Dearness Relief: RBE No.78/2000 – Payment of

No.F(E)III/99/PN 1/21, dated 26.04.2000

Sub: Payment of DR to employed family pensioners/ re-employed pensioners.

Instructions have been issued for grant of Dearness Relief (DR) to re-employed pensioners and employed family pensioners vide DOP&PW’s O.M. No.45/73/97-P&PW(G), dated 02.07.1999 circulated on the Railways vide Board’s letter of even number dated 05.08.1999 (RBE No.190/1999). With reference to these instructions, clarifications have been sought by some of the Zonal Railways on certain points which have since been considered in this Ministry in consultation with DOP&PW. It is hereby clarified that no dependency certificate is required to be produced by employed family pensioners for payment of DR on family pension as stated in para 4(1) of DOP&PW’s O.M. dated 02.07.1999. Further, in the case of a re-employed pensioner retired from a civil/ military post in the Central Government and holding a post not included in Classified ‘A’ Group but in whose case pension is taken into account while fixing the pay on re-employment, DR on pension will be admissible if on re-employment, pay has been fixed at the minimum of the pay of the re-employed post. 

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No.78/2000

Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.