Commencement of qualifying service

13. Commencement of qualifying service Subject to the provisions of these rules, qualifying service of a Government servant shall commence from the date he takes charge of the post to which he is first appointed either substantively or in an officiating or temporary capacity : Provided that officiating or temporary service is followed without interruption by substantive appointment in the same or another service or post : Provided further that - (a) in the case of a Government servant in a Group `D' service or post who held a lien or a suspended lien on a permanent pensionable post prior to the 17th April, 1950, service rendered before attaining the age of sixteen years shall not count for any purpose, and (b) in the case of a Government servant not covered by clause (a), service rendered before attaining the age of eighteen years shall not count, except for compensation gratuity. *(c) the provisions of clause (b) shall not be applicable in the cases of counting of military service for civil pension under Rule 19 * Inserted vide Notification No. 28/19/2001-P&PW(B) dated 11-11-2003 published as so no. 3205 in Gazette of India dated 22-11-2003.