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6. By office memorandum issued on 13th January, 1999 certain amendments have been incorporated in the Scheme and the benefit of compassionate appointment under the Scheme was extended to a widow/son/daughter/adopted son/adopted daughter of a Government servant, who retired on medical grounds, viz., loss of sights, disability due to paralysis illness due to cancer and mental disorder, before attaining the age of 55 years, on recommendation of Medical Board constituted for the purpose, in case, the Government servant has no son or daughter the adopted son/adopted daughter shall be eligible for appointment if such adoption is lawful and valid under the personal law of such Government servant and the particulars of the adopted son/adopted daughter are duly recorded in the service book/card of the Government servant concerned. If the Government servants, at the time of their death in harness or retirement on invalidation on the grounds specified therein was unmarried but have other dependents on them, one of the dependent brothers/sisters of the Government servant concerned was made eligible for consideration for appointment on compassionate grounds on the conditions laid therein. The amendment further stated that if the family of the deceased Government servant gives option for or receives pension under the Manipur Service (Special Pension) Rules, 1982 no dependent/member in the said family wilt be entitled to compassionate appointment under the Scheme.