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commission, or at the time of enrolment in the case of Personnel Below the awards otherwise admissible, on emoluments drawn in the rank and group
Officer Rank; or held on the date he was declared surplus.
(ii) After release/ retirement/discharge /invalidment with a pension of any kind
REDUCTION IN ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION
under these Regulations,
65. (a) If the death of an service personnel or pensioner is wholly or partly due to his
the family of the deceased shall be entitled to ordinary family pension under these
serious negligence or misconduct, ordinary family pension shall not be reduced.
Regulations
(b) No reduction in ordinary family pension shall be made even if a cut was
RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION imposed in the pension of the individual whose death gives rise to the claim for Ordinary
Family Pension.
64. (a) Normal Rate
The ordinary family pension shall be calculated at a uniform rate of 30% of (c) No reduction in ordinary family pension shall be made on account of any
reckonable emoluments subject to a minimum of pension fixed by the Government from compensation payable from public revenues for death of the individual.
time to time and a maximum of 30% of the highest pay in the Armed Forces.
DEFINITION OF FAMILY
(b) Enhanced Rate
Where Service personnel who dies while in service after having rendered not less 66. Family for the purpose of Regulations in this Section shall consist of the following:
than 7 years continuous qualifying service, or who dies after release/ retirement/discharge
/invalidment with a pension, ordinary family pension shall be granted at an enhanced rate (i) Wife in the case of male service personnel or husband in the case of female
for a period of 7 years from the date following the date of death of the service personnel or service personnel lawfully married before or after retirement.
upto the date on which the deceased would have attained the age of 67 years“(65 years in (ii)
case 2 years extention in service not allowed by Screaning Board”), had he been alive, A judicially separated wife or husband, such separation not being granted
on the ground of adultery and the person surviving was not held guilty of
whichever is earlier.
committing adultery.
The amount of enhanced ordinary family pension for this period shall be the lowest
of the following amounts: (iii) Unmarried daughters/unmarried sons (including those legally adopted),
widowed/divorced daughters.
(i) 50% of the reckonable emoluments.
(iv) Parents who were wholly dependent on the service personnel when he was
(ii) The amount of any kind of pension (before commutation) admissible under alive.
these Regulations in case where the deceased was a pensioner.
Notes: 1- Eligible son/daughter includes a posthumous child.
Provided that where the amount of pension authorized on
retirement/discharge/invalidment is less than the amount of ordinary family pension at 2- In case Service personnel get marries after release/retirement /discharge
normal rate, the amount of ordinary family pension shall by limited to normal rate as at (a) /invalidment the marriage should be registered with the Registrar of the
above. After the expiry of the period, the family in receipt of enhanced rate of ordinary Marriages or other competent authority under the relevant law. In case where
family pension shall be entitled to normal rate of ordinary family pension. such marriage is not registered for some valid reasons, an affidavit sworn
before a Magistrate or legal heirship certificate can be furnished.
Notes: 1. The period of continuous service does not include period of suspension, if any.
3. Widowed/divorced daughter including disabled widowed/divorced daughter
2. Where broken periods of existing/former service have been allowed to count for need not come back to her parental home
pension/gratuity, the entire service will be treated as continuous qualifying 4. Child/children born out of the vaid marriage shall be entitled to share ordinary
service for the purpose of grant of enhanced rate of ordinary family pension. family pension, if otherwise eligible, though their mother would not have
been eligible for the same had she been alive at the time of death of her
3. The ordinary family pension in respect of an individual, who was remustered husband on account of marriage being null and void.
from a higher to a lower group on being declared surplus after rendering 15 PERIOD FOR WHICH ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION PAYABLE
years or more qualifying service, may be assessed, where more favourable than
67. The period for which ordinary family pension is payable shall be as follows:
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