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corresponding rank and group of the air force and having the same degree
of disablement ; provided that the amount of disability pension shall not
exceed one-twelfth of the annual rate laid down for a Flight
Lieutenant/Flying Officer/Pilot Officer of the Auxiliary Air Force for the
same degree of disablement under regulation 241.

(b) Civil government servants holding lien on civil appointments. –On
reversion to the civil appointment on which he holds a lien, a disability
element of pension calculated at the rate laid down in regulation 161 for
personnel of the corresponding rank of the air force in addition to civil pay
and allowances.

In case such an individual becomes eligible for a pension under the
relevant civil rules, the disability element as calculated above shall remain
admissible.

(c) Pensioners of the armed forces.—A disability pension at the rate in
clause (a), or for any periods during which it is more favourable, a service
element equal to his military pension plus a disability element as in clause
(b) above.

When the accepted degree of disablement is assessed at less than 20 per
cent, his original pension will be restored.

Rank for assessment of disability pension

264. Disability pension will be assessed on higher of the substantive
ranks held by an individual on the following dates :-

(a) the date of invaliding from the Auxiliary Air Force or Air Defence
Reserve ; or
(b) the date on which he sustained the wound or injury.

Provided that the rank held on the date at (b) shall not be taken into
account where an individual was reverted to a lower rank after that date on
account of misconduct or inefficiency.

Manifestation of a disability after an individual is discharged from service

265. An individual who is not invalided out, but is discharged from the
Auxiliary Air Force or Air Defence Reserve otherwise than (a) at his own
request or (b) on disciplinary grounds, and who is found, within a period of
seven years of such discharge, to be suffering from a disability which is
accepted as attributable to his air force service, may be granted, at the
discretion of the President, a disability element as in regulation 263 with
effect from such date as the President may decide in the circumstances of
the case.

Constant attendance allowance

266. A constant attendance allowance may be granted at the same rate
and subject to the same general conditions as are applicable to personnel
of the air force under regulation 166.

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