remain in Guwahati. Having failed to receive any positive response from the authorities, the petitioner approached this Court by filing a writ petition being WP(C) No.1304/2019 which was disposed of on 01.03.2019 directing the authorities to sympathetically consider his case taking into account the medical condition of his son. While directing so, this Court also urged the authorities to take into consideration the Office Memoranda dated 06.06.2014, 17.11.2014 and 08.10.2018 issued by the Government of India relating to the various concessions which have been given to the employees whose children or dependents are suffering from various ailments and disabilities and not to adhere to strict norms of transfer policies applicable normally to the employees. In the Office Memoranda dated 06.06.2014 issued by the Ministry of Personal, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Personal Training, Government of India, certain guidelines have been issued by the Government of India in respect for posting of Government employees who have differently abled dependents. In the said Memoranda emphasis has been made on the rehabilitation process and to ensure that such routine transfer does not to adversely effect the rehabilitation process of a differently abled children. In the said memoranda, the word ‘disabled’ has been included as (i) blindness or low vision, (ii) hearing impairment (iii) Locomotor disability or Cerebral Palsy, (iv) Leprosy cured, (v) mental retardation (vi) mental illness and (vii) multiple disabilities. In another subsequent Office Memoranda dated 17.11.2014, the autism spectrum disorder is considered as within the meaning of “disabled”, thus expanding the scope of the aforesaid Memoranda.
