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

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temperate habits. The Audit Officer should certify the applicant’s title to pension
or gratuity with some such proviso as the following :-
“Provided that the sanctioning authority is of opinion, on consideration
of the Medical certificate and other evidence as to habits and character,
that the capacity has not been proved to be caused by irregular or
intemperate habits”.
3. (a) A Government servant reported to be suffering from leprosy or syphilis
should not at once be invalided but should be granted such leave as may
be necessary, but not exceeding the amount to his credit to enable him to
undergo proper treatment and he should be invalided from service in the former
case only if after undergoing the treatment for the full period of the leave to his
credit he is still certified to be infected with the disease, and in the latter case
only if he refused to undergo the treatment prescribed by competent medical
authority or is such authority considers the treatment has failed.
(b) The following instructions have also been issued by Government
for the guidance of medical officers in cases of syphilis and leprosy :-
(i) Syphilis and leprosy are amenable to treatment.
(ii) A Government servant reported to be suffering from the diseases
need not necessarily be invalided from service.
(iii) He may be granted such leave as it necessary but not exceeding
the amount which he has to his credit in order to enable
him to undergo proper treatment.
(iv) A Government servant who is suffering from these diseases
and who refused to undergo the treatment prescribed by competent
medical authority or where such authority considers that
the treatment has failed, is liable to be invalided from service.
(v) The question of the grant of an invalid pension will be decided
on the merits of the case.
(vi) A Government servant who has been granted leave to undergo
treatment for syphilis should be allowed to return to duty
only on the production of a certificate from the Director of the
King Institute, Guindy, or other recognized laboratory, that his