Grant of cent per cent provisional pension under Rule 69 mandatory even if departmental or judicial proceedings are continued

Grant of cent per cent provisional pension under Rule 69 mandatory even if departmental or judicial proceedings are continued. - It has come to the notice of Finance Ministry that some of the administrative authorities are not following Rule 69 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, which provide that Government servant who has retired and against whom any departmental or judicial proceedings are instituted or are continued, shall be paid provisional pension. The payment of provisional pension under these rules is mandatory. But some adminsitrative authorities appear to be under the impression that in cases where the departmental proceedings instituted against a Government servant were for a major penalty and in which ultimately no pension might become payable on the conclusion of the proceedings after his retirement under Rule 9 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, even the provisional pension need not to be sanctioned. This view is against the letter and spirit of the rule. The Ministry of Home Affairs, etc., are, therefore, requested to bring to the notice of administrative authorities under them the correct position under the rules so that the provisional pension under Rule 69 ibid is not denied to the retired Government servants. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. 11 (6)-E, V (A)/73, dated the 22nd July, 1974.]