Pension Rule No.96: Sanction, Drawl And Disbursement Of Provisional Family Pension And Gratuity
96. Sanction, Drawl And Disbursement Of Provisional Family Pension And Gratuity:-
(1) After the documents referred to in rule 95 have been sent to the Accounts Officer concerned, the Head of Office shall draw provisional family pension not exceeding the maximum family pension and hundred per cent of the gratuity as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and, for this purpose the Head of Office, shall adopt the following procedure, namely;
(a) He shall issue a sanction letter in favour of claimant or claimants endorsing a copy thereof to the Accounts Officer concerned indicating the amount of provisional family pension and hundred percent of the gratuity as determined;
(b) He shall indicate in the sanction letter the amount recoverable out of the gratuity under sub-rule (4) of rule 95;
(c) After issue of the sanction letter he shall draw: –
(i) The amount of the provisional family pension; and
(ii) The amount of hundred percent of the gratuity after deducting there from the dues mentioned in clause (b), in the same manner as pay and allowances of the establishment are drawn by him.
(2) The Head of Office shall disburse the provisional family pension (including arrears, if any) and the gratuity immediately after the same have been drawn under sub-rule (1).
(3) The payment of provisional family pension shall continue for a period of six months from the date of following the date of death of the railway servant unless the period is extended by the Accounts Officer under the proviso to sub-rule (1) of rule 97.
(4) The Head of Office shall inform the Accounts Officer: –
(a) As soon as the gratuity has been paid to the claimant or claimants; and
(b) As soon as the provisional family pension has been paid for a period of six months or for the period extended under provision to sub-rule (1) of rule 97, as the case may be.
(5) If the claimant or any of the claimants desire the payment of provisional family pension or of gratuity or of both through money order or bank draft, the same shall be remitted to him or her through money order or bank draft at his or her own cost:
Provided that in the case of any claimant who is sanctioned a provisional family pension not exceeding three thousand five hundred rupees and admissible dearness relief per mensem, the amount of pension shall, at the request of the claimant, be remitted to his or her by money order or bank draft at Government expense.
[Authority: RBE No.70/2016, No.2015/F(E)III/1(1)/4, 17.06.2016,