INDIA POST CELEBRATES NATIONAL POSTAL WEEK 9th TO 15th
OCTOBER
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EXEMPTION FROM THE ROUTINE
EXERCISE OF TRANSFER/ ROTATIONAL TRANSFER WHO IS A CARE-GIVER OF DEPENDENT WITH
SPECIFIED DISABILITY: DOPT ORDER
F.No.42011/3/2014-Estt.(Res)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department
of Personnel and Training
North
Block, New Delhi
dated
the 08th October, 2018
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Exemption from the routine exercise of
transfer/ rotational transfer.
Considering
that transfer of a Government employee who serves as the main care giver of
persons with disability would have a bearing on the systematic rehabilitation
of persons with disabilities, the Government issued OM of even number dated
June 6, 2014 to exempt such employee from routine exercise of
transfer/rotational transfer, subject to administrative constraints.
2.
The scope of disability initially had covered (i) blindness or low vision (ii)
hearing impairment (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral Palsy (iv) leprosy
cured (v) mental retardation (vi) mental illness and (vii) multiple
disabilities, which subsequently, vide OMs of even number dated November 17,
2014 and January 5, 2016, was further extended to include `Autism’,
`Thalassemia’ and `Haemophilia’.
3.
With the enactment of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 on
April 17, 2017, the following instructions are issued in supersession of the
above-mentioned OMs of even number dated June 6, 2014, November 17, 2014 and
January 5, 2016 with regard to the eligibility for seeking exemption from
routine exercise of transfer/rotational transfer:
(i) A Government employee who is a care-giver
of dependent daughter/son/parents/spouse/brother/sister with Specified
Disability, as certified by the certifying authority as a Person with Benchmark
Disability as defined under Section 2(r) of the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities Act, 2016 may be exempted from the routine exercise of
transfer/rotational transfer subject to the administrative constratints.
(ii) The term “Specified Disability” as defined
in the Schedule to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016, covers (i)
Locomotor disability including leprosy cured person, cerebral palsy, dwarfism,
muscular dystrophy and Acid attack victims (ii) Blindness (iii) Low-vision (iv)
Deaf (v) Hard of hearing (vi) Speech and language disabilities (vii)
Intellectual disability including specific learning disabilities and autism
spectrum disorder (viii) Mental illness (ix) Disability caused due to: (a)
Neurological conditions such as Multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease (b)
Blood disorder- Haemophilia, Thalassemia and Sickle cell-disease and (x)
Multiple disabilities (more than one of the above specified disabilities)
including deaf blindness and any other category of disabilities as may be
notified by the Central Government.
(iii) The term `Specified Disability’ as
defined herein is applicable as grounds only for the purpose of seeking
exemption from routine transfer/ rotational transfer by a Government employee,
who is a care-giver of dependent daughter/son/parents/spouse/brother/sister as
stated in Para 3(i) above.
4.
All the Ministries/Departments are requested to bring these instructions to the
notice of all concerned under their control.
Sd/-
(G.Srinivasan)
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GRANT
OF DEARNESS RELIEF IN THE 5TH CPC SERIES EFFECTIVE FROM 01.07.2018 TO CPF
BENEFICIARIES IN RECEIPT OF EX-GRATIA PAYMENT – REG (Click the link below to
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