Sanction, drawal and disbursement of provisional family pension and gratuity

80A. Sanction, drawal and disbursement of provisional family pension and gratuity (1) After the documents referred to in Rule 80 have been sent to the Accounts Officer concerned, the Head of Office shall draw provisional family pension not exceeding the maximum family pension and hundred per cent of the gratuity as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter. For this purpose the Head of Office shall adopt the following procedure, namely :- (a) he shall issue a sanction letter in favour of claimant or claimants endorsing a copy thereof to the Accounts Officer concerned indicating the amount of provisional family pension and hundred per cent of the gratuity as determined ; (b) he shall indicate in the sanction letter the amount recoverable out of the gratuity under sub-rule (4) of Rule 80 ; (c) after issue of the sanction letter he shall draw - (i) the amount of the provisional family pension ; and (ii) the amount of hundred per cent of the gratuity after deducting therefrom the dues mentioned in Clause (b); in the same manner as pay and allowances of the establishment are drawn by him. (2) The Head of Office shall disburse the provisional family pension (including arrears, if any) and the gratuity immediately after the same have been drawn under sub-rule (1). (3) The payment of provisional family pension shall continue for a period of six months from the date following the date of death of the Government servant unless the period is extended by the Accounts Officer under the proviso to sub-rule (1) of Rule 80-B. (4) The Head of Office shall inform the Accounts Officer - (a) as soon as the gratuity has been paid to the claimant or claimants ; and (b) as soon as provisional family pension has been paid for a period of six months or for the period extended under proviso to sub-rule (1) of Rule 80B, as the case may be. (5) If the claimant or any of the claimants desire the payment of provsional family pension or of gratuity or of both through money order or bank draft, the same shall be remitted to him or her through money order or bank draft at his own cost : Provided that in the case of any claimant who is sanctioned a provisional family pension not exceeding ^ [three thousand five hundred rupees and admissible dearness relief] per mensem, the amount of pension shall, at the request of the claimant, be remitted to him or her by money order at Government expence. Footnote : 1. Substituted by G.I., Dept. of Per. & A.R., Notification No. 31 (4)-Pen. 80, dated the 21st April, 1981. Limited raised to Rs. 500 excluding relief on pension. Amendment awaited. See proviso to Rule 66 as amended. ^ Substituted vide GSR 628(E), dated 1st September, 2014, Government of India, Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare Notification No.1/19/2013-P&PW(E), dated 29th August, 2014