IREC Rule No.917: Refund Of Provident Fund Money And/Or Gratuity On Re-employment
917. Refund Of Provident Fund Money And/Or Gratuity On Re-Employment:-
(1) A subscriber who, at any time, has received a part or the whole of his provident fund money (his own contribution and / or the Government contribution with interest thereon) or a gratuity under the State Railway Gratuity Rules or the special contribution under these rules and is re-employed before attaining the age of superannuation, shall not be permitted to count his former service for the special contribution / pensionary benefits; but if he has refunded special contribution / gratuity as well as the Provident Fund money received by him, he may, at the discretion of the authority competent to condone the break in service under Rule 918, be allowed to count his former as well as subsequent service for the special contribution under Rule 915 the break, if any, being condoned.
(2) In all such cases the special contribution under Rule 915 for service on re-employment shall not exceed the difference between the contribution calculated with reference to the aggregate service of the subscriber regarded as one service and the special contribution or gratuity already received by him, whether refunded on re-employment or not.
(3) The intention to make the refund should be made known by the Railway servant in writing to the re-employing authority not later than six months from the date of his re- employment.
(4) A subscriber who at any time has received a part or the whole of his provident fund money due to him under the State Railway Provident Fund Rules and is reinstated, shall, as a condition for counting the service prior to re-instatement for special contribution to provident fund, have to repay to the fund at the time of his re-instatement, the amounts received by him in a lump sum or in installments in terms of sub-rule (5) below.
(5) The refund shall be made in lump sum or in such installments not exceeding twelve; as the authority which re-employed / re-instated the Railway servant, may fix. The right to count the former service as continuous with the subsequent service shall not, however, revive till the whole of the Provident Fund money as well as the special contribution/gratuity has been completely refunded.