{"id":1398,"date":"2023-11-13T12:57:36","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T12:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/?page_id=1398"},"modified":"2024-07-14T09:02:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T08:02:57","slug":"family-pension","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/family-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"Family Pension"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1398\" class=\"elementor elementor-1398\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49ab98f e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"49ab98f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9413ebc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9413ebc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Recent Instructions:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/pension-to-widow-daughter.jpg\">Pension to widow daughter who are retired or expired before 1.1.2016<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86e58b4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86e58b4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6e8203d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6e8203d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>FAMILY PENSION SCHEME<\/strong><\/p><p>6.17. The provisions of this rule shall apply:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a)\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 regular\u00a0\u00a0 employee\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Punjab\u00a0\u00a0 Government\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 pensionable establishment on or after the 1st July, 1964 ; and<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b)\u00a0 to a Punjab Government employee who was in service on the 30th June,<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">1964\u00a0 and\u00a0 came\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 governed\u00a0 by\u00a0 the\u00a0 provisions\u00a0 of\u00a0 Family\u00a0 Pension<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Scheme, 1964, for Punjab Government employees.<\/p><p>Note.\u00a0\u00a0 In the case of a Government employee who retired from service or died at any time before the publication of this rule, the provisions of Family Pension Scheme , 1964 as in force on the date that Government employee retired or died shall apply.<\/p><p><strong>(1) <span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">rate of family pension<\/span><\/span> in respect of a Government employee who dies after retirement shall be as under:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 forty per cent of the pay subject to a minimum of three thousand and five hundred rupees if the pay of the deceased on the date of his retirement does not exceed ten thousand rupees.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 thirty per cent of the pay subject to a minimum of four thousand rupees, if\u00a0 the\u00a0 pay\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 deceased\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 date\u00a0 of\u00a0 retirement\u00a0 exceeds\u00a0 ten thousand rupees.<\/p><p>Note.\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The above rates are effective from the 1st\u00a0 day of January, 2006.<\/span><\/p><p>Note 1.\u2013<strong> &#8220;pay&#8221; <\/strong>for this purpose means the<strong> pay as defined<\/strong> in rule 2.44 of the Punjab Civil Services Rules, Volume I, Part I, which the person was drawing on the date of his death while in service or immediately before his retirement. If on the date of his death while in service or immediately before his retirement, a person has been absent from duty on leave, including extraordinary leave, or under suspension, \u201epay\u201f means the pay which he draws immediately before proceeding on such leave or such suspension and the term &#8220;pay&#8221; shall also include dearness pay.<\/p><p><strong>Note 2.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>The amount of family pension shall be fixed at monthly rates and be expressed in whole rupees and where the pension contains a fraction of a rupee it shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee:<\/p><p>Provided that in no case a family pension in excess of the maximum determined under this rule shall be allowed.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(2) The Scheme will be administered as below:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(i) The family pension will be admissible in case of death while in service or after retirement if at the time of death the retired Government employee was in receipt of a compensation, invalid, retiring or superannuation pension.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In case of death while in service, the Government employee should have completed a minimum period of one year of continuous service, without break. