Commutation Rule No.23: Medical Authority

23.   Medical Authority:-

(1)   Save as otherwise provided in sub-rule (2), the medical authority shall be a Medical Board, where an applicant for commutation of pension:-

(a)   Seeks commutation of invalid pension, or

(b)   Seeks commutation of pension other than invalid pension but the amount of pension to be commuted together with the amount or amounts previously commuted exceeds six thousand rupees per mensem, or [Authority: RBE No.151/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1(2)/13, 14.01.2013]

(c)   Has been refused commutation on medical grounds or if he having once declined accept commutation on the basis of addition of years to his actual age recommended by the medical authority, applied for a second medical examination in accordance with the provisions of rule 27 and rule 28.

(2)   In any other case not covered by sub-rule (1), the medical authority shall be a Medical Officer not lower in status than that of a Divisional Medical Officer or a Civil Surgeon, as the case may be.