Members of the Andhra Pradesh Public Transport Department (APSRTC) Employees’ Union have welcomed the government’s decision to consider the plea of the employees seeking retirement under the Medical Invalidation Scheme.
Secretary to the Government P. S. Pradyumna, in an order, directed the district Collectors and district medical authorities to examine and consider the representations made by the employees of the Public Transport Department (PTD) seeking retirement under Medical Invalidation Scheme, and consider appointing their dependent family members in their posts on compassionate grounds.
The employees’ case was represented to the government by the Commissioner, PTD, and Managing Director of the APSRTC, who appealed to the government to issue a directive and the detailed procedure to be adopted regarding disposal of the 50 pending applications of the family members of the PTD employees who retired on medical grounds.
