Simplification
of Pension process for permanently disabled children/siblings and
dependent parents:
In order to facilitate the prompt payment of the
family pension in such cases, Armed Force Personnel/pensioners/their
spouses may open a bank account of such children/siblings/parents and
submit the same to the Pension Sanctioning authority through the
appointing authority for inclusion in the PPO /revised PPO.
No. 1(7)/2013-D(Pension/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi
Dated: 15th May 2015
To
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff
SUBJECT: Simplification of Pension process for permanently disabled children/siblings and dependent parents
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer to the provisions contained in
the GOI, MOD letter No A/49601/ AG/PS-4 (e)/3363/B/D(Pen/Ser) dated
27.08.1987 as modified vide this Ministry’s letter No.
906//A/D(Pen/Ser)/05 dated 13.08.2008 and No 02(03)/2010-D(Pen/Policy)
dated 17th January 2013 of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
regarding grant of Pension to old parents and disabled children/sibling
after the death of the pensioners/family pensioner. Certain difficulties
are being experienced for grant of such pension. The matter has been
examined and it has been decided to further streamline the process of
grant of pension to old parents/disabled children sibling as under. The
employee/pensioner/family pensioner may, at any time before or after
retirement/ death of Armed Force Personnel, make a request to the
Appointing Authority seeking advance approval for grant of family
pension for life to a permanently disabled child/sibling in terms of
provisions contained in GOI, MOD Letter No.- A/49601/ AG/PS4(e)/3363/B/D
(Pension/Services) dated 27.08.1987 as amended vide GOI MOD Letter No.
906/ AIDGPen/Sers)/05 dated 13.08.2008, which are reproduced as under:
2. Before allowing the family pension for life to any such son or
daughter, the appointing authority shall satisfy that the handicap is of
such a nature so as to prevent him or her from earning his or her
livelihood and the same shall be evidenced by a certificate obtained
from a Medical Board comprising of a Medical Superintendent or a
Principal or a Director or Head of the Institution or his nominee as
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 setting out, as far as possible, the exact
mental or physical condition of the child. As per GOI, MOD Letter No.-
PN/7995/D(Pen/Pol)/2010 dated 01.10.2010, the family Pension to the
dependent disabled siblings shall be payable if the siblings were wholly
dependent upon the Armed Force Personnel immediately before his or her
death and deceased Armed Force Personnel is not survived by a widow or
an eligible child or eligible parents.
3(a). In terms of GOI, MOD Letter No. B/38207/
AG/PS4/931/B/D(Pen/Ser) dated 6.08:-1998 the-family pension-to the
parents-shall-be-payable if-the parents were wholly dependent on the
Armed force Personnel immediately before his or her death and the
deceased Armed force Personnel is not survived by a widow or an eligible
child.
7. The authorization as indicated above shall be made in the PPO or
by issuing a revised PPO if a child, parents or siblings is authorized
for family pension after issue of the PPO. The revised PPO shall take
the usual route to the Pension Disbursing Authority. The Pension
Disbursing Authority shall start disbursing family pension to the
permanently disabled child/sibling or dependent parents after the death
of the pensioner/spouse/other family pensioner, as the case may be, on
the basis of the PPO /revised PPO, approval of the appointing authority
and the death certificates/s) of the pensioner and other family
pensioners and the self-certificate for income.
8. Such an authorization shall become invalid in case a person
becomes member of family after issue/amendment of such PPO and is
entitled to family pension prior to the disabled child/sibling/dependent
parents at the time of the death of the Pensioners/spouse. For example,
the pensioner may marry/remarry after the death of first spouse or
adopt a child. Such spouse/child may be eligible for family pension at
the time of death of the pensioner or death/ineligibility of the spouse.
A child adopted by the spouse of the pensioner shall not be treated as a
member of the Family of the deceased pensioner. A decision regarding
grant of family pension in such cases will be taken by the appointing
authority in accordance with provisions of A151/80.
9. In order to facilitate the prompt payment of the family pension
in such cases, Armed Force Personnel/pensioners/their spouses may open a
bank account of such children/siblings/parents and submit the same to
the Pension Sanctioning authority through the appointing authority for
inclusion in the PPO /revised PPO.
10. This issues with the concurrence of the finance Division of
this Ministry vide their UO No. 10(01)/2015/FIN/PEN dated 24.03.2015.
11. Hindi version will follow.
sd/-
(Prem Parkash)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
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