COMPASSIONATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE

 COMPASSINATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE  

 Eligibility

1. Applications from dependents of Government Servants who die in harness will

be considered for employment assistance under the Scheme Government Servants shall

include Contingent and work establishment personnel, part-time employees, N.M.R.

workers, seasonal employees under various Government Department permanent

labourers of the Agriculture Department and Panchayat employees.

2.Dependents of the employees of the Municipalities and Corporations who die

in harness will also be eligible for employment assistance on the pattern of this scheme.

However, their appointment shall be confined to the Municipalities and Corporations

only.

3.Dependents of Government Servants missing while in Service, if it is not proved

otherwise as laid down in section 108 of the Indian Evidence act, will be eligible for

employment assistance under the scheme treating that the incumbent had died while in

service.

4.Dependents of Government Servants who have availed irrespective of the

circumstances of the death (including suicide) will be eligible for employment assistance

under the scheme.

5.Dependents of Government Servants who have availed themselves of invalid

pension and in whose case death takes place before the normal date of superannuation

shall be eligible for employment assistance under the scheme.

6.The Scheme in not applicable to the employees of private Colleges.

7. (a) Employment assistance under the Scheme shall not be available to the

dependents of Government Servants who are allowed to continue in service beyond

superannuation either by extension of service or by re-employment and in whose case the

death takes place after the normal date of retirement or superannuation.

(b) The dependents of the teaching staff of all educational institutions (including

Principals of Colleges) who on completion of the age of 35 Years during the course of an

academic Year continue in Service, under Rule 60 (c) Kerala Service Rules, Part I, till the

last day of the month in which the academic year ends and who die during the period of

such continuance will be eligible for the employment assistance under the scheme.

8. Dependents of Government Servants who have retired voluntarily and in

whose case death takes place before the normal date of superannuation shall not be

eligible for the employment assistance under the scheme.

Family Income

 The maximum income or the family of the deceased Government Servant

should not exceed Rs. 8,00, 000/- (Rupees eight lakh and fifty Thousand only) per annum

to make a dependent eligible for the Compassionate Employment and this limit will be

revised from time to time.

Family income to be reckoned in the actual income available to all members

of the family from all sources other than family pension. Income from the properties of

the members of the family should also be reckoned. Income of the married sons and

daughters and other members of the family living separately shall not be reckoned for

calculating the family income. In case of disputes on income, the case shall be referred to

the concerned District Collector and the income reported by the Collector shall be

accepted as the actual income. When salary based income is calculated the pay including

all allowances except Traveling Allowances shall be reckoned for the purpose. For this

purpose, necessary amendments in the guidelines in G.O (MS) No. 192/85/RD, dated 23-

03-1985 will be issued, separately.

Dependents

 (a) Only one dependent will be given employment assistance under the

scheme in the event of the death of a Government servants. Employment assistance shall

be given to the widow/widower, son, daughter in the said order of priority. Son and

daughter shall include adopted son and adopted daughter respectively and will rank after

son/daughter. No other dependent shall be eligible or given appointment under the

scheme.

Minimum Service

 There shall be no minimum service restriction. Dependents of those

Government Servants who are regularly appointed and employed in Government Service

shall be eligible for the benefit of the scheme irrespective of the length of service.

Category of appointment.

Appointment under the scheme will be limited to class III& class IV posts in

the subordinates Service, Last grade Service and in part-time Contingent Service to

which direct recruitment is one of the methods of appointment. In the case of posts for

which different methods of appointment are prescribed, the appointment under the

scheme shall be set off against the quota earmarked for direct recruitment.

Qualification for posts

 The qualification prescribed for direct recruitment to the post will be apply.

No relaxations in the qualification will be allowed under the scheme.

 In the case of appointment to widow/widower and in the case of appointment to

part-time contingent posts, there shall be no upper age restriction i.e. applicants shall be

given appointment up to the age of retirement. In all other cases the upper age limit

prescribed for direct recruitment to the post shall apply.

Time limit for preferring application

 The time limit for preferring applications under the scheme will be 2 years from

the date death of Government Servants. In the case of minor, the period will be within 3

years after attaining majority.

For more details  Read the Orders

Date	Description and Order
24.05.99	Scheme for the Compassionate Employment of the Dependents of Government Servants who die in harness - Modified – Orders G.O.(P)No.12/99/P&ARD 24.05.1999 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
18.11.99	Scheme for the Compassionate Employment of the Dependents of Government Servants who die in harness - Further Orders issued. G.O.(P)No.24/99/P&ARD, 18.11.1999 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
15.07.02	Compassionate Employment of the Dependents of Government Servants who die in harness - Further Orders. G.O.(P)No.37/2002/P&ARD, dated 15.07.02 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
12.04.10	Married son/daughter- considered forCES G.O.(Ms)14/2010/P&ARD dated 12.04.2010 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
24.01.12	Amendments in municipal contingent service rules for appointment through CES G.O.(P)5/2012/P&ARD dated 24.01.2012 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
15.12.11	Scheme for the compassionate employment of the dependants of Government servants who die-in-harness - Withdrawals of application so as to enable another dependant of the family to make application for Employment Assistance - Modified – Orders G.O.(P)No.37/2011/P&ARD, 15.12. 2011 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
24.01.12	Amendments in municipal contingent service rules for appointment through CES G.O.(P)5/2012/P&ARD dated 24.01.2012 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
03.03.12	Out of turn priority for the dependents of employees who have met with accidents while on duty G.O.(P)06/2012/P&ARD dated 03.02.2012   VIEW/DOWNLOAD
06.02.12	Revised educational qualification for Various posts G.O.(P)07/2012/P&ARD dt 06.02.2012 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
05.02.13	Calculation of family income of dependents G.O.(P)03/2013/P&ARD dated 05.02.2013   VIEW/DOWNLOAD
29.08.13	Revised eligibility for LDC ,temporary exemption for CES.  GO(MS)No.24/2013/P&ARD -P&AR (Rules)  29.08.2013 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
21.07.14	Fixing of Norms Regarding Service Conditions of Appointees Recruited Against Supernumerary Posts-Order Issued. G.O (Ms) No.22/2014/P&ARD 21.07.2014 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
06.08.16	Regularization of Persons Appointed in Posts created Supernumerary. G.O (MS) No.26/2016/P&ARD-P&AR (ADVICE-C) 06.08.2016 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
16.01.17	Cancellation of order due to no joining of duty Reg. G.O(MS)NO. 2/2017/P&ARD Dated 16.01.2017 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
27.5.17	CES scheme is applicable to dependents of Seasonal Labour Roll employees. G O(MS)13-2017-P&ARD dated 27.05.2017 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
07.1.18	Definition of Dependent   GO (P)1-2018-P&ARD dated 07.01.2018 VIEW/DOWNLOAD
21.02.18	Protection of consent is to be needed GO(MS)No.5/2018 P&ARD dated 21.02.2018. VIEW/DOWNLOAD
28.04.18	CES –family income limit for CES eligibility enhanced to Eight lakh. GO(P) No. 07/2018 dated 28.04.2018. VIEW/DOWNLOAD