ACCIDENTAL DEATH/ DISABILITY - RELIEF SCHEME IN TAMILNADU GOVT

In exercise of the powers conferred by	section 4 of	the  Tamil Nadu
Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982
(Tamil Nadu Act 33 of 1982), the Governor of	Tamil Nadu,	after consultation

with the Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme 1994.

AMENDMENTS.

In the said Scheme, -

(1)  in clause 11, -

(i)   after sub-clause (2) (e), the following sub-clause shall be inserted,

namely: -

“(2-A) In case of disablement due to accident, the registered manual worker shall also be eligible to claim wheel chair or artificial limbs, in addition to the amount of compensation.”;

(ii)   in sub-clause (3) in item (e), for the expression “sanction the compensation to the claimant. ”, the expression “sanction the compensation

in addition to provide artificial limbs or wheel chair, to the claimant ” shall be substituted;

(2) in clause 15, in sub-clause (1), in THE TABLE,-

(i)  against Serial Number 7 in column (1),-

(a)   in column (4), for the expression “2000”, in two places where it occurs, the expression “4000” shall, respectively, be substituted;

(b)   in column (5), for the expression “3000”, in two places where it occurs, the expression “5000” shall, respectively, be substituted;

(ii) against  Serial Number 8 in column (1),-

(a) in column (4),	for	the expression	“2000”, in two places where it
occurs, the expression “4000” shall , respectively, be  substituted;
(b) in column (5),	for	the expression	“4000”, in two places where it
occurs, the expression “6000” shall, respectively,			be substituted;

(iii) against Serial Number 9 in column (1),-

(a) in column (4), for it occurs, the expression “6000”

the expression “4000”, in two places where shall, respectively, be substituted;

(b) in column (5), for the expression “6000”, in two places where it occurs, the expression “8000” shall, respectively, be substituted;

(3)   in SHEDULE II. in FORM – C,-

(i)    in the heading, for the expression “ACCIDENTAL DEATH/ DISABILITY”, the expression “ACCIDENTAL DEATH/DISABILITY/ PROVISION OF ARTIFICIAL LIMBS OR WHEEL CHAIR” shall be substituted,

(ii)  after item 9, the following item shall be inserted, namely:-

“9–A. In case of accidental disability, whether the claimant requires wheel chair/artificial limbs (strike out whichever is not applicable): ”;

(iii) under the heading “DECLARATION BY THE CLAIMANT”, for the expression “I hereby agree to refund in full the amount received as assistance “for accidental death / disability.’’, the expression “I hereby agree to refund the full amount of compensation and /or value of artificial limbs or wheel chair received.” shall be substituted;

(iv) under the heading “SANCTION”, for the expression “as assistance”, the expression “as compensation / provision of artificial limbs or / wheel chair” shall be substituted;

(v) under the heading “ACKNOWLEDGEMENT SLIP”, for the expression “accidental death / disability”, the expression “accidental death / disability/ provision of artificial limbs or / wheel chair” shall be substituted;.