Many military personnel, due to early retirement, look
for jobs in the government/public sector after release. Many of them apply for
multiple employment opportunities, but then (till now) there was a catch. If an
ex-serviceman applied for various civil posts under the ex-servicemen quota and
joined one such post, he/she could later not opt for any other post under the
said quota. A veteran could hence avail of it only once.
To take an example, if a person had applied for two
posts, one lower and one higher, but got selected for the lower post first and
joined the same, he could not then join the higher one even if he got selected for
the latter since ex-servicemen quota was treated as ‘exhausted’ on his joining
the first post.
This was of course regressive and also fortuitous and
chance-based in the sense that a person was forced to join the post or the
appointment where the result was declared first to avoid losing out on a job opportunity.
Actually, according to my construal, this blanket ban was
based on misinterpretation of various instructions issued from time to time,
but that’s another story and now pales into insignificance because of the
latest development.
The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has now
abolished this incongruous stipulation and has provided that if a person had
applied for various vacancies before joining a civil employment, he/she can
avail of the benefit of reservation for any subsequent employment.
This is a major move and should come as a big relief to
military veterans looking for employment on the civil side.
The letter dated 14 August 2014 can be accessed and downloaded by clicking here.
After a plethora of injustices,some good news like this appears like welcome green shoot
ReplyDeleteIt is a +ve beginning in the right direction. We appreciate that DOPT will further take measure to resolve many such difficulties the Armed Forces Veterans are facing. ........ Ramesh Gautam
ReplyDeleteThanx.
ReplyDeleteCan I have ruling/order on the pay parity of defence officers when they join a DPSU. under stood DPSU does not protect the last drawn pay citing service pension. will I get some help on subject. DPSU is exploiting the defence personnel left-right and centre.
Credit for this goes to Ex-Sgt Manoj Kumar. Read more at https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=289632511218749&id=100005160065631
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