ANDHRA PRADESH REVISED PENSION RULES, 1980 (As ... - APHB

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(b) When a share is payable to widowed minor daughter(s),
production of a guardianship certificate would be necessary.
(c) If in a rare case the wife herself happens to be a minor, the
retirement gratuity payable to her shall be paid to the person
producing the guardianship certificate.
(d) When there are no surviving members of the family as in
clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of sub-rule (5) of Rule 46 and the
retirement gratuity becomes payable to a minor brother or a
minor unmarried sister, the payment should be made to the
father or, in his absence to the mother of the beneficiary except
in a case where the mother happens to be a Muslim lady. In
this case too, if there is no surviving parent or the surviving
parent happens to be a Muslim lady, the payment will have to
be made to the person producing the guardianship certificate.
If any share is payable to a widowed minor sister the production
of guardianship certificate would be necessary.
(e) Where the share is payable to a married minor girl in whose
favour a valid nomination subsists, the share shall be payable
to her husband.
Note 3 :- Special Relaxation for payment of minor’s share without
guardianship certificate, up to the extent of Rs.5,000/-
(1) Note (2) lays down that the payment of minor’s share of retirement
gratuity is to be made to the person producing a guardianship
certificate when there is no surviving parent or the surviving
parent is a Muslim lady. It has been represented that in many
cases, the production of guardianship certificate causes great
inconvenience and entails delays in the settlement of the
claims.
(2) It has been decided in modification of the above decision that
payment of retirement gratuity to the extent of Rs.5,000/- (or
the first Rs.5,000/- where the amount payable exceeds of
Rs.5,000) in favour of a minor may be made to his/her guardian,
in the absence of a natural guardian, without the production of
formal guardianship certificate but subject to the production
of an indemnity bond with suitable sureties to the satisfaction
of the sanctioning authority. The balance in excess of Rs.5,000/
-, if any, would become payable on the production of a certificate
of guardianship.