Extraordinary Pension Rule No.15: Awards Under These Rules Are Subject To Any Procedure Or Rules Relating To Ordinary Pensions
15. (1) In respect of matters of procedure, all awards under these rules are subject to any procedure or rules relating to ordinary pensions for the time being in force, to the extent that such procedure or rules are applicable and are not inconsistent with these rules and also, if eligibility concerning pension is not covered under these rules but covered under the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993, the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 shall be applicable, provided it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of these rules.
[Authority: RBE No.96/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1/(3)/5, 23.09.2013]
(2) When a claim for any disability pension or family pension arises, the Head of the Office or the Department in which the injured or the deceased railway servant was employed shall forward the claim through the usual channel to the Railway Board with the following documents;
(i) A full statement of circumstances in which the injury was received, the disease was contracted or the death occurred.
(ii) The application for disability pension in Form ‘A’ or as the case may be, the application for family pension in Form ‘B’ set forth in Schedule V.
(iii) In the case of any injury of railway servant or one who has contracted a disease, a medical report in Form ‘C’ set forth in Schedule V. In the case of a diseased railway servant a medical report as to the death or reliable evidence as to the actual occurrence of death if the railway servant lost his life in such circumstances that a medical report cannot be secured;
(iv) A report of the Accounts Officer concerned as to whether an award is admissible under the rules and, if so, of what amount.
(3) Where the Railway Board is satisfied on the evidence placed before it by a railway servant in respect of whom a medical report for the purpose of grant of disability or other extraordinary pension has been received by it, of the possibility of an error of judgment in the decision of the Medical Board which examined him, the sanctioning authority may direct a second Medical Board consisting of members other than those constituted the first Medical Board to examine the officer and submit a report to the Railway Board in the matter; pension shall be granted to the officer in accordance with the decision of the second Medical Board.
[Authority: RBE No.96/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1/(3)/5, 23.09.2013]