Clarification by Government of
India, Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions, Department of Pension
& Pensioners' Welfare:
No.1/13/09-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
3rdFloor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi,
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Eligibility of widowed/divorced daughters for grant of family pension
- clarification regarding
Provision for grant of family
pension to a widowed/divorced daughter beyond the age of 25 years has
been made vide OM dated 30.08.2004. This provision has been included in
clause (iii) of sub-rule 54 (6) of the CCS (Pension), Rules, 1972. For
settlement of old cases, it was clarified, vide OM dated 28.04.2011,
that the family pension may be granted to eligible widowed/divorced
daughters with effect from 30.08.2004, in case the death of the Govt.
Servant/pensioner occurred before this date.
2. This Department has been
receiving communications from various Ministries/Departments
seekingclarification regarding eligibility of a daughter who became
widowed/divorced after the death of the employee/pensioner.
3. As indicated in Rule 54(8) of
the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, the turn of unmarried children below 25
years of age comes after the death or remarriage of their mother/father,
i.e., the pensioner and his/her spouse. Thereafter, the family pension
is payable to the disabled children for life and then to the
unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters above the age of 25 years.
4. It is clarified that the
family pension is payable to the children as they are considered to be
dependent on the Government servant/pensioner or his/her spouse. A child
who is not earning equal to or more than the sum of minimum family
pension and dearness relief thereon is considered to be dependent on
his/her parents. Therefore, only those children who are dependent and
meet other conditions of eligibility for family pension at the time of
death of the Government servant or hislher spouse, whichever is later,
are eligible for family pension. If two or more children
are eligible for family pension at that time, family pension will be
payable to
each child on hislher turn
provided he/she is still eligible for family pension when the turn
comes. Similarly, family pension to a widowed/divorced daughter is
payable provided she fulfils all eligibilityconditions at the time of
death/ineligibility of her parents and on the date her turn to receive
family pension comes.
5. As regards opening of old
cases, a daughter if eligible, as explained in the preceding paragraph,
may be granted family pension with effect from 30th August, 2004. The
position is illustrated through an example. Shri A, a pensioner, died in
1986. He was survived by his wife, Smt. B, a son Shri C and a daughter,
Kumari D, the daughter being the younger. Kumari D married in 1990 and
got widowed in 1996. Smt. B died in 2001. Thereafter, Shri C was getting
family pension, being disabled, and died in 2003. Thereafter, the
family pension was stopped as Kumari D was not eligible for it at that
time. She applied for family pension on the basis of O.M., dated 30th
August, 2004. Since she was a widow and had no independent source of
income at the time of death of her mother and on the date her turn came,
she may be granted family pension. The family pension will continue
only till she remarries or starts earning her livelihood equal to or
more than the sum of minimum family pension and dearness relief thereon.
6. This is only
a clarification and the entitlement of widowed/divorced daughters would
continue to be determined in terms of O.M., dated 25/30th August, 2004,
read with O.M., dated 28.4.2011.
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(D.K. Solanki)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Source: http://pensionersportal.gov.in/
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