Rounding off of pension/family pension when payable to more than one person/payable for part of a month

(3) Rounding off of pension/family pension when payable to more than one person/payable for part of a month. - 1. Rule 49 and 54 (2-A) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, provide for fixation of pension and family pension at monthly rates and its expression in whole rupees where the pension contains a fraction of a rupee. A question was raised as to the manner in which family pension/pension in the following cases is to be rounded off :- (a) In respect of family pension where the pension is payable to more than one person each share containing a fraction of a rupee ; and (b) In respect of pension paid for a part of a month due to the death of a pensioner or for any other reasons where pension and relief thereon becomes payable in fraction of a rupee. 2. The matter has been examined in consultation with Department of Pension and PW and it is clarified that in respect of (a) above each share of family pension resulting in a fraction of a rupee may be rounded off to next higher rupee except in cases where family pension, if all the shares are put together exceed the maximum limit of family pension admissible. However in the exceptional and rare cases where the shares of family pension rounded as above when added cause an excess over the maximum limit, such cases should be referred to the Department of Pension and PW and decided in consultation with that Department. In respect of (b) above also the payment of pension for part of a month if worked out in fraction of a rupee may be rounded off to the next higher rupee. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. G-19011/2/90-MF-CGA/Pen./635, dated the 9th October, 1990.] Clarification. - *** The matter has been re-examined in consultation with the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare and it is clarified that the expression, "maximum family pension" should be understood to mean not the whole amount of family pension payable in each case but the maximum family pension admissible under the rules, i.e., Rs. 1,250 at ordinary rates and Rs. 2,500 at enhanced rates. The cases of family pension may, therefore, be decided accordingly before making reference to the Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare. 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp7.htm#Amount%20of%20Pension 13/85 [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. G. 19011/2/90-MF-CGA/Pension/605, dated the 8th December, 1992.]