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The family pension will not be admissible in cases of death after retirement, if the retired employee at the time of death was in receipt of gratuity only:<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Provided that the condition of completing a minimum period of one year of continuous service will not be applicable in the case of Government employee who has been medically examined and declared fit for entry into Government service.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(ii)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The term \u201cone year continuous service\u201d used in clause (i) is inclusive of permanent and temporary service in a pensionable establishment and any period of leave including extraordinary leave but does not include Boy Service and suspension period unless that is regularised by the competent authority.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(iii) In the cases of persons who are transferred to Punjab State from the Central Government or other State Governments and in whose case it has been agreed to count their previous service for pension the Family Pension Scheme would be applicable in the event of their death\/retirement without putting in one year continuous service under the State Government, if their total service at the time of death (inclusive of service rendered under the previous Government) exceeds one year.<\/p><p>(3)\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&#8220;Family&#8221; for purpose of this scheme<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">will include the following relatives of the Government employee:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a)\u00a0\u00a0<strong> wife<\/strong> in the case of a male Government employee and <strong>husband<\/strong> in the case of a female Government employee;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>a\u00a0 judicially\u00a0 separated\u00a0 wife\u00a0 or\u00a0 husband<\/strong>,\u00a0 such\u00a0 separation\u00a0 not\u00a0 being granted on the ground of adultery and the person surviving was not held guilty of committing adultery;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(c)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>sons<\/strong> upto the age of twenty-five years;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(d)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>daughters<\/strong>\u00a0 upto\u00a0 the\u00a0 age\u00a0 of\u00a0 twenty-five\u00a0 years\u00a0 irrespective\u00a0 of\u00a0 their marriage\u00a0 but\u00a0 unmarried\u00a0 daughters\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 included\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 family irrespective of their age; and<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(e)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>parents<\/strong>\u00a0 who\u00a0 were\u00a0 wholly\u00a0 dependent\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee, when\u00a0 he\/she\u00a0 was\u00a0 alive\u00a0 provided\u00a0 the\u00a0 deceased\u00a0 employee\u00a0 had\u00a0 left behind neither a widow nor a child.<\/p><p>Note 1.\u00a0\u00a0 (c) and (d) will include<strong> children adopted legally<\/strong> before retirement.<\/p><p>Note 2.\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Marriage after retirement<\/strong> shall be recognised for purposes of this Scheme.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(4)\u00a0\u00a0 The pension will be admissible<span style=\"color: #000000;\">(time frame)<\/span><\/span> <\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(i)\u00a0 (a)\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 case\u00a0 of\u00a0 <strong>widow\u00a0 or\u00a0 widower<\/strong>\u00a0 up\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 date\u00a0 of\u00a0 death or remarriage\u00a0 whichever is earlier;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b)\u00a0 in the case of a <strong>son<\/strong> until he attains the age of twenty-five years or till he starts earning his livelihood, whichever is earlier; and<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(c)\u00a0\u00a0 to a <strong>daughter<\/strong> upto the age of twenty-five years irrespective of her marriage.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 an\u00a0 unmarried\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 entitled\u00a0 to family\u00a0 pension irrespective of her age.