native places.
However, in the case of
holders of Group-C or Group-D posts who have been recruited on regional
basis and who are physically handicapped, such persons may be given posting, as
far as possible,
subject to administrative constraints, near their
native places within the region.
2.
Requests from physically handicapped employees for transfer to or near
their native places may also be given preference.
3.
Suitable instructions may also be issued to all subordinate units.
Sd/-
( J.S. MATHUR )
Joint Secretary to the Government of India
To
All Ministries/Departments.
No.
A-B 14017/16/2002-Estt.(RR)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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New Delhi the 13th March, 2002
Subject:
Posting of Physically Handicapped Candidates.
Reference this Department’s O.M.NO. AB-14017/41/41/90-Estt. (RR)
dated 10.5.1990 (copy enclosed) on the above subject.
2.
It is clarified that the guideline contained in para 2 of this
Department’s O.M. dated 10.5.1990 that requests from physically handicapped
employees for transfer to or near
their native places may also be given preference, covers physically handicapped
employees in Groups A, B, C and D.
3.
Suitable instructions may also be issued to all subordinate offices etc.
4. Hindi version will follow.
Sd/-
( Alok Saxena )
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
To
All Ministries/Departments of the
Government of India.
Copy
to:
1.
The President’s Secretariat, New Delhi.
2.
The Prime Minister’s Office, New Delhi.
3.
The Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi.
4.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
5.
The Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
6.
The Comptroller and Auditor General of India, New Delhi.
7.
The Union Public Service Commission, New Delhi.
8.
The Staff Selection Commission, New Delhi.
9. All Attached Offices under the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
10.
Establishment Officer and
Secretary, ACC (10 copies).
11.
All Officers and Sections in the Department of Personnel for necessary action.
12.
Secretary, Staff Side, National Council (JCM), 13-C Ferozeshah
Road, New Delhi.
13.
All Staff Members of National Council (JCM).
14. All Staff Members of the Departmental Council (JCM), Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions.
15.
Establishment (RR Division) (200 copies).
No.
28034/7/86-Estt. (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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New
Delhi the 03.04.86
Subject:
Posting of husband and wife at the same station.
The question of formulation of a policy regarding the posting at the same place of husband and wife who are in Govt. service or in the service of Public Sector Undertakings has been raised in Parliament and other forums on several occasions. Govt.’s position has been that requests of Govt. servants and employees of public sector undertakings for posting at the same station usually receive sympathetic consideration, and that each case is decided on merits, keeping in view the administrative requirements.
2.
The Govt. of India have given the utmost importance to the enhancement of
women’s status in all sectors and all walks of life. Strategies and policies
are being formulated and implemented by different Ministries of the Central
Govt. to achieve this end. It is
also considered necessary to have a policy which can enable women employed under
the Govt. and the Public Sector undertakings to discharge their responsibilities
as wife/mother on the one hand and productive workers on the other, more
effectively. It is the policy of
the Govt. that as far as possible and within the constraints of administrative
feasibility, the husband and wife should be posted at the same station to enable
them to lead a normal family life and to ensure the education and welfare of
their children.
3.
In Feb., 1976 the then Department of Social Welfare had issued a circular
D.O. letter to all Ministries and Departments requesting them to give serious
consideration to the question of posting husband and wife at the same station.
However, representations continue to be received by the Department of
Women’s Welfare in the Ministry of Human Resources Development from women
seeking the intervention of that Department for a posting at the place where
their husbands are posted. It has,
therefore, now been decided to lay down a broad statement of policy at least
with regard to these employees who are under the purview of the
Govt./Public Sector Undertakings. An attempt has, therefore, been made in the following paragraphs to lay down some guidelines to enable the cadre controlling authorities to consider the requests from the spouses for a posting at the same station. At the outset, it may be clarified that it may not be possible to bring every category of employees within the ambit of this policy as situations of husband/wife employment are varied and manifold. The guidelines given below are, therefore, illustrative and not exhaustive. Govt. desire that in all other cases the cadre controlling authority should consider such requests with utmost sympathy.
4.
The classes of cases that may arise, and the
guidelines for dealing with each class of case, are given below:-
(i)
Where the spouses belong to the
same All India Service or two of the All India Services namely IAS, IPSA and
Indian Forest Service (Group ‘A’);
-
The spouse will be posted to the same Cadre by providing for a cadre
transfer of one spouse to the Cadre of the other spouse subject to their not
being posted by this process to their home cadre.
