In a significant decision in the interest of employees, the State Cabinet here on Monday approved a draft of amended consolidated directive regarding appointment on compassionate ground.
Now, married daughter or daughters and legally adopted progeny have been included in the list of persons eligible for compassionate appointment.
Amount of compassionate grant in case an eligible person is unable to get appointment on class IV post has been increased from `1.25 lakh to `2lakh. Compassionate grant given to daily wagers, work-charged employees and employee drawing salary from contingency fund has also been increased from `1.25 lakh to `2lakh.
It has also been provisioned that if an eligible member of family of Government servant is in regular service then another member of his family will be ineligible.
In case a Government servant has no major progeny, then his first progeny will be eligible to get compassionate appointment till one year from the date of his attaining majority.
In the decisions taken in the interest of daily wagers, the cabinet widened the ambit of increased pay benefits by amending sub-rule-1 of Dainik Vetan Bhogi Karmchari (Sewa Ki Sharten) Niyam-2013. Its benefit will be given to employed daily wagers appointed before or after December 31, 1988. Besides, with consent of Finance Department and approval of the cabinet, its benefit will also be given to the daily wagers appointed after January 21, 2004.
In another decision in favour of daily wagers, it has been decided to include in regularisation process the daily wagers on the basis of order or stay by courts against orders of the General Administration Department dated February 14 and 26, 2000. Now, such daily wagers can be regularised on the vacancy or equivalent post on which they are working.
The Cabinet sanctioned 109 posts including those of Co-Chief Superintendents to strengthen and improve arrangements in government hospitals.
At present, administrative arrangements are looked after by doctors posted in hospitals, which affects their prime duties. To remove this lacuna, these posts have been sanctioned. Hospital management cadre has been sanctioned for strengthening administrative arrangements at district hospital. Under the cadre, one post of general managers, 4 of managers, 25 of deputy managers and 79 posts of assistant managers have been sanctioned.