Pension Rule No.21: Conditions Subject To Which Service Qualifies

21.  Conditions Subject To Which Service Qualifies:-

(1)   The service of a railway servant shall not qualify unless his duties and pay are regulated by the Government; or under conditions determined by the Government.

Explanation: Save as otherwise provided in these rules for the purpose of sub-rule (1) the expression Service means service under the Government and paid by the Government for the Consolidated Fund of India or a Local Fund administered by that Government but does not include service in a non-pensionable establishment unless such service is treated as qualifying service by that Government.

(2) In case of a railway servant belonging to a State Government who is permanently transferred to a service or post under the railways, the continuous service rendered under the State Government in an officiating or temporary capacity if any, followed without interruption by substantive appointment or the continuous service rendered under that Government in an officiating or temporary capacity, as the case may be, shall qualify:

Provided that nothing contained in this sub-rule shall apply to any such railway servant who is appointed otherwise than by deputation to a service or post to which these rules apply.