Pension 2nd Amendment Rules, 2019

*Central Civil Services

Pension

2nd Amendment Rules, 2019

Government servant

who died without completing

continuous service of 7 years

eligible for family pension*

issued

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 19th September, 2019

G.S.R. 673(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of

article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in

relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the

following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Pension)

Second Amendment Rules, 2019.

(2) They shall come into force from 1st day of October, 2019

2. In the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972,-

(i) in rule 54,

(a) in sub-rule (3), –

(A) in clause (a), in sub–clause (i), the words “after having rendered not less than seven years’

continuous service” shall be omitted;

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(B) in clause (b), in sub-clause (i), the words “after having rendered not less than seven years’

continuous service” shall be omitted;