Clearance of probation period of officials who were recruited as per PAs / SAs REcruitment Rules 2002---Regarding

Directorate vide memo No. 60-3/2013-SPB-I dated 8/7/2013 has clarified that ás per revised Recruitment Rules for the post of Postal Assistant / Sorting Assitant notified on 3rd November 2011, the period of probation is the same i.e. two years but the provision of Examination for confirmation has been discontinued and clearance of probation period is to be decided by the Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC). It is also clarified that who have not yet cleared the confirmation test may not be subjected to confirmation examination but may be assessed for clearing their probation after taking into consideration their performance during the induction training, the special report /ACRs and any other relevant input. If they are not found up to the mark, their probation period may be extended as per the Government's instructins. In such cases, PAs/SAs shall be considered for clearance of probation period from a prospective date and not with retrospective effect.

Courtesy:http://postalinspectors.blogspot.in/

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Income Tax Return Filing: Last date extended upto 31st October, 2013 for Uttarakhand State

F.No. 225/117/2013/ITA.II

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Revenue

Central Board of Direct Taxes

North-Block ITA.II Division 

New Delhi, the 23rd of July, 2013

Order under Section 119 of the Income-tax Act, 1961

Considering the large-scale devastation due to recent natural calamity in the State of Uttarakhand, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of powers conferred under section 119 of the lncome-tax Act, 1961, hereby extends the 'due-date' for filing Returns of Income required to be furnished by 31st July, 2013 to 31st October, 2013, in respect of income-tax assessees residing or assessed in the State of Uttarakhand.

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(Rohit Garg)

Deputy-Secretary to Government of India

Source: http://irsofficersonline.gov.in

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EXTENSION OF TIME-LIMIT TO RE-EXERCISE OPTION WHOSE INCREMENT WAS DURING FEB-06 TO JUNE-06.

EXTENSION OF TIME-LIMIT TO RE-EXERCISE OPTION WHOSE

INCREMENT WAS DURING FEB-06 TO JUNE-06.

1. Officers meeting the following conditions have been given opportunity to re-exercise option as per the form attached:

i. The officer's DNI (Date of Next Increment) as per Vth CPC fall between Feb 2006 and June 2006 and

ii The officer had exercised an option to switch over to the revised pay structure (VIth CPC) from the date of increment instead of 01/01/2006.

2. The last date to re-exercise this option is 31/07/2013.

3. Officers exercising this option will be entitled to the following :

i. One increment in pre-revised scale on 01/01/2006.
ii. The pay will be fixed in revised Pay Structure (VIth CPC) from 01/01/2006.
iii Annual increment on 01/07/2006.

The officers who are affected as above are requested to exercise the option without any delay.

Appendix 'A'

(Refers to Para 6 (a) of

SA(2S/2008)

FORM OF OPTION

(i) I, No.___________________, Rank ______________________ Name___________________________________________________ hereby elect the revised pay structure with effect from 01 Jan, 2006.

(ii) I, No. ______________________, Rank_______________________________ Name__________________________________________________ hereby elect to continue in the existing scale of pay of my substantive rank mentioned below until.

            *the date of my next increment

             the date of my subsequent increment raising my pay to Rs.__________

             I vacate or cease to draw pay in the existing scale.

             Existing scale Rs.____________


Date              Signature
Station      Name (in Block letters_____________________
                     Rank_____________
                     Personal
                     Unit_______________

 


*To be scored out if not applicable

Source: https://pcdaopune.gov.in/Downloads/EXTENSION2%20OF%20TIME.pdf

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Railway Medical Attendance Rules/RELHS: Guidelines and ceiling limit for Liver Transplant Surgery - Railway Board Order

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2010/H/6-1/POLICY (Liver Transplant)

New Delhi, dated :- 28.06.20l3

General Managers
All Indian Railways
(Including PUs).

Sub :- Guidelines and ceiling limit for Liver Transplant Surgery in respect of beneficiaries of Railway Medical Attendance Rules / RELHS.

