Source: The Imphal Free Press
Imphal, October 11:
The state government has decided to revise the existing die-in-harness scheme with immediate effect, in supercession of all the previous orders and guidelines in this regard.
The order said that the decision was taken keeping in view the observations of the Supreme Court and the High Court on the matter and financial health of the state.
The scheme intended to help the �victim of circumstances� in dire financial conditions, the appointment shall be confined only to the Class IV posts.
According to the revised scheme, the benefit of such an appointment shall be extended only to the dependants of the government employees who died while in service.
The scheme shall not however apply to the employees who retired on medical ground (invalid pension).
The scheme is applicable only to the wife, husband, real son and real daughter of the government servant who died in harness leaving his or her family in immediate need of assistance when there is no other earning member in the family.
Such an appointment shall be made only if a suitably substantive vacancy is available.
The application for it should be submitted to the department concerned within one year from the date of expiry of the government servant provided that the application has not crossed the maximum age limit prescribed under the R/R, the office memorandum said.