hello, this is to kindly inform you that i am planning to attend the meeting of retina India witch is to be held on 19th of this month at nagpur . to participate in this meeting, i have applied for special casual leave given to central govt. employees to attend workshop, conference, seminars organised for disability and development related programs. with the view of this circular, our company has also issued internal circular to this effect allowing its differently abled employees to attend the events covered in this circular. to apply for the said leave, i have enclosed the invitation sent by retina india-the registered NGO stating thereon their registration number etc. (the invitation was on their letterhead) but unfortunately, my leave of application for special casual leave has been rejected by my employer stating the reason that this NGO does not seems to be notified by the ministry of social justice, empowerment govt. of india as mentioned in the circular witch is copied below for your kind reference. now i would like to know that as disabled person am i entitled to avail the benifit of special casual leave to attend this program? if not, then what is the criteria to know that particular state/central government agency has been notified by the ministry of social justice and empowerment govt. of india? if yes, then what further state of action can i make to avail my benifits? thecircular mentioned above is as below: Government of India
Government of India Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions (Department of Personnel & Training) North Block, New Delhi, dated 14th November, 2007 Office Memorandum Subject: Grant of Special Casual Leave to differently abled Central Government Employees. ?? The undersigned is directed to say that this Department had received representations from differently-abled persons for grant of Special Casual Leave to participate in conferences/workshops/seminars/trainings for Disability and Development related programmes. 1. The question of granting Special Casual Leave to differently abled Central Government Employees has been considered and it has been decided that subject to exigencies of work, Special Casual Leave for not more than 10 (Ten) days in a calendar year may be granted to differently-abled Central Government Servants with disabilities as defined in the Persons with disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995 for participating in the Conference/Seminars/Training/Workshop related to Disability and Development related programmes organized at National and State level agencies to be specified by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. 2. The Period of absence is excess of 10 days is to be treated as regular leave of the kind due and admissible. Special Casual Leave under these orders will be allowed to be combined with regular leave as a special case. 3. The power of granting Special Casual Leave under these orders will be exercised by the Heads of Departments concerned. Hindi version will follow. (C.A. Subramanian) Director your kind coperation in this regard is highly solicited. regards, mukesh jain. To unsubscribe send a message to [email protected] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