\u00a0 But,\u00a0 family pension\u00a0 shall not\u00a0\u00a0 be\u00a0\u00a0 admissible\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 daughter,\u00a0\u00a0 if\u00a0\u00a0 she\u00a0\u00a0 starts\u00a0\u00a0 earning\u00a0\u00a0 her livelihood:<\/p><p>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Provided that if the <strong>son or daughter<\/strong> of a Government employee is <strong>suffering from any disorder or disability of mind or is physically crippled or disabled<\/strong> so\u00a0 as to\u00a0 render him or\u00a0 her\u00a0 unable to\u00a0 earn\u00a0 a\u00a0 living even\u00a0 after becoming ineligible for family pension under sub-clauses (b) and (c), the family pension shall be payable to such son or daughter for life subject, to the following conditions, namely:<\/p><p>(i) if\u00a0 such\u00a0 son\u00a0 or\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 is\u00a0 one\u00a0 among\u00a0 two\u00a0 or\u00a0 more\u00a0 children\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Government employee, the family pension shall be initially payable to the children in the order set out in the sub-rule (3) until the last child becomes ineligible for family pension under sub-clauses (b) and (c) and thereafter the family pension shall be resumed in favour of the son or daughter\u00a0 suffering\u00a0 from\u00a0 disorder\u00a0 or\u00a0 disability\u00a0 of\u00a0 mind\u00a0 or\u00a0 who\u00a0 is physically crippled or disabled and shall be payable to him or her as the case may be, for life;<\/p><p>(ii)\u00a0 if there are more than one such <strong>son or daughter suffering from disorder<\/strong> or\u00a0 disability\u00a0 of\u00a0 mind\u00a0 or\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 physically\u00a0 crippled\u00a0 or\u00a0 disabled,\u00a0 the family pension shall be paid in the following order, namely:<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a)\u00a0\u00a0 firstly to the son,\u00a0 and if there are more than one son, the younger of\u00a0 them will get the family pension only after the life time of the elder;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b)\u00a0 secondly, to the daughter, and if there are more than one daughter, the younger of them will get the family pension only after the life time of the elder;<\/p><p>(iii)\u00a0 the\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 paid\u00a0 to\u00a0 such\u00a0 son\u00a0 or\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 through\u00a0 the guardian as if he or she were a <strong>minor;<\/strong><\/p><p>(iv)\u00a0\u00a0 before allowing the family pension for life to any such son or daughter, the\u00a0 sanctioning\u00a0 authority\u00a0 shall\u00a0 satisfy\u00a0 that\u00a0 the\u00a0 handicap\u00a0 is\u00a0 of\u00a0 such\u00a0 a nature as to prevent him or her from earning his or her livelihood and the same shall be evidenced by a certificate obtained from a medical officer\u00a0 not\u00a0 below\u00a0 the\u00a0 rank\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 Civil\u00a0 Surgeon\u00a0 setting\u00a0 out\u00a0 as\u00a0 far\u00a0 as possible, the exact mental or physical condition of the child;<\/p><p>(v)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0 person\u00a0 receiving\u00a0 the\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 as\u00a0 guardian\u00a0 of\u00a0 such\u00a0 son\u00a0 or daughter shall produce every three years a certificate from a medical officer not below the rank of a Civil Surgeon to the effect that he or she continued to suffer disorder or disability of mind or continues to be physically crippled or disabled.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Explanations(1) <br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a)\u00a0 The\u00a0 disability\u00a0 which\u00a0 manifests\u00a0 itself\u00a0 before\u00a0 or\u00a0 after\u00a0 the retirement or death of the Government employee shall be taken into account for the purpose of grant of family pension under this rule.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left; padding-left: 40px;\">(b) Omitted.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(c) The family pension payable to such a son or daughter shall be stopped if he or she starts earning his\/her livelihood.<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(d) In such cases it shall be the duty of the guardian to furnish a certificate to the Treasury or Bank , as the case may be, every month that (i) he or she has not started earning his\/her livelihood; (ii) Omitted.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Explanation\u00a0 (2).<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 A\u00a0 son\u00a0 or\u00a0 a\u00a0 daughter\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 deemed\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 earning\u00a0 his\/her livelihood\u00a0 if\u00a0 his\/her\u00a0 monthly\u00a0 income\u00a0 is\u00a0 equal\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 prescribed\u00a0 minimum\u00a0 family pension\u00a0 of\u00a0 Rs.\u00a0 3500\u00a0 plus\u00a0 dearness\u00a0 relief\u00a0 thereon.\u00a0 Similarly,\u00a0\u00a0 parents\u00a0 whose\u00a0 total monthly income from all sources is equal to or more than the prescribed minimum pension\u00a0 of\u00a0 Rs.\u00a0 3500\u00a0 plus\u00a0 dearness\u00a0 relief\u00a0 thereon,\u00a0 shall\u00a0 not\u00a0 be\u00a0 considered\u00a0 to\u00a0 be <strong>dependent upon the deceased Government<\/strong> employee and no family pension shall be admissible to them.<\/p><p>Note\u00a0 1.