Pension Rule No.47: Verification Of Qualifying Service After Eighteen Years Service And Five Years Before Retirement

47.  Verification Of Qualifying Service After Eighteen Years Service And Five Years Before Retirement:-

(1)   A railway servant on completing eighteen years of service or on his being left with five years of service before the date of retirement whichever is earlier, the Accounts Officer concerned in the case of a gazetted railway servant and the Head of Office in consultation with the Accounts Officer concerned in the case of a non-gazetted railway servant shall, in accordance with the rules for the time being in force, verify the service rendered by such railway servant, determine the qualifying service and communicate to him the period of qualifying service so determined in Form 15

[Authority: RBE No.97/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1(1)9, 23.09.2013, & RBE No.70/2016, No.2015/F(E)III/1(1)/4, 17.06.2016]

(1A) For the purposes of verification of service, the Head of Office shall follow the procedure provided in clause (a) of sub-rule (1) of rule 79.

[Authority: RBE No.70/2016, No. 2015/F(E)III/1(1)/4, 17.06.2016]

(2)   Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), where a railway servant is transferred to another department from a temporary department or on account of the closure of the department he had been previously serving, or because the post he held had been declared surplus, the verification of his service may be done whenever such event occurs.

(3)   The verification done under sub-rule (1) and (2) shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except when necessitated by a subsequent change in the rules and orders governing the conditions under which the service qualifies for pension.