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

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It has also been decided that the above concession can be allowed
even in cases where there are interruptions between the non-regular military/
purely temporary service and the civil service provided such interruptions are
condoned. For condonation of such interruptions the following conditions
should be fulfilled.
(1) Service preceding the interruption should not be of less than
five years’ duration and in cases where there are two or more
interruptions, the total service, pensionary benefits in respect
of which will be lost if the interruptions are not condoned, should
not be less than five years; and
(2) The interruption should not be more than of one year’s duration.
In cases where there are two or more interruptions, the total of
the periods of all interruptions that are condoned should not
exceed one year.
In such cases the pensionary liability in respect of the military service
shall be borne by the Defence Authorities and the Government servant shall
be required to refund the service gratuity, if any, received by him in respect of
the military service rendered by him, before he is allowed to count that service
towards Civil Pension.
Note (3):- A question has arisen as to whether the Enlisted/
Commissoned Military Service which is shown as non-pensionable/war time
engagement by the Defence Authorities in the certificates of verification of
military service, should count towards Civil Pension in the case of persons
who are permanently appointed to civil posts. The position is that in the Defence
Services there are no non-pensionable establishment and the service officers/
personnel are either on regular or non-regular terms. Those who are on regular
terms are entitled to pension/gratuity after rendering the prescribed period of
service and others who are not on regular terms are entitled to gratuity as
admissible under the rules/orders in accordance with which they are engaged.
Non-regular military service when followed by service on regular terms counts
for military pension. In the circumstances, the service which is shown as
non-pensionable/war time engagement is in fact non-regular (purely temporary)
military service including war service and will be allowed to count towards
Civil Pension in terms of Notes (1) and (2) above, as the case may be. The
pensionary charges in respect of war service in such cases shall be borne by
the Civil Authorities and those in respect of military service (other than war
service) shall be borne by the Defence Authorities as indicated in Note 6
below.
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