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(b) The terminal gratuity shall be admissible only when the individual has not but was condoned under the relevant rules, or if the disability can be attributed to, or
rendered the minimum qualifying service (including former military service) required for considered as aggravated by, any minor defect.
earning retiring/service pension.
(b) Service element of disability pension shall be computed as per Regulation 94
Note: - Terminal gratuity shall not be paid for the embodied service in addition to service (a) and Regulation 98 (a) as the case may be without adding any weightage to qualifying
pension/retiring pension and retirement gratuity. service actually rendered.

(c) In cases of termination of service on account of medical unfitness, the terminal (c) Personnel of Territorial Army who are placed permanently in a low medical
gratuity is payable only if the individuals not entitled to disability pension/war-injury category other than ‘A’ and for whom no suitable employment compatible to his medical
pension.
category can be found will be discharged from service and will be deemed to have been
(d) In case of death of an individual during the period of disembodiment, the invalided out of service for the purpose of Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary
Terminal Gratuity shall be paid to his legal heir provided the family is not eligible for any Award, 1982 and his disability pension shall be dealt with under normal rules.
family pensionary awards from the Central/State Governments.
(d) Individual who are found to be ineligible for the grant of disability pension will
(e) The scale of terminal gratuity shall be a half a month’s reckonable emolument, be paid terminal gratuity for his qualifying service under Regulation 189.

for each completed six monthly period of aggregate embodied service.
SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION OR LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION
RETIREMENT GRATUITY/DEATH GRATUITY
194. (a) Special family pension/liberalised family pension may be granted under the same
190 (a) Retirement gratuity or Death gratuity shall be admissible as applicable to conditions and at the same rates as admissible to regular Army personnel under Chapter IV
regular Army personnel under Chapter V for actual qualifying service rendered. of these Regulations.

(b) Individual who has previous service, the retirement gratuity shall be admissible
(b) The award of special/liberalised family pension shall not be admissible if the
for service rendered in Territorial Army subject to maximum of 16 ½ months including
death was due to or hastened by any minor physical defect, which was noticed at the time
previous service, if any. of joining the Territorial Army but was condoned under the relevant rules. This provision
shall not, however, apply in respect of death by accident while Territorial Army personnel
COMMUTATION OF PENSION
are on embodied duty.
191. Territorial army personnel shall be entitled to commute a portion of his pension in
accordance with the Regulations, applicable to the corresponding ranks in the regular (c) Family gratuity may, in addition to special family pension or liberalised family
Army under Chapter VI. pension be granted to the widow, if the death of the Territorial Army personnel occurs in
the circumstances mentioned in Regulation 137 of these Regulation.

ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION

192. The ordinary family pension shall be admissible to the families of Officer and
Personnel Below Officer Rank as applicable to regular Army personnel under Chapter III .
Ordinary family pension shall be subject to limitations as specified in Regulation 62(ii) of
these Regulations.

DISABILITY PENSION OR WAR-INJURY PENSION OR LIBERALISED
DISABILITY PENSION AND CONSTANT ATTENDANCE ALLOWANCE

193. (a) Disability/war-injury/liberalised disability pension and constant attendance
allowance may be granted to an individual if he is invalided from the Territorial Army on
account of disability attributable to or aggravated by Military service under the same
conditions and at the same rates as applicable to regular Army personnel under Chapter IV
to these Regulations.

Provided that no disability pension shall be admitted on the basis of aggravation of
any minor physical defect which was noticed at the time of joining the Territorial Army

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