Pension Rule No.20: Commencement Of Qualifying Service

20.  Commencement Of Qualifying Service:-

Subject to the provisions of these rules, qualifying service of a railway servant shall commence from the date he takes charge of the post to which he is first appointed either substantively or in an officiating or temporary capacity:

Provided that officiating or temporary service is followed, without interruption, by substantive appointment in the same or another service or post:

Provided further that –

(a)   In the case of a railway servant in a Group ‘D’ service or post who held a lien or a suspended lien on a permanent pensionable post prior to the 17th April, 1950, service rendered before attaining the age of sixteen years shall not count for any purpose; and

(b)   In the case of a railway servant not covered by clause (a), service rendered before attaining the age of eighteen years shall not count, except for compensation gratuity.

[Authority: RBE No.100/2000, No.F(E)III/99/PN1/(Modification), 23.5.2000]

(c)   The provisions of clause (b) shall not be applicable in the cases of counting of military service for civil pension under rule 34.

[Authority: RBE No.251/2004, No.F(E)III/2004/PN1/21 (Amendment), 07.12.2004]