Merger of 33 postal dispensaries with CGHS-reg : DoP Order
No.2-3/2009-Medical
Government of India
Ministry of Communications
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi – 110 001
Dated: 2 January, 2019
To
All Chief Postmasters General/Postmasters General
Sub:- Merger of 33 postal dispensaries with CGHS-reg.
Sir/Madam,
I am directed to forward herewith a copy of Order No.
S.11011/01/2016/CGHS-III/EHS dated 21st December, 2018 of the Ministry
of Health & Family Welfare on the subject mentioned above for
further necessary action at your end.
Yours faithfully
(M.S. Zou)
Assistant Director General (Medical)
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No. S.11011/01/2016/CGHS-III/EHS
Government of India
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare
Department of Health & Family Welfare
Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi – 110 108
Dated: the 21st December, 2018
ORDER
Subject: Merger of 33 Postal Dispensaries with CGHS – Reg.
In pursuance of the decision taken by the Government on recommendations
of the 7th Central Pay Commission, the following 33 (thirty three)
postal dispensaries presently functioning in 33 Cities i.e. Agra, Ajmer,
Aligarh, Ambala, Amritsar, Bareilly, Behrampur, Chhapra, Cuttack,
Darbhanga, Dhanbad, Dibrugarh, Gaya, Gorakhpur, Guntur, Jalandhar,
Jalpaiguri, Jodhpur, Kota, Morababad, Muzaffarpur, Nellore, Raipur,
Rajahmundry, Saharanpur, Silchar, Siliguri, Tiruncleveli,
Tiruchirappalli, Vadodra, Varanasi, Vijaywada and Visakhapatnam are here
by merged with the CGHS
2. All serving employees and pensioners of Department of Post (DoP) and
Department of Telecom (DoT), who are residing/settled in above 33 cities
and are beneficiaries of the 33 Postal Dispensaries, shall now be
covered under CGHS and the Postal Dispensaries shall be rechristened as
CGHS Wellness Centres.
3. In so far as the existing facilities and manpower in position in
these 33 Dispensaries are concerned, the merger shall be effective as
per the following terms and conditions:-
a) All Serving employees and pensioners of Department of Post (DoP) and
Department of Telecom (DoT) shall have to abide by the CGHS rules and
guidelines to become a member of the Scheme. They shall have to pay the
requisite contribution as per the prevailing rates prescribed by the
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/CGHS DoP & DoT will take
necessary action to inform their employees and pensioners in this
regard.
b) All existing facilities and infrastructure like buildings, furniture
and fixtures equipment’s etc. will be taken over by CGHS on ‘as is where
is’ basis. The Department of Post shall handover the possession of the
Postal Dispensaries accommodation to the Department of Health and Family
Welfare/CGHS at a token rent of Re.1/- per annum. In case of rented
accommodations, CGHS will pay the rent from the date of taking over of
the Dispensaries.
c) All doctors of GDMO sub-cadre of CGHS working in the above 33
Dispensaries will be taken on roll of CGHS and they shall be placed
under the administrative control of Department of Health and Family
Welfare/CGHS for all purposes.
d) All employees (technical/non-technical staff) along with the work
allocated and posts they are currently holding in these 33 Dispensaries
shall be taken over by CGHS. Their seniority and other condition of
service in CGHS shall be governed by the relevant instructions and
guidelines issued by DoPT from time to time.
e) All expenditure relating to these Dispensaries including medicines,
hospitalization and other reimbursable expenses (of pensioners),
salaries and other allowances to the Postal dispensary employees as a
result of merger of these dispensaries shall be borne by CGHS from its
own resources.
f) Local Committees shall be constituted in the respective cities with
representatives from with representatives from both CGHS and Postal
Dispensaries to resolve all staffing and other local issues arising on
account of the merger in consultation with nodal Ministries.
4. These Orders shall be effective from 1st January, 2019. Additional
Director of concerned CGHS City shall initiate action for taking over of
Postal Dispensaries in consultation with the concerned Postal
Authorities.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department
of Expenditure’s ID No. 18(4)/E. V/2017, dated 26.11.2018.
(Rajeev Attri)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
(Tel: 011 – 2306 1883)
