Govt resumes compassionate appointments after 11 years

In a major welfare initiative, the Delhi government has resumed appointments on compassionate grounds after an 11-year gap, with 24 legal heirs of deceased employees of the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) receiving appointment letters on Tuesday.

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The appointment letters were handed over by Industries, Environment, Food & Supplies Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa at an event held at the Delhi Secretariat. The move, officials said, marks a significant step toward ensuring timely support for families of government employees who lost their lives while in service. “As soon as we conveyed to the Chief Minister Rekha Gupta that vacancies for families of deceased employees had remained unfilled for more than a decade, she expressed deep concern and promptly directed that these positions be filled with