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(c) Subject to the general conditions as per clause (a) above, claims to arrears of
pension for a period upto three years in respect of deceased pensioners drawing pension
from Defence Pension Disbursing Office shall be paid on his authority and arrears for a

period over three years by the concerned Controller of Defence Accounts under whose
administrative control the Defence Pension Disbursing Officers are functioning.

(d) Claims to arrears of pension on account of deceased Gorkha pensioners
drawing pension from the following Pension Disbursing Authorities shall, however,
subject to the general conditions as per clause (a) above, be disposed off by the office
specified below instead of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions):
Pension Paying Office Kathmandu; Military Attachée/ Assistant Military
Attachée to Indian Embassy at Nepal,
Kathmandu
Defence Pension Disbursing Office, The Recruiting Officer or Deputy
Gorakhpur Recruiting Officer or Record Office or
Assistant Recruiting Officer for
Gorkhas, Kunraghat (Gorakhpur)
Darjeeling Treasury The Deputy Recruiting Officer or
Record Office or Assistant Recruiting
Officer Ghoom, Darjeeling.
Darbhanga & Purnea Treasuries The Deputy Recruiting Officer and Record
Office or Assistant Recruiting Officer,
Ghoom or the Collectors Darbhanga and
Purnea, as the case may be.

Bahraich & Gonda Treasuries The Recruiting Officer or Deputy
Recruiting Officer and Record Office or
Assistant Recruiting Officer for
Gorkhas, Kunraghat (Gorakhpur) or
Deputy Commissioner, Bahariach and
Gonda, as the case may be.

Pension Payment Officer Pokhara and Officer-in-charge of the respective
Dharan Pension Payment Office.

(e) When the exact date of a pensioner’s death cannot be ascertained, the
Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) shall have the power to admit
arrears of pension for the entire month in which the casualty occurred, but when the
month or year of death is not known, the payment of arrears shall be limited to a period
of one month.
(f) In case of Gorkha pensioners, the certificates of death and heirship granted
by Mukhia of the Government of Nepal must be countersigned by Military
Attaché/Assistant Military Attache to the Indian Embassy, Nepal or the Recruiting
Officer, Deputy Recruiting Officer and Record Officer, or Assistant Recruiting Officer
for the Gorkhas, Kunraghat or Ghoom, as the case may be.

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