Pension Rule No.3: Definition

3.   Definition:-

In these rules unless the context otherwise requires,

(1)      Accounts Officer means a Financial Adviser and Chief Accounts Officer of a railway or such other Officers as may be appointed in this behalf by the Railway Board;

(2)      Allottee means a railway servant to whom railway or Government accommodation has been allotted on payment of license fee or otherwise;

(3)      Average emoluments mean average emoluments as determined in accordance with rule 50;

(4)      Code means the Indian Railway Establishment Code, as amended from time to time;

(5)      Child means son or unmarried daughter of a railway servant under twenty-five years of age and the expression ‘Children’ shall be construed accordingly;

(6)      Dearness Relief means a dearness relief within the meaning of rule 75;

(7)      Defence Services means services under the Government of India in the Ministry of Defence and the Defence Accounts Department under the control of the Ministry of Finance Paid out of the Defence Services Estimates and not permanently subject to the Air Force Act, 1950 (45 of 1950) or the Army Act, 1950 (46 of 1950) or the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957);

(8)      Emoluments mean emoluments as defined in rule 49;

(9)      Family pension means family pension 1964 admissible under rule 75;

(10)    Foreign Service means service in which a railway servant receives his pay with the sanction of the Government from any source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or the Consolidated Fund of a State or the Consolidated Fund of a Union territory;

(11)    Form means a Form appended to these rules;

(12)    Government means the Central Government;

(13)    Government dues or railway dues means dues referred to in sub-rule (3) of the 15;

(14)    Gratuity includes –

(1)      Service gratuity payable under sub-rule (1) of rule 69;

(2)      Retirement gratuity or death gratuity payable under sub-rule (1) of rule70 and

(3)      Residuary gratuity payable under sub-rule (2) of rule 70;

(15)    Head of a department means any authority whom the President may, by order, declare to be the Head of a department for the purpose of these rules;

(16)    Head of Office means a Gazetted Officer whom the appointing authority may, by order declare as Head of office and includes such other authority or person whom the appointing authority may specify in the like manner;

(17)    Local Fund Administered by Government means the fund administered by a body which, by law or rule having the force of law, comes under the control of the Government and over whose expenditure the Government retains complete and direct control;

(18)    Minor means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years:

(19)    Pension includes gratuity except when the term pension is used in contra distinction to gratuity but does not include dearness relief.

(20)    Pension Disbursing Authority means-

(i)       Branch of a nationalized bank; or

(ii)      Treasury including sub-treasury or

(iii)     Post office or sub post office authorized to disburse pension on behalf of Railways or

(iv)     Accounts Office

(21)    Pension sanctioning authority means the authority competent to sanction pension under these rules;

(22)    Qualifying Service means service rendered while on duty or otherwise which shall be taken into account for the purpose of pensions and gratuities admissible under these rules;

(23)    Railway Servant means a person who is a member of a railway service or holds a post under the administrative control of the Railway Board and includes a person who is holding the post of Chairman, Financial Commissioner or a Member of the Railway Board but does not include casual labour or Person lent from a service or post which is not under the administrative control of the Railway Board to a service or post which is under such administrative control;

(24)    Retirement Benefits includes pension or service gratuity and retirement gratuity where admissible;

(25)    Service Book includes service roll, if any;

(26)    Substitutes means a person engaged against a regular, permanent or temporary post by reason of absence on leave or otherwise of a permanent or temporary railway servant and such substitute shall not be deemed to be a Railway servant unless he is absorbed in the regular Railway Service;

(27)    Treasury included a sub-treasury.