Pension Rule No.70: Retirement Gratuity Or Death Gratuity
70. Retirement Gratuity Or Death Gratuity:-
(1) (a) In the case of a railway servant, who has completed five year’s qualifying service and has become eligible of service gratuity or pension under rule 69, shall, on his retirement, be granted retirement gratuity equal to one-fourth of his emoluments for each completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of sixteen and one-half times the emoluments and there shall be no ceiling on reckonable emoluments for calculating the gratuity.
(b) If a railway servant dies while in service, the amount of death gratuity shall be paid to the family in the manner indicated in the Table below:
TABLE
| Length of qualifying service | Rate of gratuity | |
|
i |
Less than one year | 2 times of emoluments |
|
ii |
one year or more but less than 5 years | 6 times emoluments |
|
iii |
5 years or more but less than 20 years | 12 times of emoluments |
|
iv |
20 years or more | Half of emoluments for every completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to maximum of thirty-three times emoluments provided that the amount of death gratuity shall in no case, exceed one lakh rupees. |
Provided that the amount of retirement gratuity or death gratuity payable under this rule shall in no case, exceed rupees ten lakh. [Authority: RBE No.97/2013, No.2011/F (E) III/1(1)9, 23.09.2013]
Provided further that the amount of retirement or death gratuity as finally calculated shall be rounded to the next higher rupees.
(2) If a railway servant, who has become eligible for a service gratuity or pension, dies within five years from the date of his retirement from service including compulsory retirement as penalty and the sums actually received by him at the time of his death on account of such gratuity or pension including ad-hoc increase, if any, together with the retirement gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) and the commuted value of any portion of pension commuted by him are less than the amount equal to twelve times of his deficiency may be granted to his family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1) of rule 71.
(3) The emoluments for the purpose of gratuity admissible under this rule shall be reckoned in accordance with rule 49;
Provided that if the emoluments of a railway servant have been reduced during the last ten months of his service otherwise than as a penalty the average emoluments as referred to in the 50 shall be treated as emoluments.
Provided further that the dearness allowance admissible on the date of retirement or death, as the case may be, shall also be treated as emoluments for the purpose of this rule. [Authority: RBE No.97/2013, No.2011/F(E)III/1(1)9, 23.09.2013]
(5) For the purpose of this rule, rules 71, 73, 74 Family, in relation to railway servant, means –
(i) Wife or wives including judicially separated wife or wives in the case of a male railway servant;
(ii) Husband including judicially separated husband in the case of a female railway servant;
(iii) Sons including step-sons and adopted sons;
(iv) Unmarried daughters including step-daughters and adopted daughters;
(v) Widowed daughters including step-daughters and adopted daughters;
(vi) Father including adoptive parents in the case of individuals whose personal law permits adoption;
(vii) Mother
(viii) Brother below the age of eighteen years including step brothers;
(ix) Unmarried sisters and widowed sisters including step sisters;
(x) Married daughters; and
(xi) Children of pre-deceased son.