Superannuation
A superannuation pension shall be granted to a
Government servant who is retired on his attaining the age of superannuation.
Retiring Pension:
A retiring pension shall be granted to a Government servant
who retires, or is retired before attaining the age of Superannuation or to a Government servant who, on being
declared surplus opts, for voluntary
retirement.
Voluntary Retirement:
Any Government servant can apply for voluntary retirement,
three months in advance,
only after the completion of twenty
years of his qualifying service,
provided there is no vigilance or Departmental Enquiry pending /initiated
against him/her.
Invalid Pension:
Invalid Pension may be granted if a Government servant
applies for retirement from the service on account of any bodily or mental
infirmity which permanently incapacitates him/her for the service. The request
for invalid pension has to be supported by medical report from the competent
medical board.
Compensation Pension:
If a Government servant is selected for discharge owing to the abolition of a permanent
post, he shall, unless he is appointed to another post the conditions of which
are deemed by the authority competent to discharge him/her to be at least equal
to those of his own, have the option.
(a) of taking compensation pension to which he may be entitled for the service
he had rendered, or
(b) of accepting
another appointment on such pay as may be offered and continuing to count his previous
service for pension.
Compulsory Retirement Pension:
A Government servant compulsorily retired
from service as a penalty may be granted, by the authority competent to impose
such penalty, pension or gratuity,
or both at a rate not less than two-thirds and not more than full compensation
pension or gratuity, or both admissible to him on the date of his compulsory retirement. The pension granted or
allowed shall not be less than Rs.
9,000/- p.m.
Compassionate Allowance:
(i) A Government
servant who is dismissed or removed from service shall
forfeit his pension and gratuity:
Provided that the authority competent to dismiss or remove
him from service may, if the case
is deserving of special consideration,
sanction a compassionate allowance not exceeding two-thirds of pension or
gratuity or both which would have been admissible to him if he had retired on
compensation
pension.
(ii) A compassionate allowance sanctioned under the proviso to sub-rule (i)
shall not be less than Rs. 9,000/- p.m.
Extraordinary Pension:
Extraordinary Pension in the form of Disability
pension/extraordinary family pension may be paid to the Government servant/his
family if disablement/death (or the aggravation of
disablement/death)of the Government servant, during his service, are attributed to the Government service.
For the award of extraordinary pension,
there should thus be a casual connection between disablement and Government
service; and death and Government service, for attributability or aggravation to
be conceded. The quantum of the
pension, however,depends upon the category of the disablement/death.
Government servants appointed on or after 1.1.2004 are
not covered by the CCS(Extraordinary Pension) Rules.
Family Pension:
Family pension is granted to the widow / widower and where
there is no widow / widower to the children of a Government servant who entered in service in a
pensionable establishment on or after 01/01/1964 but on or
before 31.12.2003 or having entered service prior to that date came to be governed by
the provisions of the Family Pension Scheme for Central Government Employees, 1964 if such a
Government servant-
(i) dies while in service on or after 01/01/1964 or
(ii) retired/died before 31.12.1963 or
(iii) retires on or after 01/01/1964
and at the time of his death was in receipt of
pension.
Family pension is payable to the children up to 25 years of
their age, or marriage or till they start earning a monthly income exceeding
Rs.9,000/- + DA admissible from time to time p.m. whichever is earlier.
Widow daughter /
divorced daughter/ unmarried daughter of deceased Government servant is also
entitled for the family pension till her remarriage or up to life time or starts earning a
monthly income exceeding Rs.9,000/- + DA admissible from time to time p.m. whichever is earlier.
Family pension is payable to wholly dependent parents of
the deceased Government servants w.e.f. 01/01/98, when he/she is not survived by a widow or eligible child. The family pension will be payable to mother first , failing which to the father.
If the son or daughter, of a Government servant is
suffering from any disorder or disability of mind or is physically crippled or
disabled so as to render him or her unable to earn a living even after attaining
the age of 25 years, the family pension can continue to be paid for life time
subject to conditions.
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