Lok Sabha Question No. 44 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Appointments on Compassionate Grounds
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 44 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## APPOINTMENTS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS

- † 44. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the number  of pending cases related to appointments on compassionate  grounds  in  Railways,  zone-wise  and  State-wise; and

- (b) the time by which the said cases are likely to disposed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b):   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  44  BY  SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA  ALIAS HARISH  DWIVEDI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  24.02.2016 REGARDING APPOINTMENTS ON COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS

(a): State-wise details of such cases are not maintained. However,   a total number  of 2395 cases were pending for appointment on compassionate grounds on the Railways as on 31.12.2015. Zone-wise details are as under:-

| S. No.            | Zonal Railways     | Number of pending cases.   | S. No.            | Zonal Railways     | Number of pending cases.   |
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------|
| 1                 | Central            | 354                        | 10                | East Central       | 134                        |
| 2                 | Eastern            | 290                        | 11                | East Coast         | 6                          |
| 3                 | Northern           | 136                        | 12                | North Central      | 34                         |
| 4                 | North Eastern      | 214                        | 13                | North Western      | 72                         |
| 5                 | Northeast Frontier | 332                        | 14                | South East Central | 29                         |
| 6                 | Southern           | 200                        | 15                | South Western      | 98                         |
| 7                 | South Central      | 156                        | 16                | West Central       | 38                         |
| 8                 | South Eastern      | 217                        | 17                | R.D.S.O.           | 1                          |
| 9                 | Western            | 79                         | 18                | Metro/Kolkata      | 5                          |
| TOTAL             | TOTAL              | 1978                       | TOTAL             | TOTAL              | 417                        |
| 1978 + 417 = 2395 | 1978 + 417 = 2395  | 1978 + 417 = 2395          | 1978 + 417 = 2395 | 1978 + 417 = 2395  | 1978 + 417 = 2395          |

- (b): Appointment on compassionate grounds is a continuous process on  the  Railways.  Majority  of  such  cases  are  pending  on  account  of wards being  minor,  non-availability  of  suitable  vacancies,  legal  cases pending in courts, etc. Therefore, no time frame can be laid down for the disposal of the pending cases.

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