GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SER.A) DEPT.
Memo. No. 44634/Ser.A/97- I. Dated: 12-6-1997.
Sub: Public Services -
Subordinate Service Compassionate Appointment of Son / daughter / Spouse of the
Govt. Employees who retire on Medical Invalidation - Further instructions -
Issued.
Ref: 1. G.O. Ms. No. 504,G.A. (Ser.A) Dept. dated 30-7-1980.
2. G.O. Ms. No.
309, G.A. (Ser.A) Dept. dt. 4-7-1985.
3. G.O. Lr.
No. 347/Ser.A/96-1, G.A. (Ser.A) Dept. Dt. 31-7-96 addressed to all Secretaries
to Government.
4. DO. Lr.
No. 347/Ser.A/96-2, G.A. (Ser.A) Dept. dt. 31-7-96 addressed lo all Dist. Collectors
and copied to all heads of Depts.
5. Govt. Memo. No. 347/Ser.A/96-9, dated
15-3-1997.
In the G.O. First and second cited,
Government issued orders for appointment of a son/daughter/spouse of the
Government employees who retire from service on Medical Invalidation under
Article 441 of the A.P. Pension Code (Vol.I) subject to certain conditions
specified therein, including a restriction that this benefit would be
applicable to only those Govt. Employees who retire on Medical Invalidation, 5
(five) years before the Government employee attains the age of superannuation.
2. Subsequently, in the G.O letters third
and fourth cited, among other things, instructions have been issued that all
the appointing authorities should specifically obtain prior approval of the
Government for all the proposals relating to compassionate appointments of the
dependents of the Government employees who retire on Medical Invalidation
including such proposals pending as on 31-07-1996 before any appointment under
the scheme or compassionate appointments on Medical Invalidation is made and
only after obtaining the prior approval or the Government such appointments
should he made.
3. Further in Government memo. Fifth cited,
while rescinding the instructions issued in the D.O. letters third and fourth
cited, instructions have been issued that all the proposals or compassionate
appointments to the dependents of Govt. employees who retire on Medical
Invalidation that were pending in full shape as on 31-7-1996 and Medical
Certificates were already obtained be considered and disposed off by the
concerned Appointing Authorities themselves strictly as per the orders/ instructions issued on the scheme
of compassionate appointments on Medical Invalidation prior to the instructions
issued in the D.O. letters third and fourth cited. It has also been intimated
therein that in respect or the cases / proposals for compassionate appointments
under the scheme in question that arise on or after 1-8-1996 instructions will
be issued separately.
4. Instances have come to the notice of
Government seeking further clarification regarding action to be taken in
certain cases, wherein Medical Invalidation certificates of Govt. Employees
have been received in the Departments / Offices on or before 31-7-1996 but the
Govt. Employees are permitted to retire on or after 1-8-1996 due to
administrative reasons or delays and their dependents applied for compassionate
appointments under the scheme in such cases.
5. Government after careful examination and
in continuation to the instructions issued in Government Memo. Fifth cited,
hereby clarify that, in addition to the proposals of compassionate appointments
to the dependents of Government employees who retire on Medical Invalidation
that were pending as on 31-7-1996, the cases of compassionate appointments of
the dependents of the Government employees in which the Medical Invalidation
Certificates or the Government employees have been received on or before
31-7-1996 in the respective departments I offices, may also be considered and
disposed of by the concerned appointing authorities themselves as per the
orders / instructions issued on the scheme of compassionate appointments on
Medical Invalidation though such Government employees were permitted to retire
on or after 1-8-1996 due to administrative reasons / delays.
6. Except the cases referred to above, in
respect of the cases / proposals for compassionate appointments to the
dependents of Government employees who retire on medical Invalidation that
arose on or after 1-8-1996, instructions will be issued separately, as already
intimated in the Government Memo. fifth cited.
N.V.H. SASTRY,
Secretary to Government