\u00a0 When\u00a0 a\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 is\u00a0 survived\u00a0 by\u00a0<strong> more\u00a0 than\u00a0 one\u00a0 widow<\/strong>,\u00a0 the pension will be paid to them in equal shares. On the death of a widow, her share of the pension will become payable to her eligible minor child, if at the time of her death, a widow leaves no eligible minor child, the payment of her share of the pension will cease.<\/p><p>Note 2.\u00a0 Where a Government employee is survived by<strong> a widow<\/strong> but has left behind an <strong>eligible\u00a0 minor\u00a0 child\u00a0 from\u00a0 another\u00a0 wife<\/strong>,\u00a0 the\u00a0 eligible\u00a0 minor\u00a0 child\u00a0 will\u00a0 be\u00a0 paid\u00a0 the\u00a0 share\u00a0 of pension which the mother would have received if she had been alive at the time of the death of the Government employee.<\/p><p>Note\u00a0 3.\u00a0 Except\u00a0 as\u00a0 provided\u00a0 in\u00a0 Note\u00a0 1,\u00a0 pension\u00a0 awarded\u00a0 under\u00a0 this\u00a0 scheme\u00a0 will\u00a0 not\u00a0 be payable to more than one member of the family of a Government employee at the same time. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">It will first be admissible to the widow or widower and thereafter to the eligible minor children.<\/span><\/p><p>Note 4.\u2013In the event of <strong>remarriage or death of the widow or widower<\/strong>, the pension will be granted to the minor children including the <strong>posthumous child<\/strong> through their natural guardian, if any, otherwise through their de facto guardian on production of indemnity bond in Form \u201eA\u201f. In disputed cases, however, payment will be made through a legal guardian (i.e. guardian, appointed by a court of law).<\/p><p>Note\u00a0 5.\u00a0 The\u00a0 ad\u00a0 hoc\u00a0 increase\u00a0 in\u00a0 pension\u00a0 will\u00a0 not\u00a0 be\u00a0 admissible\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 family pension granted under this scheme.<\/p><p>(5)\u00a0 Omitted.<\/p><p>(6)\u00a0 Omitted.<\/p><p>(7)\u00a0 Omitted.<\/p><p>(8)\u00a0\u00a0 Widows\u00a0 or\u00a0 widower\u00a0 of\u00a0 such\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employees\u00a0 as\u00a0 are\u00a0 governed\u00a0 by this Scheme will not be entitled to family pension under any other rules.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">(9)\u00a0\u00a0 This scheme is not applicable to<\/span> <\/strong><\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(a) Staff paid from contingencies;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(b) Work-charged staff;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(c) Casual labour;<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(d) Contract employees; and<\/p><p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(e) Employees without a minimum service of one year.<\/p><p>(10)\u00a0 The\u00a0<strong> commutation\u00a0 of\u00a0 pension\u00a0 has\u00a0 no\u00a0 effect\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 quantum\u00a0 of\u00a0 family pension<\/strong>\u00a0 as\u00a0 the\u00a0 rate\u00a0 of\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 is\u00a0 based\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 pay\u00a0 which\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government employee\u00a0 was\u00a0 drawing\u00a0 immediately\u00a0 before\u00a0 his\u00a0 retirement\u00a0 and\u00a0 not\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 pension sanctioned to him.<\/p><p>(11) In case both <strong>the wife and the husband are Government employees<\/strong> and are governed by the provisions of this scheme and one of them dies while in service or after retirement, the family pension in respect of the deceased Government employee shall become payable to the surviving husband or wife, as the case may be, and in the event\u00a0 of the death of the surviving husband or\u00a0 wife, the surviving child\u00a0 or\u00a0 children shall be granted two family pensions in respect of the deceased parents.<\/p><p>(12) Where a female\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 or a male\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee dies <strong>leaving behind\u00a0 a judicially separated\u00a0 husband\u00a0 or\u00a0 wife<\/strong>\u00a0<strong> and no child,<\/strong> the\u00a0 family pension in respect of the deceased employee shall be payable to the surviving person.<\/p><p>(13) (a) Where a female Government employee or a male Government employee dies leaving\u00a0 behind\u00a0 <strong>a\u00a0 judicially\u00a0 separated\u00a0 husband\u00a0 or\u00a0 wife\u00a0 with\u00a0 a\u00a0 child\u00a0 or\u00a0 children<\/strong>,\u00a0 the family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 payable\u00a0 in\u00a0 respect\u00a0 of the deceased employee shall be payable to the surviving person provided he or she is the guardian of such a child or children.