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

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Authority. Therefore, it is imperative that the Heads of Office/Departments/Pension
Sanctioning Authorities, should communicate
to the Pension Issuing Authority, in advance to the actual
date of retirement of the Government servant, if there are any
circumstances necessitating withholding of release of pension
and or Gratuity to the employee who retires and also
to communicate the amount due and recoverable from the retirement
gratuity failing which they alone shall be held responsible
for any loss which may be caused to Government.
14. Procedure to be followed to settle Gratuity and Family Pension
in certain cases
A. In the case of employee dying while in service
(i) Retirement Gratuity :
If the deceased Government servant, on the date of death, has rendered
more than 5 years but less than 18 years of qualifying service and the
spell of last 5 years service has been verified and accepted by the head of the
Office/Department, the amount of retirement Gratuity shall be subject to a
minimum of *[9 times of his emoluments] as in Rule 46 (1) (b), of Andhra
Pradesh Revised Pension Rules 1980, where the verified accepted service
is less than 5 years of qualifying service, the amount of service gratuity shall
be as in Rule 46 (3) of Andhra Pradesh Revised Pension Rules 1980. If the
Government servant had rendered more than 18 years of service and the
entire service is not capable of being verified and accepted, but the service
for the last five years has been verified and accepted, the family of the deceased
Government servant shall be allowed, on provisional basis, gratuity
equal to *[9 times the emoluments]. Final amount of the gratuity shall be
determined by the Head of Office/Department on the acceptance and verification
of the entire spell of service which shall be done by the Head of
Office/Department within a period 6 months from the date on which the
authority for the payment of provisional gratuity was issued. The balance if
any, becoming payable as a result of determination of final amount of
Retirement Gratuity, shall then be authorised to the beneficiaries.
* Note :- Revised calculation of gratuity in the above cases w.e.f
30-1-99 is as follows :-
1/4 of pay last drawn for each completed six monthly periods
of 18 years is 9 times only as per [G.O.Ms.No.14, F&P
(FW.Pen.I) Dept., dt 30-1-99], the earlier provision was 12
times.