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| Date | 1987-04-15 |
|---|---|
| Type | Rates Master Circular |
| Topic | ticket-checking |
qualifying service, he shall be eligible for service gratuity at the rate of
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MASTER CIRCULAR
Master Circular No. 60
Master Circular on Pension and Retirement/Death Gratuity
Part I
Part III
In continuation of Master Circular No. 3, Master Circular No. 4 is enclosed with this
letter, which brings out instructions issued from time to time relating to Pension
and Retirement/Death Gratuity.
2. The circular consists of three parts. Part I deals with the extant provisions
regarding eligibility of pension, amount of pension and various classes of pension
etc. Part II relates to provisions pertaining to the payment of Death/Retirement
gratuity persons to whom gratuity becomes payable and the provision for
nomination in favour of a person for receiving the amount of gratuity in case of a
death of a railway servant while in service or death after retirement without
receiving the gratuity. Part III gives brief details of orders issued from time to time
on the subjects of pension and gratuity.
3. Instructions referred to in the circular are both old and those current on the
subject. For dealing with old cases, the instructions in force at the relevant time be
referred to.
If any circular current on the subject has been omitted, the same should
nevertheless be treated as valid to the extent operative.
PART I
PENSION
1. Eligibility to Pension and amount of pension:
1.1 Pension is admissible to a permanent railway servant with a minimum of
10 years qualifying service on his quitting service because of either
abolition of post or medical invalidation or retirement on completion of 30
years service or superannuation. However, with effect from 1.1.1986,
temporary railway servants retiring on superannuation or on being
declared permanently incapacitated for further railway service by the
appropriate medical authority with 10 years qualifying service shall be
eligible for superannuation/invalid pension, retirement gratuity and
family pension at the same scale as admissible to permanent employee.
Temporary employees on seeking voluntary retirement after completion
of 20 years service shall continue to be eligible for pension, retirement
gratuity and family pension as per the Scheme of Voluntary retirement.
1.2 Railway servants retiring before completing 33 years qualifying service
but after completing 10 years qualifying service, the amount of pension
shall be calculated at 50% of the average emoluments and proportionate
to the amount of pension for 33 years qualifying service.
[Letter No. PC-IV/Imp/PN/1 dated 15.04.1987 (RBE 90/1987)]
1.3 In the case of a railway servant retiring before completion of 10 years
qualifying service, he shall be eligible for service gratuity at the rate of
half a month's emoluments for every completed six monthly period of
service. Those retiring with 10 years qualifying service or more, pension
shall be calculated on the basis of the actual qualifying service and 50%
of average emoluments Subject to a minimum of Rs. 375/- and a
maximum of Rs. 4500/- per month. ##{W.e.f 1.1.1996, pension shall be
subject to a minimum of Rs. 1275/- and a maximum up to 50% of the
highest pay in the Government i.e. Rs. 30,000/- p.m.}
[Letter No. F(E)III/97/PN1/22 dated 5.11.1997 (RBE 142/1997)
and 23.10.1998 (RBE 242/1998)]
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Added
vide
Railway
Board's
letter
No.
F(E)III/2000/Master
Circular/Revision dated 10.3.2000 (RBE 41/2000).
[Letter No. F(E)50/RT 1/6 dated 16.11.1957
& PC-IV/Imp/PN/1 dated 15.04.1987 (RBE 90/1987)]
1.4 In calculating the length of qualifying service, fraction of a year equal to
three months and above shall be treated as completed one half year and
reckoned as qualifying service.
(Letter No. F(E)III 79 PN1/10 dated 25.08.1963)
1.5 The amount of pension finally determined shall be expressed in whole
rupee and where the Pension contains a fraction of a rupee, it shall be
rounded off to the next higher rupee.
(Letter No. F(P)66 PN1/33 dated 07.04.1
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