<\/p><p>(b) Where the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">surviving person has ceased to be the guardian of such a child<\/span> or children,\u00a0 such\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 payable\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 person\u00a0 who\u00a0 is\u00a0 the\u00a0 actual guardian of such a child or children:<\/p><p>Provided\u00a0\u00a0 that\u00a0\u00a0 where\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 case\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0<strong> judicial separation<\/strong> is granted <strong>on the<\/strong> <strong>ground of adultery<\/strong> and the death of the Government employee takes place during the period\u00a0 of\u00a0 such\u00a0 judicial\u00a0 separation,\u00a0 the\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 shall\u00a0 not\u00a0 be\u00a0 payable\u00a0 to\u00a0 the person surviving.<\/p><p>(13-a) If a person who in the event of death of a Government employee while in service,\u00a0 is\u00a0 eligible\u00a0 to\u00a0 receive\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 under\u00a0 this\u00a0 rule,\u00a0 is\u00a0 charged\u00a0 with\u00a0 the offence\u00a0 of\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">murdering\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government \u00a0employee\u00a0 or\u00a0 for\u00a0 abetting\u00a0 the\u00a0 commission\u00a0 of such an offence,<\/span> the claim of such a person, including that of other members of the family\u00a0\u00a0 eligible\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 receive\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 family\u00a0\u00a0 pension\u00a0\u00a0 shall\u00a0\u00a0 remain\u00a0\u00a0 suspended\u00a0\u00a0 till\u00a0\u00a0 the conclusion of the criminal proceedings instituted against him.<\/p><p>(13-b) If on the conclusion of the criminal proceedings referred to in sub-rule<\/p><p>(13-a), the person concerned<\/p><p>(i)\u00a0 is<strong> convicted for the murder or for abetting the murder of the Government employee<\/strong>,\u00a0 such\u00a0 a\u00a0 person\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 debarred\u00a0 from\u00a0 receiving\u00a0 the\u00a0 family pension\u00a0 which\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 payable\u00a0 to\u00a0 other\u00a0 eligible\u00a0 members\u00a0 of\u00a0 the family, from the date of death of the Government employee.<\/p><p>(ii)\u00a0<strong> is\u00a0 acquitted\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 charge\u00a0 of\u00a0 murder\u00a0 or\u00a0 for\u00a0 abetting\u00a0 the\u00a0 murder\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Government\u00a0 employee<\/strong>,\u00a0 the\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 payable\u00a0 to\u00a0 such\u00a0 a person from the date of death of the Government employee.<\/p><p>(13-c)\u00a0 The\u00a0 provisions\u00a0 of\u00a0 sub-rules\u00a0 (13-a)\u00a0 and\u00a0 (13-b)\u00a0 shall\u00a0 also\u00a0 apply\u00a0 for\u00a0 the family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 becoming\u00a0 due\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 death\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 after\u00a0 his retirement.<\/p><p>(14)\u00a0 Omitted.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>6.17-A.\u00a0 (1)\u00a0 The <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">rate of family pension<\/span> in respect of a Government <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">employee who dies in harness,<\/span> for a period of first fifteen years from the date of death or till the Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 would\u00a0 have\u00a0 attained\u00a0 the\u00a0 age\u00a0 of\u00a0 sixty-five\u00a0 years,\u00a0 had\u00a0 he survived , whichever period is less, shall be as follows:<\/strong><\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"333\"><strong>Pay on the date of death<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"342\"><strong>Rate of Family Pension per month<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"333\">If the pay does not exceed ten thousand rupees<\/td><td width=\"342\">Sixty per cent of the pay.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"333\">If the pay exceeds ten thousands rupees<\/td><td width=\"342\">Fifty per cent of the pay subject to a minimum of six thousand rupees.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>(2) The <span style=\"color: #000000;\">rate of family pension<\/span> in respect of Government employees who die in harness, after fifteen years from the date of his death or till the Government employee would have attained the age of sixty five had he survived, whichever period is less, shall be as follows:<\/strong><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"307\"><strong>Pay on the date of death<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"377\"><strong>Rate of Family Pension per month<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"307\">If the pay does not exceed ten thousand rupees<\/td><td width=\"377\">Forty per cent of the pay.