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PONDICHERRY STATE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES CENTRAL FEDERATION

AHilitedwith Confederation of Central Govt. Employees&Workers NEW DELHI)


No. 9, 1st Cross, Brindavanam, Puducherry605 013.
M. ANBUSELVAN P. LAKSHUMANASWAMI
President 93454 52166 General Secretary 94432 56394

Ref PSGECF//1va!
Date..:P.:2

FSECR
THE CHIEFS
To ORECEtVED
The Chief Secretary,
2MAY 22i
Govt. of Puducherry.

FuDyCiE
R R Y

Sir.
Sub: Compensation to the deceased Employees infected by Covid-19 during the year
2021 Election Duty -Ex-gratia payment to the Polling Personnel - Requested - Reg.

Ref: Letter No. 218/6/2020/EPS, Election Commission of India, dated 22 nd July,2020.

******

Adverting to the reference the Senior Principal Secretary directed to the Chief
Secretary and the Chief Electoral Officers ofallstates/ UTs as follows

1 am directed to refer to the Commission letter no. 218/6/2019 -EPS dated


10.04.2019 on the subject citied and to state that the Commission has received request to
consider the Ex-gratia compensation of Rs. 30 lakhs to the family of CAPFs/Polling
Personnel, in the event of death due to Covid-19 while deployed for election duties.

The Commission has considered the matter and decided to grant Compensation
of Rs. 30 lakhs to the family of all polling personnel including CAPF/BEL/ECIL Engineers, in
event of death due to Covid-19 during the process of election. Therefore, para 1 (11) of
the instruction dated 10.04.2019 is modified as under.

I. If the death is unfortunately caused due to any violent acts of extremist or


unsocial elementlike road mines, bomb blasts, armed attacks etc. or death due to Covid 19,
the amount of compensation would be Rs. 30 lakhs.
PONDICHERRY STATE GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES CENTRAL FEDERATION
Atiliated with Confederation of Central Govt.
No. 9,
Employees&Workers NEW DELHI
1st Cross, Drindavanam, Puducherry-605 013.
M. ANBUSELVAN
President 93454 52166 P. LAKSHUMANASWAMI
General Secretary 94432 56394

Ref PSGECF/
Date
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Oflate, around Two Thousand Employees assigned Election Duty for Assembly duty
from the month of March 2021 to May 2021, during the period spike in Covid-19. Some of
the Employees were infected by Covid 19 as Polling Personnel and few of them died of
Covid-19 such as Ministerial Assistant, Deputy Talsildar, Joint Director of Statistics etc.
after hospitalization

Therefore, we request your sagacious office that in pursuance of the Election


Commission letter addressed to the Chief Secretary may please be realized to provide
compensation of Rs. 30 lakhs as Ex-gratia to the deceased Employees worked as Polling
Personnel during Assembly election 2021.

This is for your benign gesture.


Yours faithfully,

hLS
(P. LAKSHUMANASWAMI)
GENERAL SECRETARY
NDIA
ELECTION COMMISSION OF IN
Tel 011 230s2246
Fax 011-23052001 Nirvachan Sadan,
Website www.ecicov.in Ashoka Road, NewDelh-110001
2020
Dated: 22nd July,
No.218/6 /2020/EPS
To
1. The Chief Secretaries of all States/UTs
2. The Chief Electoral Officers of all States/UTs

to the family of CAPPs/polling


ouject: Payment of Ex-gratia compensation
personnel- In the event of Death due to COVID-19-reg.

Sir,
letter no. 218/6/2019-EPS
am directed to refer to the Commissions

the Commission has


dated 10.04.2019 subject cited and to state that
on the
received request to consider the ex-gratia compensation of
Rs 30 lakhs to the
to COVID-19, while
family of CAPFs /polling personnel, in the event of death due
deployed for election duties.
The Commission has considered the matter and decided to grant
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compensation of Rs 30 lakhs to the family of all polling personnel including CAPF and
BEL/BCIL engineers, in the event of death due to COVID-19, during the process of
elecion. Therefore, para 1() of the instruction dated 10.04.2019 is modified as under
I. f the death is unfortunately caused due to any violent acts of extremist or
unsocial element like, road mines, bomb blasts, armed attacks etc. on death due to
coVTD-19, the amount of Compensation would be Rs. 30 Lakhs.
Yours faithfully

(SUMITMUKHERJEE)
Sr. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

1..The Sccretary, Ministry of Law & Justice, Legislative


2 The Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, North Block, Department,
New Delhi
New Delhi
3 The IG (Operations), CRPF and Chief Coordinator, Block No.1, CGO
Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Complex,

(SUMIT MUKHERJEE)
Sr. PRINCIPAL SECRETARY

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