Pension Rule No.27: Counting Of Service Rendered Under The Central Government Or A State Government

27.  Counting Of Service Rendered Under The Central Government (In A Civil Ministry Or Department Or As A Civilian Employee Under The Ministry Of Defence Including Ordinance Factories) Or A State Government By A Person Transferred And Permanently Absorbed On The Railway:-

(1)   A pensionable employee transferred to the railways from another Central Government Department shall be treated as on deputation so long as he is not permanently absorbed in the railway service and on permanent absorption in such service he shall be entitled to pensionary benefits under these rules.

(2)   If a permanent employee, who is a member of a Contributory Provident Fund, is transferred and permanently absorbed in a railway service on pensionable basis, the period of service rendered by him prior to his joining such railway service shall count for pensionary benefits under these rules and the employee’s contribution to his Provident Fund Account shall be resumed by the Ministry or Department under which he had served prior to joining such railway service.

(3)   In the case of an employee, who was a member of a Contributory Provident Fund while in the service of a State Government, the amount of Government contribution with interest thereon shall be resumed by the railways with the consent of the State Government concerned and such employee shall be allowed to count the period of his service under the State Government during which he had actually subscribed to the Contributory Provident Fund and if the State Government concerned is willing to bear the proportionate liability on service-share basis taking into account the entire service under such Government, the Government contribution for such service credited by it shall be resumed by such State Government.

(4)   The provisions of rule 23 shall apply as far as may be, to the contract service rendered under a State or the Central Government provided that the previous contract service during which the railway servant did not subscribe to a Contributory Provident Fund shall count only if the previous employer is prepared to share the proportionate liability on service-share basis for the entire service rendered under him.