Government of India
Ministry of Health
& Family Welfare
Department of Health
& Family Welfare
Nirman Bhawan, Maulana Azad Road
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No.
4-212006-C&P/CGHS (P)
Dated the 9th July, 2013
NOTIFICATION
Sub:
Merger of 19 Postal Dispensaries presently functioning in 12 CGHS covered cities with CGHS
In pursuance of
the decision taken by the Government on recommendations of Sixth Pay Commission, the following 19
(nineteen) Postal Dispensaries presently functioning in 12 (twelve) CGHS covered
cities, i.e., Ahmadabad (3), Bhopal (I), Bhubaneswar (I), Dehradun (I), Guwahati (2),
Jaipur (2), Jammu (I), Jabalpur (I),
Lucknow (3), Pune (2), Ranchi (I) and Shillong (I) are hereby merged with the Central
Government Health Scheme (CGHS).
2. All serving employees and pensioners of Department of Posts
(DoP) and Department of Telecom (DoT) who are residing/settled in the above I2
cities and are beneficiaries of the 19 Postal Dispensaries shall now be covered
under CGHS and the Postal Dispensaries shall be rechristened as CGHS Wellness
Centres. CGHS membership to the pensioners will be confined to those who are
residing / settled in these 12 cities only.
3. In so far as the existing facilities and manpower in position
in these 19 Postal Dispensaries are concerned, the merger shall be effective as
per the following terms and conditions:-
A. All serving employees
and pensioners of Department of Post (DoP) and Department of Telecom (DoT)
shall have to abide by the CGHS rules and guidelines to become a member of the
Scheme. They shall have to pay the requisite contribution as per the prevailing
rates prescribed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare/CGHS. DoP and DoT
will take necessary action to inform their employees and pensioners in this
regard.
B. All existing facilities
and infrastructure like buildings, furniture and fixtures, equipments etc. will
be taken over by CGHS on 'as is where is' basis. The Department of Post shall handover
the possession of the Postal Dispensaries accommodation to the Department of
Health and Family Welfare /CGHS at a token rent of Re.l/- per annum. In the
case of rented accommodations, CGHS will pay the rent from the date of taking
over of the dispensaries.
C. All doctors of GDMO
sub-cadre of CHS working in the above 19 dispensaries will be taken on roll of
CGHS and they shall be placed under the administrative control of Department of
Health and Family Welfare/CGHS for all purposes.
D. All employees
(technical/non-technical staff) along with the work allocated and posts they
are currently holding in these 19 Postal Dispensaries shall be taken over by
CGHS. Their seniority and other condition of service in CGHS shall be governed
by the relevant instructions and guidelines issued by DoPT from time to time.
E. All expenditure
relating to these dispensaries including medicines, hospitalisation and other
reimbursable expenses (of pensioners), salaries and other allowances to the
Postal dispensary employees as a result of merger of these dispensaries shall
be borne by CGHS from its own resources.
F. Local Committees shall
be constituted in the respective cities with representatives from both CGHS and
Postal dispensaries to resolve all staffing and other local issues arising on
account of the merger in consultation with nodal Ministries.
4. These Orders shall be
effective from 1" August, 2013.
5. This issues with the
concurrence of Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure's vide I.D No. I
8(3)/E.V/2008 dated 06.03.2013.
Sd/-
(V.P. Singh)
Deputy Secretary to the
Government of India
[Tel: 23061831]
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