No transfer for employees with Thalassemia, Haemophiliac kids

Government employees who have children suffering from Thalassemia and Haemophilia will be exempted from routine transfers and they will not be asked to take voluntary retirement on refusing such postings, as per the draft policy finalised by the Centre.
The matter regarding the scope of 'disabled' has been examined by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) in consultation with the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
Considering the fact that the Thalassemia and Haemophilia child requires constant caregiver support and it would be imperative for the government employees to take care of their Thalassemia and Haemophilia suffering child on continuous basis, it has been decided to include Thalassemia and Haemophilia in the category of disabled child, the DoPT said in the draft guidelines.

At present, employees with kids suffering from blindness or low vision, hearing impairment, locomotor disability or cerebral palsy, leprosy, mental retardation, mental illness, multiple disabilities and autism are spared from routine transfers.
A government employee with a disabled child serves as the main caregiver and any displacement of such employee will have a bearing on the systemic rehabilitation of the child since the new environment or set up could prove to be a hindrance for rehabilitation process, as per the existing policy.
"Therefore, a government servant who is also a caregiver of disabled child may be exempted from the routine exercise of transfer or rotational transfer subject to the administrative constraints," it said.

Upbringing and rehabilitation of disabled child requires financial support. Making the government employee to choose voluntary retirement on the pretext of routine transfer or rotation transfer would have adverse impact on the rehabilitation process of the child, the DoPT policy says and exempt such employees from routine transfers and seeking voluntary retirements.

The proposed guidelines have cited provisions of the
service rules "which require the government servants to maintain absolute integrity at all times". In addition, cheating and fraud also attract various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), it said.
"Ministries and departments should therefore not hesitate to take severe action against employees guilty of deliberate malpractices, particularly in collusion with travel agents etc," the DoPT said.

The new guidelines are likely to come into force from next month, a senior government official said.
The DoPT has also warned the employees that any plea of ignorance of rules will not be entertained and any deviation will be handled legally and in accordance with the service rules.
As per the draft guidelines, while submitting the LTC claim after completion of the journey, the government servant will be required to submit a self-certificate on plain paper that the airfare claimed by him or her in respect of the fare charged by the airline is for the air journey only and does not include any charges for any facility, undue benefit including boarding, lodging or local transport.

The employees need to certify that the tickets were booked "at the lowest fare available for the destination at the time of booking for the scheduled date and time of departure" and that they are aware that suppression of any information or furnishing wrong information will render them liable to disciplinary action.