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whose jurisdiction Pay Accounts Officer (Other Ranks)
function.

(ii) Active List Shall mean service in the Army whether on full pay or
otherwise before retirement and shall not include recalled or re-
employed service.

(iii) Armed Forces Means Army, Navy, Air Force, Defence Security

Corps and Territorial Army except Civilians.
(iv) Emoluments Shall mean as defined in regulation 27 of these Regulations

(v) Government Shall include –
dues (a) dues pertaining to Government accommodation including
arrears of license fee, if any,
(b) dues other than those pertaining to Government
accommodation namely, balance of house building or
conveyance or any other advance, over payment of pay and
allowances or leave salary and arrears of income tax deductible
at source under the Income Tax Act, 1961(43 of 1961).

(vi) Gratuity Includes service/retiring/retirement/death/family/ invalid/
special/terminal gratuity.

(vii) Officer Officer means a person Commissioned, gazetted or in pay as an
Officer in the Regular Army including Military Nursing Service
and Territorial Army.

(viii) Pension Shall include gratuity except when the term pension is used in
contradistinction to gratuity but does not include dearness Relief.

(ix) Personnel Below Means a person other than an Officer and includes
Officer Rank Junior Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, and
Hony. Commissioned Officer belonging to regular Army,
Defence Security Corps and Territorial Army.

(x) Public Claim Shall be held to mean any public debt or disallowance including
any over issue made through an error as to the fact, or a
deficiency or irregular expenditure of public money or stores of
which after due investigation, no explanation satisfactory to the
President is given by the person who is responsible for same.

(xi) Retired List An Officer is said to be on the retired list if he has served in the
regular Armed Forces as a Permanent Commissioned Officer
and has retired therefrom or otherwise placed on the retired list
according to the Regulations in force from time to time, and an
Officer is deemed to be on the retired list even if he has been
recalled or re-employed in the Armed Forces.

Pension Regulations for the Army, Part -I (2008)

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