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5. While considering a request for compassionate appointment it may be kept in view that
the purpose is to relieve the family members from economic distress due to sudden demise in
harness of the Govt servant as observed by the Supreme Court.
6. In a case where any member of the family of the deceased servant is already an
employee and is not supporting the other members of family of the deceased, extreme caution
has to be observed in ascertaining the economic distress of the members of the family of the
deceased so that the facility of appointment on compassionate grounds is not circumvented and
misused by making grounds that the members of the family already employed is not supporting
the family.
Authy :- Govt of India, Min of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training) Letter No. 14014/20/90/Estt(D) dated 09-12-93.
Recruitment of Females
7. The recruitment of females has been banned in GREF as intimated vide Dte letter No.
67043-A/Ladies/DGBR/EG2 of 17 Jan 1985. However, AG‟s Branch, Army HQrs vide their
letter No. 93791/1/Org 4 (Civ) (a) dt 22 Jun 1990 have issued directives to all Command HQrs
to consider and accommodate cases of female wards of deceased/medically boarded out GREF
employees for compassionate appointment in lower formations of the Army to the extent
feasible.
Authy :- Dte letter No. 12702/Dep/L/DGBR/EG2 dt 18 Jul 1990.
Compassionate Appointment in the case of Govt servants who are unmarried at the time
of death and retirement on Medical grounds
8. As per Govt of India, Min of Pers, PG & Pensions (Deptt of Pers & Trg) OM No
14014/9/94-Estt(D) dated 22 Jun 95 received under Dte letter No
12701/Dep/Policy/DGBR/EG2 dated 03 Aug 95, one of the dependent brother/sisters of such
Govt servant will be eligible for consideration for appointment on compassionate grounds, if
he/she gives an undertaking that he/she will look after the other family members who were
dependent on the Govt servant.
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