Preference in Compassionate appointment while engaging DRMs

The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has  demanded  to give preference to the  applicants for compassionate ground appointments while engaging daily rated mazdoors in  the subordinate departments under the Administration.   In a letter sent to the Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Administration, Shri D. Ayyappan,  General Secretary of the  Association, while referring to   a Circular bearing  No. 51-1/2004-PW dated  18^th May, 2005  addressed to  all the Heads of Departments/Offices and Secretaries to the Administration  from the  then Chief Secretary, A & N Administration on this issue,  said that a large number of cases for appointment on compassionate ground were pending with various departments due to the reason that the quota of posts meant for the compassionate ground appointments have already been exhausted.  

          He said that in the said Circular, the then Chief Secretary during 2005  had asked all the Heads of Departments to give first preference to the dependents of government servants who died while in service in the matter of engagement of daily rated mazdoors.  Shri Ayyappan brought to the notice of the present Chief Secretary that the then Chief Secretary had further directed the Heads of Departments and Secretaries   to ensure that any engagement of daily rated mazdoors in the department are carried out from this category of applicants. 

          Shri D. Ayyappan informed the Chief Secretary that the said directions of the then Chief Secretary are not being followed in most of the departments while engaging daily rated mazdoors.  He further said that while applicants for compassionate ground appointments are running from pillar to post for some kind of relief, back door appointments of daily rated mazdoors, on extraneous considerations, are resorted to by the Departments.  He pointed out that this is not only a violation of the orders of the Chief Secretary but creates heart-burning among the halpless applicants for compassionate ground appointments.  A large number of applicants are waiting for compassionate ground appointments in each department.   He sought the intervention of the Chief Secretary in this issue and requested him to direct all the departments under the Administration to give first preference to the applicants waiting for compassionate ground appointments while engaging mazdoors/other employees on daily rated/ contract basis which will be of great relief to these applicants.