Grant of age concession to the Persons with Disabilities
F.No15012111200
3-Estt.(D)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department
of Personnel & Training
North
Block, New Delhi,
dated
the 29th June, 2015
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of age concession to the Persons with Disabilities
suffering from (a) blindness
or ow vision, (b) hearing impairment and
(c) locomotor disability or cerebral palsy
for direct recruitment to civil
posts/services under the Central Government.
The undersigned is
directed to say that the following age concessions have been
provided to physically handicapped
persons for recruitment under the Central Government:
(i)
Provision of ten
years concession in upper age limit for Group C and D posts filled
through employment
exchanges issued vide 0.M.No.15012/6/77-Estt.(D) dated
28.1.1978;
(ii)
Provision of five
years' concession in upper age limit (10 years for SC/ST, 8 years for
OBC) for
recruitment to Group 'A' and 'B' posts otherwise than through Open
Competitive
Examination issued vide 0.M.No.15012/5/92-Estt.(D) dated 27.7.1995;
and
(iii)
Provision of ten
years concession in upper age limit (15 years for SC/ST, 13 years for
OBC) for
recruitment to Group A,B,C and D Civil Posts/Services filled through Open
Competitive
Examination issued vide 0.M.No.43019/28/86-Estt.(D) dated 1.2.1999.
2.
The question of
prescribing uniform age-concession for direct recruitment to all Civil
Posts/Services
under the Central Government has since been examined and in
supersession of
the 0Ms referred to at (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the following has been
decided:
(i)
Age
relaxation of 10 years (15 years for SC/ST and 13 years for OBC
candidates) in
upper age limit shall be allowed to persons suffering from (a)
blindness
or low vision, (b) hearing impairment and (c) locomotor disability or
cerebral palsy in
case of direct recruitment to all civil posts/services under the
Central Government
identified suitable to be held by persons with such
disabilities,
subject to the condition that maximum age of the applicant on the
crucial date shall
not exceed 56 years.
(ii)
The age concession
to the persons with disabilities shall be admissible
irrespective of
the fact whether the post is reserved for person with disabilities
or not, provided
the post is identified suitable for the relevant category of
disability. This
provision will not apply to the Civil Services Examination, in
respect of which
the List of Services Identified suitable for Physically
Disabled Category
along with' the Physical Requirements and Functional
Classifications is
notified separately.
(iii)
Relaxation of age
limit would be permissible to such persons who have a
minimum of 40%
disability.
(iv) The
definitions of above categories of disabilities, for the purpose of age
relaxation, will be same as given in
this Department's O.M. No.
36035/3/2004-Estt(Reservation) dated 29th December 2005.
(v) If a
person with disability is entitled to age concession by virtue of being a
Central Government employee, concession
to him/her will be admissible
either as a 'person with disability' or
as a 'Central Government employee'
whichever may be more beneficial to
him/her. This provision will not apply to
the Civil Services Examination, which is
governed by the Civil Services
Examination Rules, published annually.
(vi) Provisions
of this O.M. will not be applicable to a post/service for which other
specific provision regarding age
relaxation is made by notification.
3. The
Ministries/Departments are advised to ensure invariably that while sending the
requisition
to the UPSC/SSC and other recruitment agencies for direct recruitment posts byselection,
they should clearly mention in the requisition the category of person(s) withdisabilities
suitable for the post(s) in question. No change or modification in identified post(s)
for physically disabled persons with respect to an Examination, intimated after
the Notification of that Examination, shall be acceptable.
4. These
instructions come into effect from the date of their issue.
(Mukta Goel)
Director(E.I)
Ph. No.23092479
To
All Ministries/Departments of the Govt. of India.
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