State Public Sector Undertakings/ Statutory Boards- Re-employment of retired employees- certain instructions- reiterated-regarding.

Finance (BPE) Department.
Fort St. George, Secretariat,
Chennai-600 009.

Govt.Lr.No.52962/Fin(BPE)/2012 dt.27.09.2012

From
Thiru S.Krishnan, I.A.S.,
Secretary to Government (Expenditure)

To
The Chief Executive Officers of State Public Sector
Undertakings / Statutory Boards.

Sir / Madam,

Sub : State Public Sector Undertakings/ Statutory Boards- Re-employment of retired employees- certain instructions- reiterated-regarding.

Ref :-
1)Govt Lr.No.1281/BPE/94-2 dt.2.5.94
2)Govt Lr.No.2381/BPE/96-1 dt.6.1.97
3)Govt Lr.No. 1048/BPE/2001-1 dt.30.8.2001

   I am directed to invite your attention to the Government letters cited (copies enclosed), wherein directions for not entertaining extension/ re-employment of Officers beyond their age of superannuation have been issued.

   2) In spite of these instructions, of late, a few Organizations continue to seek approval of Government for re-employment of retired employees in a routine manner for carrying out routine functions. Re-employment of retired employees will, not only deprive the benefit of promotion to persons awaiting in the feeder post but, will also choke the employment opportunity at the entry level. The Management of the Organization which is aware of the retirement date of the persons holding the key position must devise succession plan to ensure smooth flow of work by the successors so as to keep the work moving in an Organization. Moreover, the persons on re-employment for a tenure of 6 months may not be in a position to train the successor within the short span of time. Further, the principle, spelt out in the earlier Government instructions that re-employment of retired persons should be considered to accomplish a job of special nature and should be only in the cases of top level managerial/professional cadre, also gets defeated by way of seeking re-employment for routine work by certain State Public Sector Undertakings/ Statutory Boards.

   3) While reiterating the earlier instructions cited above, I am directed to request you to (a) desist from forwarding proposals to Government for re-employment of the retired persons to carry out the routine functions in a regular fashion excepting for specialized/ top managerial positions in a really exceptional circumstances, purely in the public interest (b) evolve a strategy /succession plan to train the available man power periodically duly taking into account the retirement date of the Officers holding the key positions to ensure smooth flow of work by the successors in carrying out the routine functions of the Organization.

   4) This letter may be placed before the Board of Directors in the next meeting.

Yours faithfully,

sd/-
for Secretary to Government (Expenditure)

Source:http://www.tn.gov.in/gosdb/gorders/finance/fin_e_52962_2012.pdf