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Central government has decided not to accept voluntary retirement (VRS) notice of its disabled employees in reference to Supreme Court order in the case Bhagwan Dass & Anr Vs Punjab State Electricity Board. The Persons with Disabilities (PWD) Act, 1995, states that no establishment shall dispense with the services of a disabled employee. "It has been decided that whenever a government servant seeks voluntary retirement citing medical grounds or due to disability, administrative authorities shall advise him or her about the option of continuing in service with the same pay scale and service benefits," said Office Memorandum F.No.25012/1/2015-Estt (A-IV) dated May 19 issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). "If however, despite being so advised, such government servant still wishes to take voluntary retirement, the request may be processed," it added. The DoPT said in this order that no establishment shall dispense with or reduce in rank an employee who acquires a disability during service. "No promotion shall be denied to a person merely on the grounds of disability," Office Memorandum says. "It has been noticed that in many instances, persons suffering from physical or mental disability seek voluntary retirement owing to inability to attend to duty and not being aware of the protection afforded to them by the PWD Act" the Office Memorandum added. According to the Office Memorandum, all the ministries, departments, subordinate offices, central public sector undertakings and autonomous bodies are requested to inform disabled employees about the protection available to them under the PWD Act and must be encouraged them to continue work instead of taking VRS. ?#?VoluntaryRetirement? ?#?VRS? ?#?PersonwithDisabilities? ?#?PWDAct1995? ?#?DoPT? Thanks and Regards Pradeep T.S Officer United Bank of India Bangalore Regional Office email id: pradeep_bana...@rediffmail.com mobile: 9845925188 skype: pradeepsocialwork Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in 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 Disclaimer: 1. Contents of the mails, factual, or otherwise, reflect the thinking of the person sending the mail and AI in no way relates itself to its veracity; 2. AI cannot be held liable for any commission/omission based on the mails sent through this mailing list..
