• By • Santan Singh Aswal, JWM/ OLF For Family Pension Family Means the deceased person’s -
(a) First Category
(i) widow or widower, up to the date of death or re-
marriage, whichever is earlier.
(ii) Son / daughter ( including widowed daughter) up to
the date of his / her marriage / re marriage or till he / she starts earning or till the age of 25 years, whichever is the earliest (b) Second Category- (iii) Unmarried / widower / divorced daughter, not covered by first category above up to the date of marriage / re marriage or till the date she starts earning or up to the date of death, whichever is earliest.
(iv) Parents who were wholly dependent on the Government
servant when he / she was alive provided the deceased had left behind neither a widow nor a child.
Family pension to dependent parents unmarried / divorced /
widowed daughter will continue till the date of death. Dependency
A member of the family whose income
from all sources, does not exceed the amount of minimum family pension Rs 9000 p.m. 1 1- Family pension to Unmarried / widowed / divorced daughters in Second Category and dependent parents shall be payable only after the other eligible family members in First Category have ceased to be eligible to receive family pension and there is no disabled child to receive the family pensions.
2- Grant of family pension to children in respective categories
shall be payable in order of their date of birth and younger of them will not be eligible for family pension unless the next above him / her has become ineligible for grant of family pension in that category. 3- In the case of childless widow of a deceased employee family pension is admissible even after her remarriage.
4- The income criteria for dependency will be the
minimum family Pension along with dearness relief thereon.
for life in the same manner as in the case of son / daughter suffering from any disorder / disability. 6- In case the deceased is survived by (i) more than one widow or (ii) one widow and children through another wife already Expired, the family pension is payable to only one member of the family at a time.
7- It is first payable to the surviving widow / widower
till her / his death or remarriage, whichever is earlier and thereafter to eligible children one by one in the order of their birth, irrespective of their sex. 8- In the case of dependent parents, if both parents alive, it will be Paid first to mother and after her death to father.
9- If family pensioner dies, the right to receive
family pension shall automatically pass on to the next eligible member of the family. 10- When there are more than one widow the family pension will be allowed in equal share.
11- On the death of a widow her share becomes payable to
her Eligible child / children . If such widow leaves no eligible Child, her share of pension will be payable to the other widow in full.
12- When the deceased is survived by a widow and also an
eligible child from a deceased / divorced wife, the child will be paid the share of the family pension, which its mother would have received had she been alive / not divorced . 13- IN THE CASE OF TWINS, the family pension will be paid in equal shares. If one child ceases to be eligible, his her share will be paid to the other Child. When both of them cease to be eligible, it will be paid to the next eligible child.
14- Judicial separation of husband and wife does not entail
forfeiture of claim to family pension, unless it is on the ground of adultery of which the surviving spouse was held guilty. The children should be paid family pension then to spouse. 15- Children of void / voidable marriage are eligible for family pension, when their turn comes.
16- When both husband and wife are government servants
and one of them dies, family pension is payable to the surviving spouse. Thus a got. Servant / pensioner can draw family pension in addition to salary / pension of his own. On the death of both, the children of the deceased couple will be granted two family pension (subject to maximum Rs 22500/- (if enhanced rate), Rs 13500 (if normal rate) )
17- The family pension is admissible also to post retired
spouses and children born / adopted legally after retirement Gratuity nomination
(a) If the official has family – only in favour of family
member (b) If the official has no family – can be in favour of any person. (c) When there is no nomination /valid nomination – equally distributed to all the surviving members of the family(spouse, son, daughter) and after that (widowed daughter, mother father, brother, sister, married daughter) Encashment of Leave
On death of a Govt. Servant the cash equivalent of leave
salary shall be payable to a member of his family in the following order of preference :-
1- widow or the eldest surviving widow (with reference
to the date of marriage) or husband. 2- the eldest surviving son or an adopted son. 3- the eldest surviving unmarried daughter 4- the eldest surviving widowed daughter 5- the father 6- the mother 7- the eldest surviving married daughter 8- the eldest surviving brother below the age of 18 years 9- the eldest surviving unmarried sister 10- the eldest surviving widowed sister 11- the eldest child of the eldest predeceased son. Things to remember in service period:- 1- To ensure that your service book and leave account are maintained properly. 2.Medicallly fit entry at the time of initial appointment should exist . 3. Date of birth and date of confirmation in a service or post properly recorded in the service book. 4. Current Nomination for retirement / death gratuity, GPF, CGEGIS and detail of current family member is kept in part-II of service book. 5. Inspect service book yearly and affix your signature. Thank You Additional family pension (when family pensioner’s age is from 80 years to 100years)
80-85 years 20% of basic family pension
85-90 years 30 % of basic family pension 90-95 years 40% of basic family pension 95-100 years 50% of basic family pension 100 years or more 100% of basic family pension