Pension Rule No.71: Persons To Whom Gratuity Is Payable

71.  Persons To Whom Gratuity Is Payable:-

(1)   (a)     The gratuity payable under rule 70 shall be paid to the person or persons on whom the right to receive the gratuity is conferred by making a nomination under rule 74;

(b)   If there is no such nomination made does not subsist, the gratuity shall be paid in the manner indicated below: –

(i) If there are one or more surviving members of the family as in clauses (i), (ii), (iii),(iv) and (v) of sub-rule (5) of rule 70, to all such members in equal shares;

(ii) If there are no such surviving members of the family as in sub- clause (i) above, but there are one or more members as in clauses (vi), (vii), (ix), (x) and (xi) of sub-rule (5) of rule 70 to all such members in equal shares.

(2)   If a railway servant dies after retirement without receiving the gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) of rule 70, the gratuity shall be disbursed to the family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1).

(3)   The right of a female member of the family, or that of a brother of a railway servant who dies while in service or after retirement, to receive the share of gratuity shall not be affected if the female member marries or re-marries or the brother attains the age of eighteen years, after the death of the railway servant and before receiving his or her share of gratuity.

(4)   Where the gratuity is granted under rule 70 to a minor member of the family of the deceased railway servant, it shall be payable to the guardian on the behalf of the minor.