Pre. No. PPG(G)10/2013/49.

NOTIFICATION

The 9th August, 2018

No. PPG(G)10/2013/49.- In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Assam is pleased to make the following rules, further to amend the Assam Services (Pension) Rules, 1969, hereinafter referred to as the principal Rules, in the manner hereinafter appearing, namely :-

R.1 Short title & commencement

1. Short title & commencement

(1) These rules may be called the Assam Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2018.

(2) They shall come into force with immediate effect.

R.2 Amendment of rule 143

2. Amendment of rule 143

In the principal Rules, in rule 143 -

(a) in sub-rule (i), in clause (d), the words "unmarried minor daughters" shall be substituted by the words "unmarried dependent daughters."

(b) in sub-rule (ii), in clause (c), for the punctuation mark "." appearing at the end, the punctuation mark "." shall be substituted and thereafter the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-

"Provided that family pension shall be allowed to continue beyond 21 years of age to an unmarried dependent daughter of a Government Servant / Pensioner, subject to the fulfilment of the following conditions :

(i) that there is no disabled child eligible for life time family pension;

(ii) that a certificate of non-marriage and non-employment in the prescribed format duly certified by the C.O./B.D.O. concerned (Annexure-III) sh