 bill no 55  of  2011 the  government services (regulation of compassionate  appointments) bill, 2011 by shri  at nana  patil, mp a billto provide for the regulation of appointments on compassionate grounds in offices under the control of central government and for matters connnected therewithbe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-second year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the government services (regulation of compassionateappointments) act, 2011short title,extent andcommencement(2) it shall apply to the offices under the control of central government5(3) it shall come into force at oncedefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "appointment on compassionate grounds" means  any appointment to the government service of a member of the family of a government servant who dies while being in service;(b) "dependent family member" means(i) spouse; or (ii) son (including adopted son); or (iii) daughter (including adopted daughter); or5(iv) brother or sister in the case of unmarried government servant, who was wholly dependent on the government servant at the time of his death in harness; or(v) parents, if the government servant was their only child;(c) "government" means the central government;10(d) "government servant" means a person who was a government servant at the time of his death but does not include a person 'who' was appointed on daily wage or casual or apprentice or on ad hoc basis or contract or re-employment basis;15(e) "government service" means any service to any ministry, organization, undertaking, autonomous body or society or any establishment for which funds are provided by the central government or where majority of shares are held by the central government; and(f) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under the act203 (1) notwithstanding anything contained in any other law or rule or order or bye-law or notification or judgment or order of any court, for the time being in force, the central government shall provide appointment on compassionate grounds to one dependent family member of a government servant who dies in harness within a period of two months from the date of death of the government servant in such manner as may be prescribed(2) the appointment on compassionate grounds provided under sub-section (1) shall not be subject to any quota or ceiling prescribed for such appointmentsappointment on compassionate grounds to be provided within two months from the date of death of a government servant254 (1) the central government may prescribe such eligibility conditions and other guidelines for appointment on compassionate grounds, as it may think fitcentral government to prescribe guidelines(2) without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, such eligibility conditions shall also include,—(i) that the dependent family member shall be living with the government servant at the time of his death;30(ii) that the eligible family member makes an application for appointment on compassionate grounds; and(iii) that the total income of  the dependent family members shall not be more than rupees two lakh per annum35government to provide employment5 (1) subject to section 4, if no suitable employment is available on compassionate grounds in the organisation in which the government servant was working at the time of his death, it shall be mandatory for the government to provide employment in another organization in the government, preferably in the same city in which the government servant was residing at the time of his death40(2) if none of the family members is eligible for compassionate appointment, then theoldest member of the family who has not attained the age of fifty years shall be provided with employment after giving him suitable training necessary for the jobpower to make rules6 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act45(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days whichmay be comprised in one session or in  two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule5 statement of objects and reasonswhen a government servant dies in service, his immediate family is left uncared forwith the meagre pension benefits, the family will not be able to sustain in the present day when cost of living is going up consistently of course, there is a provision for providing employment to eligible dependent member of the immediate family of the government servant on compassionate grounds but it has been observed that the employment is refused on flimsy grounds or the family is made to run from pillar to post to get employment sometimes, employment is also refused on the ground  that quota fixed for such appointments is already over or none of the family members was found eligible for appointment in government only in every few cases, compassionate employment is provided to immediate family members of the government servantsin order to mitigate the sufferings of the family members of the government servant, the bill seeks to provide for compulsory employment to dependent family members of the government servant on compassionate grounds within a given time framethe bill will go a long way in mitigating the sufferings of the family members of the government servants moreover, the supreme court has, in a judgment, ordered that compassionate appointments can be mandatory but can only be given in certain circumstances as a result, many of the families are sufferingthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;a t  nana  patiljuly 19, 2011 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for appointment of dependent family members of the government servant on compassionate grounds within a given time frame the bill also provides for suitable training to dependant family members in order to make them eligible for government service the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees one hundred crore per annum will be involveda non-recurring expenditure of about rupees ten crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 6 of the bill seeks to empower the central government to frame rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character lok  sabha———— a billto provide for the regulation of appointments on compassionate grounds in offices under the control of central government and for matters connnected therewith————(shri at nana patil, mp)gmgipmrnd—1040ls(s3)—11-08-2011