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Amendment of Rule 9 and 10 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993

No. 2023/F(E)II/PN · 2024-06-24
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Circular numberNo. 2023/F(E)II/PN
Date2024-06-24
TypeCommercial Circular
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Amendment of Rule 9 and 10 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 As per the carlier Rule 9 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, the President, in

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No. 2023/F(E)II/PN 1/1 
The General Managers/Principal Financial Advisers, 
All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc., 
DGs of RDSO and NAIR. 
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (BHARAT SARKAR) 
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (RAIL MANTRALAYA) 
(RAILWAY BOARD) 
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1993: 
RBE No. 62024 
Rule 9 and 10 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 have been amended vide 
Gazette Notification dated 24.06.2024 published as G.S.R. No.346(E), in accordance with the 
amendment to Rule 8 of Central Civil Services(Pension) Rules, 2021 (amended by DoP&PW 
vide Notification dated 07.10.2022). 
2.2 
***** 
Subsequently, a clarification to this Rule 8 of Central Civil Services(Pension) Rules. 
2021 was issued vide DoP&PW's OM No. 38/41/19-P&PW(A) dated 10.04.2023. Since, the 
provisions of Rule 8 of Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 have been incorporated in 
Rule 9 & 10 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, the said clarification which concerns 
only Rule 9 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 is also applicable on the Railways. 
Accordingly, the following clarification is issued on Rule 9 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 
New Delhi, Dated: 26 .07.2024 
Sub: Amendment of Rule 9 and 10 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993. 
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2.1 
As per the carlier Rule 9 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, the President, in 
all cases, reserves the right to himself, of withholding or withdrawing a pension or gratuity, or 
both, either in full or in part, whether permanently or for a specified period, if, in any 
departmental or judicial proceedings, the pensioner is found guilty of grave misconduct or 
negligence during the period of his service, including service rendered upon re-employment after 
As per the amended Rule 9, as amended vide Notification dated 24.06.2024, approval of 
President shall be required only for ordering withholding/withdrawing pension or gratuity in the 
case of a pensioner who retired from a post for which President is the appointing authority and, 
in other cases, Railway Board shall be competent to order withholding/withdrawing pension or 
gratuity, if the pensioner is found guilty of grave misconduct or negligence during the period of 
service including the service rendered upon re-employment, in any departmental or judicial 
proceedings. Consultation with UPSC will also not be necessary in cases where the President is 
not the appointing authority. 
There may be cases where the President is not the appointing authority but, in accordance 
with the then existing Rule 9 of Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, orders of the President 
were obtained in certain circumstances, such as: 
(a) for withholding/withdrawal of pension/gratuity after conclusion of the departmental 
proceedings, in cases where departmental proceedings were instituted before retirement 
and were deemed to be proceedings under Rule 9, or 
retirement.

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(6) for issue of sanction for institution of departmental proceedings after retirement and 
for direction in regard to the authority by which the departmental proceedings are to be 
conducted, in cases where departmental proceedings were instituted after retirement, ete. 
may not be appropriate for any subordinate authority to take a final decision in the 
departmental proceedings, if the case has been submitted to the President at any stage for any 
Orders during the proceedings. Therefore, in such cases, final decision on the question of 
withholding/withdrawal of pension/gratuity is required to be taken with the approval of President 
and consultation with the UPSC would also be necessary in such cases. 
2.5. 
However, in cases where the departmental proceedings were instituted before retirement 
of a Railway servant by a subordinate authority and the proceedings were deemed to be 
proceedings under Rule 9 of Railway Services Pension) Rules, 1993, but the report recording its 
findings has not been submitted by the subordinate authority to the President so far for final 
decisi

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