Filling up of the backlog reserved vacancies of the Persons with Disabillties

No. 36038/2/2008-Estt(Res)

Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. 8 Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
New Delhi, Dated the 15thJanuary, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Reservation for the Persons with Disabillties - Filling up of the backlog reserved vacancies through a Special Recruitment Drive.

The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Department's O.M. of even number dated 27.112009 whereby a Special Recruitment Drive has been launched to fill up the backlog reserved vacancies of persons with disability. Attention is also invited to this Department's O.M. No. 36035/8/2003-Estt(Res) dated 26% April, 2006, which, inter alia,required preparation of rese~ation roster registers and earmarking of reservation for persons with disabilities in accordance with the instructions contained in this Department's
O.M. No. 36035/3/2004-Estt(Res) dated 29.12.2005 starting from the year 1996. The OM provided that if some or all the vacancies so earmarked had not been filled by reservation and were filled by able bodied persons either for the reason that points of reservation had not been earmarked properly at the appropriate time or persons with disabilities did not become available, such unutilized reservation might be treated as havlng been carried forward. There may be some vacancies which might have become available for persons with disabilities in terms of the OM dated 264.2006 It has been decided to fill up all such during the Special Recruitment Drive referred to above.

2. All the Ministries /Departments etc, are requested to scrupuiously implement eabove decision.
Director
Tel. No.2309 2158

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Device to alert railway gangmen soon: Pitroda

           Railways would soon unveil ten new safety and operational systems for its network which could include a satellite-based rail navigation project and a device to alert gangmen about approaching trains to avert mishaps.
       "Ten new initiatives for Indian railways using the Information and communication technology would be announced soon to improve its safety and operational aspects," chairman of Railway committee on ICT Sam Pitroda said today.

          "Railways have 40,000 miles of fibre optics network and the new initiatives would exploit this network," he said. A device which could alert on duty gangmen about approaching trains could also be included among the initiatives, he said.

         Pitroda expressed concern about growing fatalities in mishaps involving gangmen. In the last couple of months, at least 12 gangmen have been run over in Northern Railway alone while carrying out works on railway tracks.  PTI

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Government's Policy of Appointment on Compassionate Ground.

No.4101311/2007-Estt.(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training
.New Delhi, dated the 12th Jan 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM
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Subject: Action Taken on 23rd Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Government's Policy of Appointment on Compassionate Ground.

The undersigned is directed to refer to para 9.4 of the 23'rd report on Government policy of appointment on compassionate ground given by Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, Rajya Sabha. It is envisaged in the above para that if the Government's effort is to help the family of the deceased employee then there must be a separate Cell in each of the Ministries or Departments, which will to only compassionate appointment cases.

The cell should send periodical information on number of vacancies, number of applications received, time taken to dispose of the cases, reasons for not disposing favorably etc. to the head of the Department. The Committee has, therefore, recommended that the Government should come forward with certain new guidelines for the benefit of the employees like creation of a separate Cell, etc.
2. The matter has been considered in the Department. It is not felt desirable for the small Departments to have a separate cell. It is, however, advised that bigger organizations should create a separate cell for handling large number of cases for compassionate appointments in order to ensure timely and meticulous processing of applications. The cell should be entrusted, inter-alia, with the responsibilities as envisaged in the Report of the Committee.
( Alok Ranjan )
Director(E.1)

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Effect on modification/expunction of adverse remarks in the ACRs

NO. 2101 1/1/2005-Estt.(A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi, the 6th January, 2010

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Effect on modification/expunction of adverse remarks in the ACRs and upgradation / down-gradation of the overall grading in the ACRs prior to the period 2008-2009.

The undersigned is directed to say that instructions were issued vide O.M. of even number dated 14'May, 2009 by which the complete APAR (previously known as ACR) including the overall grading and assessment of integrity shall be communicated to the concerned officer for representation if any, with effect from the reporting period 2008-09 which was to be initiated from 1.4.2008. Prior to that only adverse remarks in the ACR were required to be communicated for representation, if any. The then existing
instructions further provided that the overall grading in the ACR should remain unchanged even after modification or expunction of the entire adverse remarks. It was left to the DPC to re-determine the overall grading if it considered that the expunction of such adverse remarks had so altered the quality of the ACR.            
          The matter has been further considered and it has been decided that in those cases where the reckonable ACRs prior to the reporting period 2008-09 are to be considered in a future DPC on which the
adverse remarks of Reporting / Reviewing / Accepting Authorities have been expunged or modified by the Competent Authority, the "overall grading" in the ACR be kept blank for appropriate re-grading by the DPCs. The existing grading shall be blocked in such cases. It has also been decided that where the authority has upgraded / downgraded the overall grading without giving sufficient reasons, the DPC shall treat such an exercise as non-estlinvalid. General terms, such as "I agree or disagree with the Reporting Officer / Reviewing Officer" used by the Reviewing I Accepting Authority shall not be construed as sufficient reason for upgrading / downgrading the overall grading given by the Reporting Authority / Reviewing Authority. The proposals for the DPC where ACRs upto the reporting period 2007-08 will be taken into account should specifically bring out these guidelines.

2. It is also made clear that past cases already decided will not be re-opened.

Director

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