ELIGIBILITY OF UNMARRIED
DAUGHTERS OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNEL FOR GRANT OF FAMILY PENSION BEYOND 25
YEARS OF AGE
No.
2(2)/2012/D(Pen/Pol)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Defence
Department
of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New
Delhi the 14th Dcc., 2012
To
The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Naval Staff
The Chief of Air Staff
Subject: Eligibility
of Unmarried Daughters of Armed Forces personnel for
grant of Family
Pension beyond 25 years of Age.
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s ID
No.878/A/D(Pen/Sers)/04 dated 21.9.2004 extending the provisions of Department
of P&PW OM No. 1/19/03-P&PW (E) dated 25.08.2004 and this
Ministry’s letter No.I (3)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dated 25.10.07 which makes
unmarried / widowed / divorced daughter eligible for family pension
beyond 25 years of age subject to fulfillment of other prescribed
conditions, Attention is also invited to this Ministry’s ID
No.9(6)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dated 21.2.2008 under which it was clarified in
consultation with Department of P&PW that liberalized family
pension/special family pension (dependent pension) was not covered under
the provisions of this Ministry’s above said letter dated 25.10.2007. A
lot of references are being received in this Ministry for making
unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter eligible for grant of liberalized family pension/special family pension beyond 25 years of age,
if otherwise in order.
References are also being received in this Ministry for dissolving the
provisions contained in Regulation 230(c) of Pension Regulations for the
Army Part — 1(1961) and similar provision in Pension Regulations for Navy
and Air Force, which debars unmarried daughters for continuance of Special
Family pension if they were in receipt of children allowance even after
disqualification of all other eligible heir(s).
2.
The above matter is considered by the Government and it has been decided
in consultation with Department of P&PW that unmarried/widowed/divorced
daughter also be eligible for grant of liberalised / special family
pension beyond 25 years subject to fulfillment of other prescribed
conditions as hitherto fore. It has also decided that all
unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters, who were earlier or otherwise
eligible for children allowance, shall also be sanctioned I liberalized family pension subject to other conditions being fulfilled. The allowance,
if being paid, shall be discontinued from the date special/liberalized family pension is sanctioned under these orders. The provisions contained
in Regulations 230(c), 239 & 240 of Pension Regulation for the Army Part
- 1(1961) and similar provisions in Pension Regulations for the Navy and
Air Force shall stand modified to that extent.
3.
The family pension to unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters above the
age of 25 years shall be payable if all other eligible children below the
age of 25 years have ceased to receive family pension and there is no
disabled child to receive the family pension. Family pension shall be
payable to unmarried/widowed/divorced
daughter
in order of their date of birth and younger of them shall not be
eligible unless the next above has become ineligible for grant of family
pension.
4.
This order will take effect from 6.9.2007 i.e., the date from which
Ordinary Family Pension was allowed to unmarried daughters by DoP&PW.
5.
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry
vide their UO No. 10(8)/2012/Fin/Pen dated 21.11.12.
Hindi version will follow.
Yours
faithfully,
sd/-
Under
Secretary to Government of India
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