Condonation of interruption in service

128. Condonation of interruption in service Footnote : 1. Substituted by G.I., D.P. & A.R. Notification No. 6 (1), Pen. (A)/79, dated the 19th May, 1980. (a) In the absence of a specific indication to the contrary in the service book, an interruption between two spells of civil service rendered by a Government servant under Government including civil service rendered and paid out of Defence Services Estimates or Railway Estimates shall be treated as automatically condoned and the pre-interruption service treated as qualifying service. (b) Nothing in Clause (a) shall apply to interruption caused by resignation, dismissal or removal from service or for participation in a strike. (c) The period of interruption referred to in Clause (a) shall not count as qualifying service.