Section 21
SEC. 21. Policy to be followed in laying off officials and employees.-In selecting the officials and employees who shall be separated from the service by reason of the abolition of their position provided in Excecutive Order No. 392, series of 1951, merit, firness, efficiency, experience and training and seniority in the service shall be considered. The following priorities should, therefore, be adhered to as closely as possible: Officials and employees who had been charged with administrative and/or other offenses are still in the service on account of the lenient disciplinary action taken against them or of the lighter penalties imposed; Officials and employees who are not civil service eligibles, except those who are occupying positions the duties of which are policy determining, primarily confidential and highly technical in nature; and Officials and employees who are handicapped by old age, physical infirmity or otherwise suffering from some incurable disease.