IREC Rule No.1009: Persons Eligible To Receive Gratuity

1009.  Payment Of Gratuity To Minor Or Lunatic Children:-

If the person to whom any amount is to be paid under rules in this chapter is a minor or lunatic for whose estate a guardian under the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 (VIII of 1890) or a manager under the Indian Lunacy Act, 1912 (IV of 1912), as the case may be, has been appointed, the payment shall be made to the person, authorized by law to receive payment on behalf of the minor or lunatic. In cases where no natural guardian of minor or minors exists and where each minor’s share after deduction of Government dues etc. does not exceed Rs.500, the payment may be made to the person considered fit by the controlling officer to receive payment on behalf of the minor or minors without requiring him to produce a guardianship certificate, provided he executes a bond signed by two sureties agreeing to indemnify the railway against any subsequent claims which might arise.