The issue of laying down uniform guidelines to be adopted for Liver Transplant Surgery of Railway Health beneficiaries has been engaging attention of Ministry of Railways for sometime. After careful consideration of the matter, it has been decided to stipulate the under mentioned guidelines for adoption in all cases of Liver
Transplantation :-

1. Selection Criteria
A. Indications
(i). Adult Liver diseases

Acute liver failure	Non-Paracetamol (Viral, drug, induced, Wilson’s, Autoimmune hepatitis etc.)	Prothrombin time >100 sec or 3 of 5: Interval jaundice-encephalopathy > 7 days Age < 10 or > 40 Years Prothrombin time > 50 sec. / INR > 3.5 Bilirubin > 30 umol/1 Cause non-viral or unknown.
	Paracetamol induced	Arterial Ph <7 .30="" 3="" all="" br="" criteria="" encephalopathy="" grade="" iii="" iv="" nbsp="" or="">Prothrombin time >100 sec./INR > 6.5 Creatinine >300 umol/I
Chronic Liver disease	Cirrhosis (Non- Cholestatic)	Child-Pugh score >or equal 10 or Meld Score > 14
	Cholestatic with or without Cirrhosis	According to American criteria based on MELD scoring
	Miscellaneous	case to case basis
Liver Tumors	Hepatocellular Carcinoma	Single Tumor <6 .5="" 4.5="" br="" cm="" equal="" nbsp="" or="" tumors="" two="">No Vascular invasion No distant Metastasis
	Other types	Case to case basis

2. Pediatric Liver diseases: - EHBA and Metabolic Liver Disease to be decided on case to case basis. 

B. CONTRAINDICATIONS 

Absolute	Systemic extra hepatic infections Extra hepatic malignancy (if not definitely cured) Irreversible brain damage Irreversible multi-organ failure Substance abusc ( if not abstinent for > 6 months)
Relative	HIV seropositivity Age > 65 years Mental incapacity Extra hepatic disease limiting the chance of survival Residency outside India (unless emergency)

2. Type of Transplant: permitted for reimbursement.
(a) Cadaveric donor
(b) Live donor
      i.Related
      ii. Unrelated

3. Centres Approved for Liver Transplantation Surgery
Liver Transplant Surgery shall be allowed only in Government Hospitals/ Pvt. Hospitals, which are registered under the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, as amended from time to time.

4. Documents required to be submitted for consideration of permission for liver transplant surgery
(i) Recommendation by Govt. / RIy. Gastroenterolgist/GI Surgeon.
(ii) CT/ MRI Liver report.
(iii) Etiology evaluation report.
(iv) Histopathological report, wherever available.
(v) Current Child Pugh/MELD score report.
(vi) Other relevant document.

5. Package Charges for Liver Transplantation Surgery
a) Package rate for Liver Transplantation Surgery involving live Liver donor shall be - Rs. 14,00,000/- (Rupees Fourteen Lakhs only). This would include Rs.2,50,000/- (Rupees Two Lakhs Fifty Thousand only) for pre-transplant evaluation of the donor and the recipient and Rs. 11,50,000/- (Rupees Eleven Lakhs Fifty Thousand only) for transplant surgery.

b) Package rate for Liver Transplant Surgery involving deceased donor shall be Rs.11,00,000/- (Rupees Eleven Lakhs only).

The above package includes the cost of consumables during the organ retrieval and the cost of preservative solution etc. The package charges also include the following:

(i) 30 days stay of the recipient and 15 days for the donor starting one day prior to the transplant surgery.

(ii) Charges for Medical and Surgical Consumables, surgical and procedure charges, Operation theatre charges, Anaesthesia Charges, Pharmacy charges etc.

(iii) Investigations and in-house doctor consultation for both donor and recipient during the above period of stay.

(iv) All post operative investigations and procedures during the above mentioned period.

C) The package shall exclude the following :-
Charges for drugs like Basiliximab/Daclizumab, HBIG, and peg interferon.Cross Matching charges for Blood and Blood products.

d) (i) The extra stay if any may be sanctioned/reimbursed after justification by the trcating specialists for the reason of additional stay and only as per Railway RMA/RELHS guidelines.

