Counting of service rendered in Central Government autonomous bodies before their take-over by Central Government.

(2) Counting of service rendered in Central Government autonomous bodies before their take-over by Central Government. - 1. A question has been raised whether the service rendered in the Central Government autonomous bodies prior to their being taken over by the Central Government and who later on joined the service under the Central Government with or without break, can be allowed to be counted towards pension under the Central Government rules. At present service rendered in the Central Government autonomous bodies which are taken over by the Central Government is allowed to be counted towards pension only in respect of those employees of the Central autonomous bodies who were in the service of those bodies at the time of their being taken over by the Central Government, subject to the condition that the retirement benefits, if any, available to the employees in respect of the service rendered in the autonomous body are made over to the Central Government. The service rendered in the autonomous body in respect of those employees who were not in position at the time of the take-over of the bodies by the Central Government is not allowed to be counted towards pension. 2. It had been represented that this is causing great hardship to the concerned employees who in some cases had considerable length of service in such bodies. This question has, therefore, been carefully considered and it has been decided that the service rendered in the Central autonomous bodies by the employees who left the service of those bodies any time prior to their take-over by the Central Government, and who later on joined service under the Central Government, with or without break, will be allowed to be counted towards pension and/or gratuity to the extent admissible under the rules at the time such persons retire or retired from Government service, the period of break, if any, being condoned. This will, however, be subject to the condition that the gratuity/employer's contribution received in respect of the service rendered in the autonomous bodies will be refunded to the Government with simple interest at the rate of six per cent per annum from the date of receipt to the date of refund. 3. It has also been decided that in relaxation of the relevant rules, the orders above will be applicable in the case of the following categories of the employees referred to above :- (i) Those who are still in service of the Central Government. (ii) Those who have retired from service, but are still alive and are receiving pension on the basis of the service rendered under the Government of India only. (iii) Those who have retired from service and are still alive, but did not receive any pension due to non-counting of the service rendered in the autonomous bodies prior to their joining the service under the Central Government. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 3 (15)-E. V (A)/76, dated the 3rd December, 1977.]