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"307\">If the pay exceeds ten thousands rupees<\/td><td width=\"377\">Thirty per cent of the pay subject to a minimum of four thousand rupees.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>Note<\/strong>.The rates mentioned in this rule are effective from the 1<sup>st<\/sup> day of December,2011.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>6.18 In addition to the pension or family pension admissible under these rules, the old pensioners or family pensioners shall be entitled to an <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">additional pension calculated on the basis of their age<\/span> and basic pension\/family pension at the rates given below :<\/strong><\/span><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td width=\"342\"><strong>Age of the pensioner or family pensioner<\/strong><\/td><td width=\"342\"><strong>Rate of additional pension or family pension<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 65 years to less than 70 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Five percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 70 years to less than 75 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Ten percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 75 years to less than 80 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Fifteen percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 80 years to less than 85 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Twenty-five percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 85 years to less than 90 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Thirty-five percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 90 years to less than 95 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Forty-five percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">From 95 years to less than 100 years<\/td><td width=\"342\">Fifty-five percent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td width=\"342\">100 years or more<\/td><td width=\"342\">Hundred percent<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p><strong>Notes.<\/strong>\u00a0(i) The additional pension\/family pension admissible on attaining the age of 65 years or above, shall be admissible from the <strong>1<sup>st<\/sup> day of the month<\/strong> in which the <strong>date of birth of a pensioner falls<\/strong>. Those pensioners or family pensioners whose date of birth falls on the first day of a month, shall also be entitled to additional pension\/family pension with effect from the first day of that month.<\/p><p>(ii) The Accountant General (A&amp;E), Punjab, shall ensure that the date of birth and the age of pensioner or family pensioner is invariably indicated in the form PEN-I and the Pension Payment Order to facilitate payment of additional pension\/family pension by the Pension Disbursing Authority as soon as it becomes The amounts of pension or family pension and additional pension\/family pension shall be shown distinctly in the Pension Payment Order.<\/p><p>(iii)\u00a0 The benefit of additional pension or family pension shall also\u00a0 be admissible to\u00a0 the pensioners or family pensioners belonging to the All India Services of Punjab cadre.<\/p><p>(iv) If the date of birth is not recorded in the Pension Payment Order or the office record, additional\u00a0 pension\/family\u00a0 pension,\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 payable\u00a0 on\u00a0 the\u00a0 basis\u00a0 of\u00a0 any\u00a0 one\u00a0 of\u00a0 these documents:\u00a0 PAN\u00a0 Card,\u00a0 Matriculation\u00a0 Certificate,\u00a0 Passport,\u00a0 and\u00a0 Adhaar\u00a0 Card\u00a0 (if\u00a0 it\u00a0 contains date of birth). A pensioner, who cannot produce any of the these documents, shall be asked to produce\u00a0 a\u00a0 certificate\u00a0 of age\u00a0 from the\u00a0\u00a0 Chief\u00a0 Medical Officer\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 district\u00a0 in\u00a0 which\u00a0 he\/she resides and his\/her eligibility for the payment of additional pension shall be determined on the basis of the age adjudged by the said medical authority.<\/p><p><strong>(v) The provisions of this rule are effective from the 1st\u00a0 day of December, 2011.<\/strong><\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">6.18-A.\u00a0 The\u00a0 procedure\u00a0 to\u00a0 be\u00a0 followed\u00a0 in\u00a0 respect\u00a0 of\u00a0 claims\u00a0 arising\u00a0 out\u00a0 of\u00a0 this scheme is as under:<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p>(i)\u00a0 All\u00a0 employees\u00a0 entitled\u00a0 to\u00a0 the\u00a0 benefit\u00a0 of\u00a0 this\u00a0 Scheme\u00a0 shall\u00a0 be\u00a0 required\u00a0 to -rule (3) of rule 6.17, i.e., the\u00a0 date\u00a0 of\u00a0 birth\u00a0 of\u00a0 each\u00a0 member\u00a0 with\u00a0 his\u00a0 or\u00a0 her\u00a0 relationship\u00a0 with\u00a0 the Government employee. This statement shall be countersigned by the Head of\u00a0 Office\u00a0 and\u00a0 pasted\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 service\u00a0 book\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee. Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 will\u00a0 thereafter\u00a0 be\u00a0 required\u00a0 to\u00a0 keep\u00a0 this\u00a0 statement up-to-date. Additions and alterations in this statement will be made by the Head\u00a0 of\u00a0 Office\u00a0 from\u00a0 time\u00a0 to\u00a0 time\u00a0 on\u00a0 receipt\u00a0 of\u00a0 information\u00a0 from\u00a0 the Government employee concerned.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Cases where death occurs while in service<\/strong><\/span><\/p><p>(ii)\u00a0\u00a0 On\u00a0 receiving\u00a0 information\u00a0 of\u00a0 death\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 while\u00a0 in service, the administrative authority will send a letter as prescribed in Form PEN-16 to the family of the deceased and ask for the necessary documents mentioned therein.<\/p><p>(iii)\u00a0\u00a0 On receiving the documents referred to in clause (ii) the pension sanctioning authority\u00a0 will\u00a0 sanction\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 as\u00a0 in\u00a0 Form\u00a0 PEN-17\u00a0 and\u00a0 send\u00a0 all these documents along with the service book of the Government employee to\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 Accountant-General,\u00a0\u00a0 Punjab,\u00a0\u00a0 who\u00a0\u00a0 will\u00a0 then\u00a0\u00a0 issue\u00a0\u00a0 the\u00a0\u00a0 Pension Payment Order to the beneficiary.<\/p><p>(iii-A)\u00a0\u00a0 In\u00a0 the\u00a0 case\u00a0 of\u00a0 a\u00a0 Government\u00a0 employee\u00a0 who\u00a0 dies\u00a0 while \u00a0on\u00a0 deputation\u00a0 to Central or any other State Government or while on foreign service, action to\u00a0 authorise\u00a0 the\u00a0 payment\u00a0 of\u00a0 family\u00a0 pension\u00a0 and\u00a0 Death-cum-retirement gratuity, in accordance with the provisions of this scheme, shall be taken by the\u00a0 Audit\u00a0 Officer\u00a0 or\u00a0 the\u00a0 Head\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Office,\u00a0 as\u00a0 the\u00a0 case\u00a0 may\u00a0 be,\u00a0 of\u00a0 the Cadre\u00a0\u00a0 authority\u00a0\u00a0 which\u00a0\u00a0 sanctioned\u00a0 the\u00a0 deputation\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 Government employee to the Central or any other State Government or to foreign service.<\/p><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Cases where death occurs after retirement \u2013<\/span><\/strong><br \/>(iv) In order to facilitate quick payment of family pension to the widow\/widower of the pensioner, Pension Payment Order, as amended, provides for the admissibility of the family pension to her\/him under the same Pension Payment Order under which the pensioner was drawing his pension. While applying for the grant of pension, the Government employee would furnish three copies of his joint photographs with wife\/husband; one of which will after having been attested by the pension sanctioning authority be henceforth pasted in the pension payment order, pensioner\u201fs portion. The amount of family pension admissible will be mentioned in th e pension payment order.<br \/>The Treasury Officer will start paying family pension to the widow or widower on receipt of death certificate of the pensioner and the Form of application in Form PEN.16(a) for the grant of family pension to her or him intimating the change to the Accountant-General, Punjab, in the Form PEN-18. If the widow or widower is also not there and the family pension is payable to the minor children through their guardian, the guardian will apply on behalf of the children with two copies of his photograph and the other necessary documents to the administrative authority on surrendering the First Pension Payment Order. Fresh Pension Payment Order will have to be issued in such cases.<\/p><p>6.19. In cases where the pensionary liability is required to be allocated between two or more Governments, only the net amount of gratuity payable should be allocated between the different Governments.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Family-Pension-CSR-Vol-II.pdf\">Family Pension as in CSR Vol. II<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recent Instructions: Pension to widow daughter who are retired or expired before 1.1.2016 FAMILY PENSION SCHEME 6.17. The provisions of this rule shall apply: (a)\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 regular\u00a0\u00a0 employee\u00a0\u00a0 of\u00a0\u00a0 Punjab\u00a0\u00a0 Government\u00a0\u00a0 in\u00a0\u00a0 a\u00a0\u00a0 pensionable establishment on or after the 1st July, 1964 ; and (b)\u00a0 to a Punjab Government employee who was in service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1398","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":88,"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6012,"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1398\/revisions\/6012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/punjabcsr.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}