NEW DELHI: Married sons of deceased or prematurely retired
government servants have finally got their due from the government. After a
series of u-turns, the government has decided that married sons of such officials will be considered
jobs on compassionate grounds.
Those who missed out on the same between
2013 and 2015 due to the government's changing stance would now be
re-considered for the jobs.
In January 2013, the government has
brought a policy to regulate granting compassionate jobs to dependent family members of government officials who died
in service or in action or had to prematurely retire on medical grounds. While
that policy was silent on the issue, a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
issued by the government in May that year said: "A married son is not
considered dependent on a government servant."
But the door was left open for
married daughters, as the FAQs said she could be considered for the same if she
was wholly dependent on the Government servant at the time of his or her death
in harness or retirement on medical grounds and that she must support other
dependents members of the family.
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