Pension Rule No.43: Condonation Of Interruption In Service

43. Condonation Of Interruption In Service:-

(1) (a)     In the absence of service book, an interruption between two spells of Government service rendered by a railway servant under Government including Civil Service rendered and paid out of Defence Services Estimates or Railway Estimates shall be treated as automatically condoned and the pre-interruption service treated as qualifying service.

(b)   Nothing in clause (a) shall apply to interruption caused by resignation, dismissal or removal from service or for participation in a strike.

(2)   Where the break in service of a railway servant is condoned, he shall, unless specifically provided to the contrary in the sanction for such condonation, refund any gratuity, special contribution as well as Government contribution to Provident Fund, if any, with interest thereon, received by him in respect of his service before the break.