(Updated in 2025) As Amended by G.S.R. 340(E)., dt. 22/05/2025 - Amendment in Rule 37(29)(c) G.S.R. 410(E)., dt. 16/07/2024 - Amendments in Rule 50(15)(e), Rule 53(1), 53(2)(a)(b), Rule 57(1)(c)(iii), 57(2)(a), 57(3)(a)(b), Rule 58(1), 58(2)(a)(b), Rule 59(1), Rule 59(2), Rule 60(1)(i), 60(3), 60(4), Rule 62(6)(a), Rule 63(4)(a)(b), Rule 80(5), 80(5)(c), Form 4, Form 6-A, Form 7 and Format 10 and G.S.R. 770(E)., dt. 07/10/2022 - Amendments in Rule 8(1), 8(2)(a), 8(2)(c), 8(4)(d), 8(6), 8(6A), Rule 20, Rule 46(5)(a), Rule 50(9)(h)(iii) and Rule 76 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 20th December, 2021 G.S.R. 868(E) .--In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President

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S.Rule 1 Short title and commencement.--

S.Rule 2 Application.--

S.Rule 3 Definitions.--

S.Rule 4 Government servants transferred from services and posts to which these rules do not apply.--

S.Rule 5 Claims to pension or family pension.--

S.Rule 6 Limitations on number of pensions.--

S.Rule 7 Pension and family pension subject to future good conduct.--

S.Rule 8 Power to withhold or withdraw pension.--

S.Rule 9 Commercial employment after retirement.--

S.Rule 10 Employment after retirement under a Government outside India.--

S.Rule 11 Commencement of qualifying service.--

S.Rule 12 Conditions subject to which service qualifies.--

S.Rule 13 Service in State Governments.--

S.Rule 14 Service in autonomous bodies.--

S.Rule 15 Service rendered in temporary status by casual labourers.--

S.Rule 16 Counting of service on probation.--

S.Rule 17 Counting of service as apprentice.--

S.Rule 18 Counting of service on contract.--

S.Rule 19 Counting of pre-retirement civil service in the case of re-employed Government servants.--

S.Rule 20 Counting of military service rendered before civil employment.--

S.Rule 21 Counting of periods spent on leave.--

S.Rule 22 Counting of periods spent on training.--

S.Rule 23 Counting of periods of suspension.--

S.Rule 24 Forfeiture of service on dismissal or removal.--

S.Rule 25 Counting of past service on reinstatement.--

S.Rule 26 Forfeiture of service on resignation.--

S.Rule 27 Effect of interruption in service.--

S.Rule 28 Condonation of interruption in service.--

S.Rule 29 Deputation to United Nations and other organizations.--

S.Rule 30 Periodic verification of qualifying service.--

S.Rule 31 Emoluments.--

S.Rule 32 Average Emoluments.--

S.Rule 33 Superannuation pension or service gratuity.--

S.Rule 34 Retiring pension or service gratuity.--

S.Rule 35 Pension on absorption in or under a State Government.--

S.Rule 36 Pension on absorption in or under a corporation, company or body.--

S.Rule 37 Conditions for payment of pension on absorption consequent upon conversion of a Government Department into a Public Sector Undertaking.--

S.Rule 38 Conditions for payment of pension on absorption consequent upon conversion of a Government Department into a Central Autonomous Body.--

S.Rule 39 Invalid pension.--

S.Rule 40 Compulsory retirement pension.--

S.Rule 41 Compassionate allowance.--

S.Rule 42 Retirement on completion of thirty years' qualifying service.--

S.Rule 43 Retirement on completion of twenty years' qualifying service.--

S.Rule 44 Amount of Pension.--

S.Rule 45 Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity.--

S.Rule 46 Nominations.--

S.Rule 47 Persons to whom gratuity is payable.--

S.Rule 48 Debarring a person from receiving gratuity.--

S.Rule 49 Lapse of retirement gratuity and death gratuity.--

S.Rule 50 Family Pension.--

S.Rule 51 Entitlements of family of a missing Government servant or pensioner or family pensioner.--

S.Rule 52 Dearness Relief on Pension and Family Pension.--

S.Rule 53 Processing of pension cases in the online pension sanctioning system.--

S.Rule 54 Preparation of list of Government servants due for retirement.--

S.Rule 55 Intimation to the Directorate of Estates regarding issue of "No Demand Certificate".--

S.Rule 56 Preparation for processing of pension case.--

S.Rule 57 Stages for the processing of pension case on superannuation.--

S.Rule 58 Submission of forms by Government servant retiring for reasons other than superannuation.--

S.Rule 59 Completion of pension case.--

S.Rule 60 Forwarding of pension case to Accounts Officer.--

S.Rule 61 Intimation to Accounts Officer regarding any event having bearing on pension or any Government dues.--

S.Rule 62 Provisional pension for reasons other than Departmental or Judicial proceedings.--

S.Rule 63 Authorisation of pension and gratuity by the Accounts Officer.--

S.Rule 64 Government servants on deputation.--

S.Rule 65 Interest on delayed payment of gratuity, pension and family pension.--

S.Rule 66 Revision of pension after authorisation.--

S.Rule 67 Recovery and adjustment of Government dues.--

S.Rule 68 Adjustment and recovery of dues pertaining to Government accommodation.--

S.Rule 69 Adjustment and recovery of dues other than dues pertaining to Government accommodation.--

S.Rule 70 Date of retirement to be notified.--

S.Rule 71 Obtaining of claims for family pension and gratuity.--

S.Rule 72 Verification of service and emoluments for family pension and gratuity.--

S.Rule 73 Action to be taken in cases where service records are incomplete.--

S.Rule 74 Forwarding the family pension case to the Accounts Officer.--

S.Rule 75 Sanction, drawal and disbursement of provisional family pension and provisional gratuity on death of a Government servant.--

S.Rule 76 Authorisation of final family pension and balance of the gratuity by the Accounts Officer.--

S.Rule 77 Adjustment of Government dues.--

S.Rule 78 Payment of family pension and death gratuity when a Government servant dies or goes missing while on deputation.--

S.Rule 79 Sanction of family pension and residuary gratuity on the death or disappearance of a pensioner or family pensioner.--

S.Rule 80 Authorisation of payment by Accounts Officer.--

S.Rule 81 Date from which pension becomes payable.--

S.Rule 82 Currency in which pension is payable.--

S.Rule 83 Manner of payment of gratuity and pension.--

S.Rule 84 Application of other rules.--

S.Rule 85 Interpretation.--

S.Rule 86 Power to relax.--

S.Rule 87 Repeal and Saving.--

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