Regulation of pension and other retirement benefits of Railway servants who were on Extraordinary leave / unauthorized absence / suspension as on 01.01.2016 and retired / died thereafter without joining duty

Retirement benefits of Railway servants

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAIL MANTRALAYA)
(RAILWAY BOARD)

No. 2016/F(E)III/ 1(1)/7

New Delhi,
Dated : 02.07.2020.

The GMs/Principal Financial Advisors,
(All Zonal Railways/ Production Units,
(AS per mailing list)

Sub: Regulation of pension and other retirement benefits of Railway servants who were on Extraordinary leave / unauthorized absence / suspension as on 01.01.2016 and retired / died thereafter without joining duty-regarding.

A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW’) O.M.No.38/37/2016- P&PW(A) dated 22nd June, 2020 is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also. Rule 33 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 corresponds to the Rule 49 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 1993 and Rule 9(21)(a)(i) of the Fundamental Rules referred to therein corresponds to clause (i) of Rule 1303 of IREC- Vol.II/1987 Edition.

Also check: Pay anomaly in the Supervisory Cadre of Accounts Department, Ministry of Railways and pay disparity with other Supervisory Cadres of the Central Government Services

2 The Railway Board’s instructions corresponding to the DOP&PW’s instructions referred to in their aforesaid O.M. dated 22nd June, 2020 are given under :

Sd/-
(G. Priya Sudarsani)
Director, Finance (Estt.),
Railway Board