Posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents
THERE has been demand that a Government employee who is a caregiver of the disabled child may not have to suffer due to displacement by means of routine transfer/rotational transfers. This demand has been made on the ground that a Government employee raises a kind of support system for his/her disabled child over a period of time in the locality where he/she resides which helps them in the rehabilitation.
Government has considered the matter and observes,
Considering that the Government employee who has disabled child serves as the main care giver of such child, any displacement of such Government employee will have a bearing on the systemic rehabilitation of the disabled child since the new environment/set up could prove to be a hindrance for the rehabilitation process of the child. The support system comprises of preferred linguistic zone, school/academic level, administration, neighbours, tutors/special educators, friends, medical care including hospitals, therapists and doctors, etc. Thus, rehabilitation is a continuous process and creation of such support system takes years together.
So, Government has directed that a Government servant who is also a caregiver of disabled child may be exempted from the routine exercise of transfer/rotational transfer subject to the administrative constraints .
Why can't the Government be more emphatic and clear in its instructions? Why can't they give clear instructions that Government servants with disabled children SHOULD NOT BE transferred against their will?