Die in harness: New criteria for compassionate appointment; dependent must be 13 years old at the time of death of employee

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The criteria approved by the cabinet states that dependents are eligible for appointment only if they are 13 years or above on the date of death of the employee.

If the applicant is 18 years of age or above, the application should be made within three years from the date of death of the employee, and if the applicant is below 18 years of age, the application should be made within three years of completing 18 years of age.

Widow-widower, son, daughter, adopted son-daughter; in the case of unmarried employees, father, mother, unmarried sister and brother are eligible for appointment in the order of priority. Appointments will be made based on consensus among the dependents and otherwise in the order of priority. Certificate of the Tahsildar stating that they are dependents should be submitted along with the application.

In case of dispute between dependents, the person proposed by the widow or widower will be appointed. The consent of the other dependents is not required for the widow or widower. In the event of the death of a divorced employee while in service, if there are children, the son, daughter, adopted son, adopted daughter, and father, mother, unmarried sister and brother are also eligible for appointment in the order of priority.

Those who have joined regular employment in Central and State Government Departments, institutions under the Departments, Public Sector Undertakings, Banks (including Cooperative Banks) are not eligible for appointment. In cases of legal separation and remarriage of the first wife or husband, the children born to the first wife or first husband are also eligible for appointment.

16th Vacancy for Dependent Appointment

• Every 16th vacancy in Class III and IV posts will be reserved for dependent appointments. Appointments will be made to Class III and IV posts and to posts in Last Grade Service and Part-Time Contingent Services.

• If there are more than one method of appointment in a post, the vacancies for dependent appointment should be deducted from the vacancies reserved for direct appointment.

• The dependents will not be eligible in case of the death of employees who are invalid pensioners. The dependents of those who died while continuing in service through extension of service or re-appointment will not be eligible. The dependents will not be eligible in case of death of employees who have voluntarily retired.