(ii) The drugs mentioned above would be reimbursed as per CGHS rates or actual whichever is lower.

6. Reimbursement Criteria:
As Liver Transplant Surgery is a planned surgery and, therefore, prior permission has to be obtained before the surgery is undertaken. However, if for some reason it is done in emergency to save the life of the patient, the medical board shall consider the case referred to it for recommending grant of ex-post-facto permission on a case to case basis.

7. Procedure for Sanction:
CMD of the zone shall nominate Medical Board comprising of a CMS/MD as the Chairman and two specialists each from Gastroenterology and GI Surgery as members which will recommend for Liver Transplantation. The proposal for financial sanction would be considered in consultation with finance of the zone and approval of General Manager before forwarding the same to Railway Board for sanction.

8. Other terms & conditions for payment of advance as per instructions laid down by this office from time to time will remain unchanged.

9. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Dte. of Ministry of Railways.

10. These guidelines shall come into effect from the date of issue of this letter.

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(Dr.S.K. Sabharwal)

Executive Director, Health (G)

Railway Board

Source : NFIR

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Special Class Railway Apprentices’ Examination, 2013

   Based on the results of the  written examination  of  Special Class Railway Apprentices` exam  2013  held by  Union  Public  Service  Commission on 20th January, 2013 followed by Personality Test from  8th July, 2013 to 11th July, 2013, a  list  of  56  candidates [ 24 General  (including     01 PH-I), 14 Other  Backward  Classes, 13 Scheduled Castes and  05  Scheduled  Tribes , in order of merit, who have been recommended    for appointment as Special Class Railway Apprentices in the Indian Railways  Service  of  Mechanical  Engineers  against  56  vacancies [ 26 General , 14 OBC,  11 SC  and  05  ST ]  including  01  vacancy   for  Physically  handicapped  candidate  is  enclosed.

The medical examination for these recommended candidates shall be conducted by the Ministry of Railways.  A  communication for medical examination  is  expected  to  be  issued by the Ministry of Railways to the candidates  individually  within  21 days  from  the  date  of  declaration  of   final  result.

ROLL  NUMBERS  &  NAMES  OF  RECOMMENDED  CANDIDATES

( in order of merit )

Sn.	Roll  No.	Name
1	008759	PRANAV  KUMAR
2	197064	KEERTI  ANAND
3	054056	SHASWAT  CHAUBEY
4	068201	SHOBHIT MATHUR
5	044863	SAKSHAM AGARWAL
6	009323	ASTRIT  MANIKANTAN
7	194293	SHUBHAM YADAV
8	129637	PRATEEK RAISINGHANI
9	032997	PRERIT  MATHUR
10	220327	OJASVI  MONGA
11	018399	AMIT VISHNOI
12	051880	FARAN  AHMAD
13	066080	HARSH  MISRA
14	031120	ISHAN  TYAGI
15	226949	ANIMESH  BARANAWAL
16	010415	KRISHNA  KINKER  SINGH
17	127418	SHUBHAM  MEHRA
18	008198	RISHABH  AGARWAL
19	000439	SALIL  MISHRA
20	025448	HIMANSHU  KUMAR
21	135260	SHUBHAM KUMAR PANDEY
22	052662	MANRAJ  SINGH  BEVLI
23	004192	LAKSHAY  SAPRA
24	020142	KUMAR  SIDDHARTH
25	125936	ABHISHEK  PRADHAN
26	173025	HIMANSHU  SHUKLA
27	130718	PRASHANT  KUMAR
28	009943	SAURAV  KUMAR
29	019182	PRABHANSHU  ABHISHEK
30	198471	BACHANTI  KRISHNA
31	044249	VAIBHAV  KUMAR
32	176170	GAURISH  GANGWAR
33	043921	AAYUSH  SHAURYA
34	128723	DEEPAK  KUMAR
35	153650	DIBYENDU  MONDAL
36	164096	RAKESH  KUMAR  PATEL
37	060743	SHUBHAM  PRATAP  SINGH
38	044598	FAIZAN  AHMAD
39	108682	POONAM  KUMARI  SAHA
40	103910	PRAJIL  CHANDRAN
41	130812	VIKASH  RANJAN
42	029266	DIPTESH  KUMAR  MANDAL
43	221584	VAIBHAV  SINGH
44	117074	PILLI  HARSHA VARDHAN
45	001185	VISHESH  CHOUDHARY
46	108567	VATSALYA  KUMAR
47	199793	ASHWANI  KUMAR  D
48	123839	MANISH  MEENA
49	235946	BADAL  CHOUDHARY
50	159705	RONI  SAIBA
51	014757	DEBATRA  MAZUMDAR
52	070263	HIMANSHU  PRAKASH
53	019564	SUNIL  KUMAR
54	039417	VINEET KUMAR  MEENA
55	120275	ABHISHEK  PRATIHAR
56	045759	VEDPRAKASH  BHAGAT

