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Provided that no fee shall be payable by the applicant in respect of his first
medical examination by a Services Medical Officer or Board.

(b) where medical board is convened for pensioners residing outside India,
necessary fee as fixed shall be deposited in full by the applicant in the Indian mission
who shall arrange payment to the members of the medical board.

APPEAL AGAINST THE FINDINGS OF THE MEDICAL AUTHORITY

62. (a) An applicant who has once been refused commutation on medical grounds or
who has once declined to accept commutation on the basis of an addition of years to the
actual age, shall be eligible for second medical examination even before the expiry of one
year since the first examination, if he feels that the medical authority in refusing
commutation on medical grounds or making addition of years to his actual age, has
committed an error of judgment. Such an applicant may, within one month of the receipt
of the certified copy of Part III of Form C, from the medical authority, prefer an appeal
by addressing a letter to the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) that the
opinion of the medical authority may be got reviewed by another medical authority
mentioned in clause (b) below, at his own expenses. He shall also indicate in the letter the
following information: -
(i) The medical authority which has examined him earlier and the date on
which the examination took place,
(ii) The place where he was examined,
(iii) The opinion of the medical authority,
(iv) The date of birth and the date of retirement/discharge/invalidment,
(v) Rank held at the time of retirement/discharge/invalidment,
(vi) The amount of pension authorised,
(vii) The fraction of pension which was originally applied for commutation.

(b) In case the applicant referred to in clause (a) above, was previously examined
by a medical board, he shall be re-examined by a second medical board, the members of
which shall be different from those of the first medical board.

(c) The Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) shall, within one
month of the receipt of letter under clause (a) above, take steps for arranging the re-
examination of the applicant. For this purpose, he shall address the Chief Administrative
Medical Authority, where the applicant was examined previously. He shall, while
addressing the Chief Administrative Medical authority invite his attention to the
provisions of clause (b) above and forward to it the following documents: -
(i) Letter received from the applicant, in original,
(ii) Certified copy of Form C received earlier from the medical authority.

(d) The Chief Administrative Medical Authority on receipt of communication
from Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) under clause (c) above shall
arrange for the second medical examination of the applicant by a medical board which
shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of clause (b) above. The Chief
Administrative Medical Authority shall, thereafter, inform the applicant as to where and

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