Retirement/Death Gratuity

50. Retirement/Death Gratuity (1) (a) A Government servant, who has completed five years' qualifying service and has become eligible for service gratuity or pension under Rule 49, shall, on his retirement, be granted 1 [retirement gratuity] equal to one-fourth of his emoluments for each completed six monthly period of qualifying service, subject to a maximum of 16½ times the emoluments. 1 [(b) If a Government servant dies while in service, the death gratuity shall be paid to his family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1) of Rule 51 at the rates given in the Table below, namely:- Length of qualifying service Rate of death gratuity (i) Less than 1 year ... ... 2 times of emoluments. (ii) One year or more but less than 5 years ... ... 6 times of emoluments. (iii) 5 years or more but less than 20 years ... ... 12 times of emoluments. (iv) 20 years or more ... ... Half of emoluments for every completed six-monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 33 times of emoluments. Provided that the amount of retirement gratuity or death gratuity payable under this rule shall in no case exceed 2 [ten lakh rupees;] Provided further that where the amount of retirement or death gratuity as finally calculated contains a fraction of a rupee, it shall be rounded off to the next higher rupee.] (2) If a Government servant, who has become eligible for a service gratuity or pension, dies within five years from the date of his retirement from service including compulsory retirement as a penalty and the sums actually received by him at the time of his death on account of such gratuity or pension including ad hoc increase, if any, together with the 2 [ ] retirement gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) and the commuted value of any portion of pension commuted by him are 1/30/2019 CHAPTER http://persmin.nic.in/pension/rules/pencomp7.htm#Amount%20of%20Pension 16/85 less than the amount equal to 12 times of his emoluments, a residuary gratuity equal to the deficiency may be granted to his family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1) of Rule 51. 3 (3) Deleted 4 (4) Deleted. (5) The emoluments for the purpose of gratuity admissible under this rule, 5 [ ] shall be reckoned in accordance with Rule 33: 6 [Provided that if the emoluments of a Government servant have been reduced during the last ten months of his service otherwise than as a penalty, average emoluments as referred to in Rule 34 shall be treated as emolument.] 7(Prvided further that the dearness allowanceadmissible on the date of retirement or death as the case maybe, shall also be treted as emoluments for the purpose of this rule) (6) For the purposes of this rule and Rule 51,52 and 53, `family', in relation to a Government servant, means - (i) wife or wives 7 [including judicially separated wife or wives] in the case of a male Government servant, (ii) husband, 7 [including judicially separated husband] in the case of a female Government servant, (iii) sons including stepsons and adopted sons, (iv) unmarried daughters including stepdaughters and adopted daughters, (v) widowed daughters including stepdaughters and adopted daughters, (vi) father, including adoptive parents in the case of individuals whose personal law permits adoption, (vii) mother, including adoptive parents in the case of individuals whose personal law permits adoption, (viii) brothers below the age of eighteen years including stepbrothers, (ix) unmarried sisters and widowed sisters including stepsisters, (x) married daughters, and (xi) children of a pre-deceased son. Footnote ; 1.Substituted vide G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., Notification No. 2/18/87-P. & P.W. (PIC), dated the 20th July, 1988, published in the Gazette of India as S.O. No. 2388, dated the 6th August, 1988. Takes effect from the 1st January, 1986. 2. Substituted by G.I., Dept. of Pen. & P.W., Notification No.38/80/08-P&PW(A) dated 8th June 2011 published in Gazette of India as GSR No. 176 dated 11 June 2011. 3. Deleted by G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., Notification No. 2/18/87-P. & P.W. (PIC), dated the 20th July, 1988, published in the Gazette of India as S.O. No. 2388, dated the 6th August, 1988. 4. Deleted by G.I., Dept. of Per. & A.R., Notification No. 6 (1) Pension (A)/79, dated the 19th May, 1980. 5. Deleted by G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., Notification No. 2/18/87-P. & P.W. (PIC), dated the 20th July, 1988, published in the Gazette of India as S.O. No. 2388, dated the 6th August, 1988. 6. Substituted by G.I., Dept. of Per. & A.R., Notification No. 6 (1), Pen. (A)/79, dated the 19th May, 1980. 7. Inserted by G.I., Dept. of Pen. & P.W., Notification No.38/80/08-P&PW(A) dated 8th June 2011 published in Gazette of India as GSR No. 176 dated 11 June 2011.