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

APPENDIX - III
Invalid Pension/Medical Examination
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Extracts of the provisions contained in Andhra Pradesh Pension
Code
Article 441 :- An invalid pension is awarded, on his retirement from the
public service, to an officer who, by bodily or mental infirmity, is permanently
incapacitated for the public service or for the particular branch of it to which
he belongs.
1. [ Not printed ].
Rulings
2. If a Government servant who, under the conditions of his service, is
liable to be deputed for military duty is found physically unfit for such duty
when called upon, he is liable to be invalidated from service, See Article 441.
A decision to invalid such Government servant may not however, be given
effect to if a Medical Board or other competent medical authority is of opinion
that the Government servant concerned may become fit for military duty if
he undergoes suitable medical or surgical treatment. If, on the other hand,
the Government servant declines to undergo the treatment, he will be invalidated
and his case will not be considered as one of the complete and permanent
incapacity for service and he will not as a matter of right be entitled to
any pension. It is open to the Government to decide in such case whether any
pension should be allowed and if so, whether it should be the full or a reduced
pension.
Article 442 :- An officer applying for an invalid pension shall submit a medical
certificate of incapacity in the manner specified below :-
(a) If the officers submitting the application is on leave, elsewhere
than in India, then the Medical examination shall be arranged through the Indian
Missions abroad by a Medical Board consisting of a physician, Surgeon
and an Opthalmologist, each of them having the status of a consultant.
The service of doctors approved for the officers and staff of the Mission
concerned shall be utilised for this purpose, provided that they fulfil the
above conditions. A lady doctor shall be included as a member of the Medical