Postings within the cadre will, of course, fall within the purview of the
State Govt.
(ii)
Where one spouse belongs to one of the All India Services and the other spouse
belongs to one of the Central
Services:-
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The cadre controlling authority
of the Central service may post the officer to
the station or if there is no post in that station, the State where the
other spouse belonging to the All India Service is posted.
(iii)
Where the spouses belong to the same Central Service;
-
The Cadre controlling authority may post the
spouses to the same
station.
(iv)
Where the spouse belongs to one Central Service and the other spouse belongs to
another Central Service:-
- The spouse with the longer service at a station may apply to the appropriate cadre controlling authority and the said authority may post the said officer to the station, or if there is no post in that station to the State where the other spouse belonging to the other Central Service is posted.
(v)
Where one spouse belongs to an All India Service and the other spouse belongs to
a Public Sector Undertakings;
-
The spouse employed under the Public Sector
Undertaking may apply to the competent authority and said authority may
post the said officer to the
station, or if there is no post under the
PSU in that station, to the State where the
other spouse is posted.
(vi)
Where one spouse belongs to a
Central Service and the other spouse belongs to PSU:-
-
The spouse employed under
the PSU may apply to the
competent authority and the said authority may post the officer to the station
or if there is no post under the PSU in that station, to the
State where the other spouse is posted.
If, however, the request
cannot be granted because the PSU has no post in the said station/State, then
the spouse belonging to the Central Service may apply to the appropriate cadre
controlling authority and the said authority may post the
said officer to the station or if there is no post in that station, to
the state where the spouse employed
under PSU is posted.
(vii)
Where one spouse is employed under the Central Govt. and the other spouse is
employed under the State Govt.
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The spouse employed under the Central Govt. may apply to the competent authority
and the competent authority may post the said officer to the
station or if there is no post in that station to the State where the
other spouse is posted.
5.
As will be sseen from the illustrations given above, they do not cover
all possible categories of cases which may arise.
In fact it is not possible to anticipate all the categories of cases.
Each case, no covered by the above
guidelines will have to be dealt with keeping in mind the spirit in which these
guidelines have been laid down and the larger objective of ensuring that a
husband and wife are, as far as possible and within the
constraints of administrative
convenience, posted at the same station.
6.
Ministry of Finance etc. are requested to bring the above instructions to
the notice of all administrative
authorities under their control and ensure compliance.
7.
In so far as persons serving in Indian Audit and
Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation
with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
8. This issues with the concurrence of the Department of Public Enterprises.
9.
Hindi version will follow.
To
All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India.
(As per standard list with usual number of spare copies).
No.
28034/2/97-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)
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New
Delhi the 12th June,
1997
Subject:
Posting of husband and wife at the same station.
The undersigned is directed to say that on the subject mentioned above, Government had issued detailed guidelines vide O.M.NO. 28034/7/86-Estt. (A) dated 3.4.86. The Fifth Central Pay Commission has now recommended that not only the existing instructions regarding the need to post husband and wife at the same station need to be reiterated, it has also recommended that the scope of these instructions should be widened to include the provision that where posts at the appropriate level exist in the organisation at the same station, the husband and wife may invariably be posted together in order to enable them to lead a normal family life and look after the welfare of the children, especially till the children are 10 years of age.
2.
The Government, after considering the matter, has decided to accept this
recommendation of the Fifth Central Pay Commission.
Accordingly, it is reiterated that all Ministries/Departments should
strictly adhere to the guidelines laid down in O.M.NO. 28034/7/86-Estt.(A)
dated 3.4.86 while deciding on the requests for posting of husband and
wife at the same station and should
ensure that such posting is invariably done, especially till their children are
10 years of age, if posts at the appropriate level exist in the organisation at
the same station and if no administrative problems are expected to result as a
consequence.
3.
It is further clarified that even in cases where only the wife is a
government servant, the concession elaborated
in para 2 of this O.M. would be admissible to the government servant.
4.
These instructions would be applicable only to posts within the same
department and would not apply on appointment under the Central Staffing Scheme.
5.
A copy of this Department’s O.M. No. 28034/7/86-Estt. (A)
dated 3.4.86 is enclosed for ready reference and guidance.
6.
Hindi version of the OM is enclosed.
(1) All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
(2) Department of Women & Child Development.