Engagement of retired doctors as Contract Medical Practitioners – age limits: Railway Board
Engagement of retired doctors as Contract Medical Practitioners – age limits: Railway Board Order dated 18.01.2023
भारत सरकार / GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
रेल मंत्रालय / MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(रेलवे बोर्ड / RAILWAY BOARD )
No. 2020/E(GR)II/1/3 — Part (1)
New Delhi, dated 18.01.2023
General Manager
Northeast Frontier Railway,
Maligaon, Guwahati.
{ Attn. : Sh. Sasanka Sarmah, CPO (IR)/NFR }
Sub:- Engagement of retired doctors as Contract Medical Practitioners — age limits.
Ref:- (i) NFR’s letter No. E/227/ 11I/178 Pt. XVII (O) dated 10.08.2022
(ii) GM/NFR’s D.O. letter No. E/227/III/178 Pt. XVII (O) dated 22.11.2022.
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Please refer to Northeast Frontier Railway’s letter ibid requesting for increasing the existing age limit and number of maximum permissible annual terms for engagement of retired Railway/Government doctors as Contract Medical Practitioners (CMPs) on NFR.
2. The issue has been examined in Board’s office in consultation with Health and Finance Directorates of Ministry of Railways and with the approval of Member (Finance), Chairman & CEO /RB and Hon’ble MR, it has been decided to increase the existing age limit of 67 years to 70 years and number of maximum permissible annual terms from existing 07 terms to 10 terms as regards engagement of retired Railway/ Government doctors (including retired doctors from PSUs whose service is not pensionable) as Contract Medical Practitioners (CMPs) on Northeast Frontier Railway as a special case subject to the condition that on-roll strength and engagement of CMPs shall not exceed sanctioned cadre strength.
3. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of Ministry of Railways.
( Kamal Kishor )
Deputy Director/Estt. (Gaz. Rectt:)-II
Railway Board.
Tel: 011-23047261
Email: kamal.pandey14[at]gov.in
1st Floor, Room No. 156-D
Source: Indian Railways

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