Determination of Death Gratuity when service records are incomplete.

(4) Determination of Death Gratuity when service records are incomplete. - (i) If the deceased Government servant had, at the time of death, rendered more than five years qualifying service but less than twenty years qualifying service, and the spell of last five years service has been verified and accepted by the Head of Office, the amount of death gratuity shall be equal to 12 times of deceased Government servant's emoluments as indicated in clause (b) of sub-rule (1) 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp7.htm#Amount%20of%20Pension 20/85 of Rule 50. Where the verified and accepted service is less than five years of qualifying service, the amount of death gratuity shall be equal to twice or six times of his emoluments as indicated in clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 50. (ii) If the deceased Government servant had rendered more than twenty years of service and the entire service is not capable of being verified and accepted, but the service for the last five years has been verified and accepted under subclause (i), the family of the deceased Government servant shall be allowed on provisional basis the death gratuity equal to 12 times of the emoluments. Final amount of the gratuity shall be determined by the Head of Office on the basis of the entire spell of service which may be verified and accepted by the Head of Office within a period of six months from the date on which the authority for the payment of provisional gratuity was issued. The balance, if any, becoming payable as a result of determination of the final amount of death gratuity shall then be authorised to the beneficiary or beneficiaries. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 11 (9)-E. V (A)/77, dated the 15th February, 1979 - Para. 3 (B) amended.]