Re-employment guidelines released

The Haryana Government has issued guidelines for every department to follow in respect of re-employment after the age of 58 years.

An official spokesman said that the services of some categories or classes of officials would be allowed beyond the age of retirement for a maximum period of two years only for departments involved in maintaining law and order, regulatory work, work of administrative importance, infrastructure development and public utilities.

He said the administrative department would identify classes or categories of officials whose services were essential for efficient delivery of aims and objects of the organisation. The promotional avenues of junior or other officials should not be adversely affected. Extension would be proposed only if eligible candidate is not available for the promotion post from the feeder cadre for at least two years. A good service record would be non-negotiable. A majority of ACRs of the officials should be good or above and there should be no pending disciplinary action, he added.

The spokesman said that this would not apply in case of those employees whose term of re-employment after the approval of the Council of Ministers is still continuing till the expiry of their current re-employment. In case of doctors working in the Health Department or ESI Department, the age of retirement and period of re-employment would be as per the provisions contained in the gazette notification of November 21, 2016. These instructions will supersede instructions issued by the Chief Secretary on February 2, 2016 and January 21, 2018, only in so far as the matter of re-employment is concerned.—TNS