Note: The candidature of 11 candidates bearing Roll Nos. 9943, 43921, 60743, 117074, 164096, 235946, 19564, 45759, 103910, 120275 and 198471 is  provisional.

                UPSC has a `Facilitation Counter` near the Examination Halls in its    campus. Candidates can obtain relevant information/clarification regarding their examination/ recruitment on any working day between 10:00 hrs. to 17:00 hrs in person  or over telephone Nos. 011-23385271 / 23381125.  Result will also be available on the UPSC web site i.e.  http://www.upsc.gov.in.  

                Further, the relevant marks are likely to be available on the Commission’s Website within 15 days from the declaration of the final result for access to candidates.  The candidates can  access  these  marks  on  the Website  after  keying  their  Roll No. and date of birth when prompted to do so at the  appropriate  link.

 Source:pib

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Simplification of pension process for permanently disabled children/siblings and dependent parents

No. 1127/2011-P&PW (E)

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions

Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,

Khan Market, New Delhi

Dated: 1st July, 2013.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Simplification of pension process for permanently disabled children/siblings and dependent parents — instructions regarding. This Department’s O.M. No.1/19/11- P&PW (E), dated 3.8.2011, O.M. No.1/6/2008-P&PW (E), dated 22.6.2010 and O.M. No.1/21/91-P&PW (E), dated 20.1.93 refer.

The undersigned is directed to state that a number of representations are being received in the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare about the difficulties being faced in getting the revised Pension Payment Orders (PPOs) issued for old parents and disabled children/siblings after the death of the pensioner/family pensioner.

2. The matter has been examined and it has been decided that the employee/pensioner/family pensioner may, at any time before or after retirement/death of employee, make a request to the Appointing Authority seeking advance approval for grant of family pension for life to a permanently disabled child/sibling in terms of provisions contained in rule 54 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, which are reproduced as under:

Proviso (iv) to sub-rule 6 (iv): before allowing the family pension for life to any such son or daughter, the appointing authority shall satisfy that the handicap is of such a nature so as to prevent him or her from earning his or her livelihood and the same shall be evidenced by a certificate obtained from a Medical Board comprising of a Medical Superintendent or a Principal or a Director or Head of the Institution or his nominee as Chairman and two other members, out of which at least one shall be a Specialist in the particular area of mental or physical disability including mental retardation setting out, as far as possible, the exact mental or physical condition of the child;

Sub rule 10 (B): Family pension to the dependent disabled siblings shall be payable if the siblings were wholly dependent upon the Govt. servant immediately before his or her death and deceased Govt. servant is not survived by a widow or an eligible child or eligible parents.

3. In terms of sub-rule (10-A) (reproduced below) a request for advance approval to the grant of family pension to the parents may be made to the Head of Office.

Sub rule 10 A (a): Family pension to the parents shall be payable if the parents were wholly dependent on the Govt. servant immediately before his or her death and the deceased Govt. servant is not survived by a widow or an eligible child.
(b): The family pension, wherever admissible to parents, will be payable to the mother of the deceased Govt. employees  failing which to the father of the deceased Govt. servant.

