Retired employees can now avail benefits of missed promotion

01 Feb, New Delhi

Retired government employees who missed out on their promotions due to late meetings of the Committees deciding on such departmental elevations, will now be able to avail post-retirement promotion benefits.

An official in the Department of Personnel and Training, DoPT said, instructions have been issued to all ministries and departments to give benefit of promotion to those employees who missed it due to late meeting of Departmental Promotion Committee, DPC.

The DoPT order said, it would not be proper if eligible employees who were within the zone of consideration for the relevant year but are not actually in service when the DPC is being held, are not considered while preparing year-wise zone of consideration. It said, consequently, their juniors are considered in their place for promotions who would not have been in the zone of consideration if the DPC had been held in time.

The DoPT has asked all central government ministries and departments under it to ensure strict compliance of its instructions to include retiring employees for promotions in case the DPCs are delayed. The DoPT official said that such retired officials will, however, have no right for actual promotion.