Page 66 - 1_COMPENDIUM VOL-1

VOLUME – I CHAPTER 1

42 43

which the person is serving or by any officer on his behalf in the rules and
ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION FOR MILITARY PENSIONER IN CIVIL entries be made in the sheet roll (IAFK-1155) and service casualty form (IAFF-
SERVICE 958) on the authority of part II order.

79. A military pensioner, who on retirement from military service with a pension is (ii) All changes in the family of a soldier during his service on account of birth/
governed for the grant of ordinary family pension under these Regulations and is re- death /marriage of his child/children also with specific mention of disability
employed in a civil service or civil post before attaining the age of superannuation, shall with which a child is suffering will be declared by him in writing and his
for the purpose of eligibility for the family pension admissible under civil rules or the declaration witnessed by two persons and countersigned by his commanding
family pension already authorised under these Regulations be governed as follows: officer. It will be forwarded to Record Office for making necessary entries in
the kindred roll portion of the sheet roll of the individual.
(a) If he dies while holding a civil post, his family shall be allowed family pension
under civil rules or the family pension authorised at the time of retirement from the
military service, whichever is more advantageous to the family;

(b) If he has, on appointment to a civil service or post, opted to retain military
pension for the past military service and -

(i) retires from the civil re-employment without earning any pension therefore,
his family shall be entitled to family pension as authorised at the time of his
retirement/discharge from military service;

(ii) retires from civil re-employment after becoming eligible for pension
therefore, he shall exercise an option at the time of applying for pension for
civil service either to be governed by family pension under civil rules or to
avail of family pension benefits as authorised at the time of his
retirement/discharge from military service and the said option once
exercised shall be final.

(c) If on appointment to a civil service or post, he has opted to surrender military
pension and count the military service for civil pension, his family shall be entitled to
family pension under civil rules.

FURNISHING OF FAMILY DETAILS-RESPONSIBILITY OF SERVICE
PERSONNEL

80. (a) (i) As soon as a person is commissioned in the Army, he will furnish the details of
his family in the prescribed form to Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of
Defence (Army).

(ii) In case the Officer has no family at the time of his commissioning he shall
furnish the details in the prescribed form as soon as he acquires a family.

(iii) The Officer shall communicate to Integrated Headquarters, Ministry of
Defence (Army) any subsequent change in the size of his family, including
the fact of marriage of his child/children also with specific mention of
disability with which a child is suffering.

(b) (i) Personnel Below Officer Rank after his attestation and personnel given direct
commission will submit details of his family members including his date of
birth / age to the unit commander of the unit, detachment or formation with

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

54