Re-employed military pensioners should exercise option under Rule 19 (1) within one year from the date of re employment.

(1) Re-employed military pensioners should exercise option under Rule 19 (1) within one year from the date of reemployment. - Under Rule 19 (1) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, a Government servant who is re-employed in a civil service or post is required to give an option at the time of his confirmation in the civil post whether he would like to get past military service counted for pension in the civil post whether he would like to get past military service counted for pension in the civil post or service. The Government had issued orders vide OM No. 38/16/Pension Unit/80, dated the 30th December, 1980, allowing the Government servants to get pension after completion of twenty years of service either on invalidation or superannuation. In pursuance of Government decisions on the recommendations of the Fourth Central Pay Commission, the Government has further decided vide OM No. 2/4/87-PIC, dated the 14th April, 1987, that a Government servant will get pension under the CCS (Pension) Rules, either on superannuation or on invalidation after rendering ten years of temporary service in the Government. In view of the relaxation allowed recently to temporary Government servants, the matter has been engaging attention of the Government to allow benefit under Rule 19 (1) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, also to Government servant who retire on superannuation without confirmation. It has been decided that all those Government servants who retire on superannuation or invalidation without confirmation after rendering not less than ten years of combined military and civil service shall be entitled to the benefit of counting of service under Rule 19 (1). The provision of Rule 19 (1) may be deemed to have been modified accordingly. Necessary amendment to the Rule will be issued in due course. 2. It has also been decided that a Government servant applying for counting of service under Rule 19 (1) may be allowed to exercise option for the same within a period of one year from the date of joining the civil service or post. The refund of pension, gratuity, etc., already drawn by such Government servants from the Military authorities shall be refunded to the Government with interest from the date of their joining the civil service. The rate of interest would be simple interest at 6% per annum [Now rate of interest as applicable to GPF deposits refer to DP&PW's O.M.No.38/34/2001-P&PW (F) dated 29-04-2002] The other conditions as mentioned under Rule 19 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, will remain unaltered. 3. In order to facilitate compliance with the requirement of exercising option in time, it has been further decided that the administrative authorities concerned should incorporate in the order of re-employment itself a clause to the effect that if 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp3.htm#Commencement%20of%20qualifying%20service 19/54 the re-employed ex-serviceman desires to take advantage of the retirement benefits based on combined military and civil services, he should exercise option within a period of one year from the date of his re-employment. 4. These orders take effect from the date of issue. [G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., O.M. No. 28/50/87-P. & P.W., dated the 31st May, 1988 and O.M. No. 28/49/87-P. & P.W., dated the 26th February, 1988.]