No.
45/51/97-P&PW(E)
Government of India
Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare.
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak
Bhawan
Khan Market, New Delhi -110003
Dated : 21st July, 1999
Orders were issued in this Department’s office Memorandum of even
number dated 5th March, 1998 prescribing the income criterion and certain other
eligibility conditions for the grant of family pension to the dependent parents
and widowed or divorced daughters of deceased Central Government employees in
pursuance of the recommendations of the 5th Central Pay Commission. This
Department has been receiving a number of references seeking clarifications on
issues of relevance for implementation of these orders. After consideration of
these references, the following clarifications are furnished for the guidance of
all concerned.
(i)
In terms of the O.M. dated 5th March, 1998 Parents who were wholly
dependent on the deceased Government Servant when he/she was alive will also be
entitled to Family Pension with effect from 1st January, 1998 subject to the
fulfillment of the other conditions prescribed in this regard. Doubts have been
raised whether parents of Government Servants who died prior to 1st January 1998
will also be entitled to family pension. It is clarified that Family Pension
will be admissible in these cases subject to the following.
(a)
The Parents were wholly dependent
on the Government Servant when he/she was alive:
(b)
The Government Servant has not
left behind a widow/widower, eligible son or daughter or a widowed/divorced
daughter, who will have a prior claim to family pension in the order indicated.
(c)
All other prescribed conditions are fulfilled.
The family Pension will
however, be payable only with effect from 1st January, 1998. It will be the
responsibility of the pension sanctioning authorities concerned to satisfy
themselves, based on a scrutiny of the service records and other relevant
documents, that the parents were, in fact, wholly dependent on the deceased
Government servants when he/she was alive and that he/she has not left behind
any of the other specified beneficiaries who have a prior claim to the family
pension.
(d)
The family pension wherever admissible to parents, mother will receive
the pension first and after her death the father will receive the family
pension.
(i)
The production of Income
Certificate as stipulated in this Department's Office Memorandum of 5th March,
1998 is also required to be insisted upon before authorizing the family pension
to the eligible sons and daughters (including widowed/divorced daughters) and
dependent parents. In case they are self-employed or are in receipt of income
from sources other than employment, Income Certificates furnished by the
concerned beneficiaries themselves may be accepted for the purpose.
(ii)
Eligible sons of deceased
Government employees will also be required to furnish six monthly certificate in
regard to their marital status as is required of eligible daughters.
(iii)
Payment of family Pension is to be discontinued in the event of the
eligible sons/daughters (including widowed/divorced daughters) getting
married/remarried or on their earning a monthly income exceeding Rs., 12550/- or
on attaining 25 years of age whichever is earlier, The crucial date for
determining their continued eligibility to family pension shall be 1st January,
1998 and not 5th March 1998 (the dated of issue of this Department's earlier
Office Memorandum )as has been presumed by some of the ministries and
departments.
2.
These
clarifications issue with the concurrence of the Department of Expenditure, vide their U.O. No. 1064/EV/98 dated 29.06.1999.
3.
Ministry of Agriculture, etc. are requested to bring the Contents of this
Office Memorandum to the notice of their controllers of Accounts, Pay &
Accounts officers and Attached and Subordinate offices for their guidance and
necessary action.
Sd/-
(RATTAN LAL)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
To,
All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India.
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