The state government has issued a fresh notification directing every government officer to inform about their marital status and be eligible for a second marriage only after obtaining the necessary permission.The notification said that any male or female employee planning to marry for a second time must first take legal separation from his/her spouse and inform the same to the concerned department. In case the first wife/husband is having objection, the employee's second wife/husband will not be entitled to get government facilities. If a government employee marries for a second time without taking permission from the concerned department and dies during the service period, his/her second wife/husband and their children will not be entitled to get jobs on compassionate grounds. The state government will give preference to the children of the first wife.