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Sub-Section-II: Service Pension RATES OF SERVICE PENSION

ADMISSIBILITY 50. Service pension in respect of Personnel Below Officer Rank for 33 years of
qualifying service shall be calculated at 50% of reckonable emoluments for pension. For
46. Personnel Below Officer Rank who is discharged/retired on completion of term of lesser period of qualifying service including weightage it shall be reduced proportionately;
engagement/prescribed age /tenure/ service limit or get discharged on compassionate the amount of service pension finally arrived at shall be subject to minimum pension
grounds may be granted service pension/service gratuity as admissible under these admissible under these Regulations.
Regulations.
TIME SCALE (TS) NAIK AND HONORARY HAVILDAR WHILE ON THE
MINIMUM QUALIFYING SERVICE FOR SERVICE PENSION EFFECTIVE LIST

47. Unless otherwise provided for, the minimum qualifying service for earning a 51. Service pensions of Sepoy granted Time Scale Naik and Naiks granted honorary
service pension is 15 years. rank of Havildar, shall be one rupee less of the rates of service pension as admissible for
the same length of qualifying service of the rank of Naik and Havildar respectively for the
RANK AND GROUP FOR ASSESSMENT OF SERVICE PENSION groups concerned in which the individual is paid.

48. (a) Service pension shall be assessed on the basis of the rank actually held by an ADDITION TO SERVICE PENSION TO HONORARY NAIB SUBEDARS ON
individual regardless of whether it is held in a substantive or paid acting capacity, and the
RETIREMENT
lowest group for which he is paid, during the last 10 months of his service.

(b) Pension in respect of individual granted Assured Career Progression (ACP) 52. Havildar who is granted honorary rank of Naib Subedar on retirement shall be
entitled to an additional pension at the rate of Rs. 100/- per month The additional pension
upgradation, will be calculated based on the maximum of the pay scale granted under ACP
upgradation including 50% of the highest classification allowance, if any, of the rank held shall be taken into account for the purpose of commutation and grant of dearness relief.
and group in which paid subject to the condition that the upgraded pay scale should be held
continuously for 10 months preceding his discharge from service. DISABILITY ELEMENT FOR DISABILITY AT THE TIME OF DISCHARGE
/RETIREMENT
Notes: Condition of 10 months service will not be required to be fulfilled by the
Personnel Below Officer Rank who is granted Hony. Commission and who 53. (a) An individual released/retired/discharged on completion of term of engagement or
retires on completion of tenure of appointment or is discharged on account of on completion of service limits or on attaining the prescribed age (irrespective of his period
causes beyond his control. of engagement), if found suffering from a disability attributable to or aggravated by
military service and so recorded by Release Medical Board, may be granted disability
(c) where an individual reverts to his substantive rank under the acting promotion element in addition to service pension or service gratuity from the date of
rules on account of his being on sick leave, the period of such reversion, though not count retirement/discharge, if the accepted degree of disability is assessed at 20 percent or more.
as service in the higher paid acting rank, will not constitute a break in that acting rank,
provided he is discharged or invalided from service or is re-appointed to the higher paid (b) The disability element for 100% disability shall be at the rate laid down in
acting rank, at the end of his sick leave. Regulation 98 (b) below. For disabilities less than 100% but not less than 20%, the above
rates shall be proportionately reduced. Provisions contained in Regulation 98(c) shall not
(d) Individual, who was remustered from a higher to a lower group on being be applicable for computing disability element..

declared surplus after rendering 15 years or more qualifying service, may be granted, if
Notes: 1. An individual discharged on fulfilling the terms of his engagement, his unwillingness to
more favourable than the pension otherwise admissible, the service pension that would continue in service beyond the period of his engagement should not affect his title to the
have been admissible had he been discharged on the date he was declared surplus. disability element under the provisions of the above Regulation.

CONDONATION OF DEFICIENCY OF SERVICE IN A PARTICULAR RANK 2. An individual who seeks discharge at own request shall not be eligible for disability
element provided that the individual who is due for discharge on completion of tenure or
49. Competent authority may condone a deficiency of service in a particular rank not on completion of service limit or on completion of terms of engagement or on attaining
exceeding 3 months, except in the case of discharge at his own request on compassionate the prescribed age of retirement and who seeks within one month pre-mature
ground. retirement/discharge within one month on request for the purpose of getting higher
commutation value of pension, shall remain eligible for disability element.

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