4.  On acceptance of such a request, the Head of Office (HOO) will immediately issue a sanction order for grant of family pension to such children/siblings/dependent parents on their turn.  No further authorisation for grant of family pension to the disabled child/sibling dependent parents would be required. The HOO and Pay and Accounts Officer (PAO) will maintain the details of such disabled children/siblings/dependent parents in the service book and pension file of the employee/pensioner to enable prompt processing of such requests. On the basis of this approval, the permanently disabled child/sibling/ dependent parents will be authorised to receive family pension at the appropriate time, i.e., after the death of pensioner and/or after the death/ineligibility of any other member in the family eligible to receive family pension prior to the disabled child/sibling/ dependent parents, as explained in the succeeding paragraphs.

5. The name(s) of permanently disabled child/children/siblings and/or dependent parents may be added to the PPO issued to the retiring Government servant if there is no other eligible prior claimant for family pension other than the spouse. No fresh PPO need to be issued in such cases and the family pension will be payable by the pension disbursing authority in the following order and the following manner:

(i) To the spouse — on the death of the pensioner – on production of death certificate of pensioner. This family pension will continue till death or remarriage of spouse. In the case of a childless widow, the family pension may continue even after her re-marriage as per rules.

(ii) To the Permanently disabled child/children — on the death/remarriage of spouse — on production of such death certificate/remarriage-intimation. Family pension to the spouse will be discontinued and family pension would be allowed by the PDA for life for permanently disabled children in the order prescribed in Rule 54 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

(iii) To the dependent parents — first mother, then father – when claimants in (i) and (ii) die or become ineligible — on production of death certificate/remarriage-intimation of spouse and/or death certificates of all permanently disabled children, family pension would be allowed by the PDA to dependent parents. This family pension would continue till death of the dependent parents.

(iv) To the permanently disabled sibling/s — when family pension to all above ceases to be payable on account of death/re-marriage — on production of death certificates/ remarriage-intimation as applicable, the family pension will be allowed by PDA to the permanently disabled siblings.

6. For all other cases where there are other eligible prior claimants to family pension in accordance with rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the names of disabled child/children/dependent parents/permanently disabled sibling will be added to the PPO issued to the preceding eligible family pensioner, based on the authorisation made as in para 3 above. Family pension to these permanently disabled child/children/siblings /dependent parents will be payable after the death/ineligibility of the prior claimant, as the case maybe.

7. The authorisation as indicated above shall be made in the PPO or by issuing a revised authority if a child, parents or sibling is authorised for family pension after issue of the PPO. The revised authority shall take the usual route to the pension disbursing authority. The Pension Disbursing Authority shall start disbursing family pension to the permanently disabled child/sibling or dependent parents after the death of the pensioner/spouse/other family pensioner, as the case may be, on the basis of the PPO/revised PPO, approval of the appointing authority and the death certificate(s) of the pensioner and other family pensioners and the self-certificate for income.

8. Such an authorisation shall become invalid in case a person becomes member of family after issue/amendment of such PPO and is entitled to family pension prior to the disabled child/sibling/dependent parents at the time of the death of the pensioner/spouse. For example, the pensioner may marry/remarry after the death of first spouse or adopt a child. Such spouse/child may be eligible for family pension at the time of death of the pensioner or death/ineligibility of the spouse. A child adopted by the spouse of the pensioner shall not be treated as a member of the family of the deceased pensioner. A decision regarding grant of family pension in such cases will be taken by the Head of Office in accordance with the provisions of rule 54 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.

9. In order to facilitate the Bank Authorities to promptly sanction the family pension in such cases, the Govt. Employees/pensioners/their spouses may open a bank account of such children/siblings/parents and indicate this information to the Head of Office for inclusion in the PPO/revised authority.

10. As regards pensioners/family pensioners belonging to the Indian Audit and Accounts Departments, these instructions issue after consultation with the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

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(Sujasha Choudhury)

Deputy Secretary

Source: http://cpao.nic.in
[http://cpao.nic.in/pdf/PPO_010713.pdf]

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Filed Under: DISABILITY, family pensioners, PENSION, revision of pension