RETIRED EMPLOYEES CAN NOW AVAIL BENEFITS OF
MISSED PROMOTIONS
NEW
DELHI: Retired government employees who missed out on their promotions
due to late meetings of the committees deciding on such departmental
elevations will now be able to avail its post-retirement benefits.
"Instructions
have been issued to all ministries and departments to give benefit of
promotion to those employees who missed it due to late meeting of
departmental promotion committee (DPC)," an official in the department
of personnel and training (DoPT) said.
It
would not be in order if eligible employees, who were within the zone
of consideration for the relevant year but are not actually in service
when the DPC is being held, are not considered while preparing year-wise
zone of consideration or panel, as per the DoPT order.
Consequently,
their juniors are considered (in their place) for promotions, who would
not have been in the zone of consideration if the DPC had been held in
time, it said.
"Appointment
committee of Cabinet has observed that DPCs often do not consider such
eligible officers who are retiring before the occurrence of the vacancy
in the panel year," the order said, adding that this "undesirable trend
negate the very purpose" of government's existing instructions for
inclusion of such employees.
There
have been reports that some of the eligible retired employees are not
being given the benefit of promotion which they missed due to late DPCs.
In fact the DPCs were being held very late, the official said.
The
DoPT has asked all central government ministries and departments under
it to ensure "strict compliance" of its instructions to include retiring
employees for promotions in case the DPCs are delayed.
Such retired officials would, however, have no right for actual promotion, the DoPT official said.
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