New Delhi: Central government employees who have children suffering
from Thalassemia and Haemophilia will be exempted from routine transfers
and will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such
postings, as per the new rules announced today by the Centre.
The matter regarding the scope of ‘disabled’ has been examined by the
Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in consultation with the
Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
Considering the fact that the child suffering from Thalassemia and
Haemophilia requires constant caregiver support and it would be
imperative for government employees to take care of their child on
continuous basis, it has been decided to include Thalassemia and
Haemophilia in the category of disabled child, the new rules issued by
the DoPT said.
At present, employees with kids suffering from blindness or low
vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy,
leprosy, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple disabilities and
autism are spared from routine transfers.
A government employee with a disabled child serves as the main
caregiver and any displacement of such employee will have a bearing on
the systemic rehabilitation of the child since the new environment or
set up could prove to be a hindrance for rehabilitation process, as per
the existing policy.
“Therefore, a government servant who is also a caregiver of disabled
child may be exempted from the routine exercise of transfer or
rotational transfer subject to the administrative constraints,” DoPT Office Memorandum No.42011/3/2014-Estt.(Res) dated January 5 said.
Upbringing and rehabilitation of disabled child requires financial
support. Making the government employee to choose voluntary retirement
on the pretext of routine transfer or rotation transfer would have
adverse impact on the rehabilitation process of the child, the DoPT
policy says and exempts such employees from routine transfers and
seeking voluntary retirements.
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