Pension Rule No.89: Authority Competent To Sanction Pensionary Benefits

89.  Authority Competent To Sanction Pensionary Benefits:-

(1)  The pensionary benefits and commutation of pension shall be sanctioned and recoveries there from ordered by the concerned authority, specified below, namely:-

(a)   The General Manager in the case of a railway servant who is employed under the administrative control of a General Manager;

(b)   The Head of the Department or Office or Project, in the case of a railway servant who is employed in a Department or Office of Project directly under the control of the Railway Board;

(c)   The Secretary, Railway Board in the case of a railway servant not above the rank of a Section Officer who is employed in the Office of the Railway Board;

The Railway Board in the case of a Head of Department or Office or Project directly under the control of the Railway Board, and a General Manager and an Officer above the rank of a Section Officer who is employed in the Railway Board.

(2)   The power to sanction or pass order by the officers referred in to clauses (a) and (b) of sub-rule (1) may be delegated to the Heads of Departments or Divisional Railway Managers, as the case may be, or in the case of non-gazetted railway servant to a Divisional Officer and such power of the Secretary, Railway Board referred to in clause (c) of sub-rule (1) may be exercised by the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Railways in the case of Officers not above the rank of Section Officers, and by a Deputy Secretary to whom powers may be delegated in this behalf by the Railway Board in the case of non-gazetted railway servant of the Railway Board’s Office. In the case of non-gazetted staff employed in the Research, Designs and Standards Organization, the powers of the Director General, Research, Designs and Standard Organization may be delegated to the Deputy Director General, Research, Designs and Standard Organization.