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(d)The person receiving the special family pension as a guardian of such son or Sub-section II - Regular Officer
daughter or such son or daughter not receiving the special family pension through
guardian, shall produce a certificate from a Medical Board comprising of a Medical
CONDITIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY TO SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION AND
Superintendent or a Principal or a Director or Head of the institution or his nominee as
DEPENDANT PENSION
Chairman and two other members, out of which at least one shall be a Specialist in the
particular area of mental or physical disability including mental retardation, once, if the 109. Special family pension to the widow and children and dependant pension to parents
disability is permanent and if the disability is temporary, once in every five years, to the and brother/sister will be granted subject to the conditions indicated below:
effect that he/she continues to suffer from disorder or disability of mind or continues to be
(i) Widow -till her widowhood, also refer Regulation 114.
physically crippled or disabled.

(ii)Children – (a) In the case of eligible son or daughter including
Note: A certificate of guardianship issued in respect of persons with Autism, Cerebral
widowed/divorced daughter, till he/she attains the age of 25 years or upto the date
Palsy, Mental retardation and Multiple disabilities issued under National Trust Act
of his marriage/re-marriage, whichever is earlier.
by local level Committee is acceptable.

(e) On dissolution of marriage of the disabled daughter, she would be eligible for (b) The unmarried daughter above 25 years of age / widowed/ divorced/
family pension for life from the date of her marriage stands annulled, subject to the disabled daughter irrespective of her age would also be eligible for family pension
following conditions:- for life, subject to conditions that her monthly earning from all sources is less than
Rs 2550/-per month.

(i) Divorce is valid in law. Note: Family Pension shall be payable only after the other eligible children below
(ii) Divorced daughter shall not be required to come back to parent’s home. the age of 25 years have ceased to be eligible to receive family pension and
(iii) Disability is certified by an appropriate authority as required under this that there is no disabled child to receive the family pension.
Regulation.
(iii) Parents - For life and in the case of a mother who remarries, upto the date of
(f) The disabled widowed daughter shall be eligible for special family pension for
re-marriage.
life from the date of death of her husband even after attaining the age of 25 years of age
subject to all other conditions prescribed in the case of son/daughter. (iv)Brother/Sister-In the case of an unmarried brother/unmarried sister upto the
date he/she attains the age of 25 years or until he/she gets married, whichever is
Explanations: earlier and has not started earning his lively hood.

1. For the purpose of grant of special family pension under this Regulation, the
Note: Dependant pension to brother/sister may be continued beyond the age of 25
disability that manifests itself before or after the retirement or death of the service
personnel shall be taken into account. This benefit will also be admissible to the years or granted beyond that age under the same conditions as for children
eligible disabled children whether born before or after retirement. if they are incapable of self-support by reason of mental or physical
infirmity.
2. A disable son/daughter shall become ineligible for special family pension under
this Regulation from the date he/she gets married. SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION/DEPENDANT PENSION ADMISSIBLE TO ONLY
ONE MEMBER OF FAMILY AT A TIME
3. Special family pension payable under this Regulation shall be stopped from the
date of earning more than Rs. 2550/- per month. It shall be the duty of the guardian or 110. Except as provided in Regulation 114and Regulation 117 of these Regulations, the
son or daughter to furnish a certificate to the Pension Disbursing Authority, annually to special family pension/dependant pension shall be payable to only one member of the
the effect that: family at a time as under:

(i) he has not started earning his livelihood. (i) a special family pension to widow/widower;

(ii) he has not yet married. (ii) in the absence of widow/widower, special family pension to eligible children
in the order of birth irrespective of sex of the child and the younger of them
will not be eligible unless the elder above him/her becomes ineligible ;

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