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

R - 40, 41, 42
40. Compassionate allowance :-
A Government servant who is dismissed or removed from service
shall forfeit his pension and gratuity :
Provided that the authority competent to dismiss or remove him from
service, may, if the case is deserving of special consideration, sanction a
compassionate allowance not exceeding two-thirds of pension or gratuity or
both which would have been admissible to him if he had retired on invalid
pension.
1 [41. Amount of compassionate allowance :-
A compassionate allowance sanctioned under the proviso to the above
rule shall be subject to Rule 45.]
42. Retirement on attaining the age of superannuation:-
Every Government servant to whom these rules apply shall
compulsorily retire on attaining the age of superannuation *as provided in the
Fundamental Rules as amended from time to time.
Executive Instructions
(i) Date on which a Government servant should retire:-
The Government servants are permitted to retire with effect from the
afternoon of the last day of the month in which the date of superannuation
falls. (except the first of the month).
If the date of birth of any Government servant is the first of any month,
such Government servant shall retire on the afternoon of the last day of the
1. Rule 41 was substituted by G.O.Ms.No. 178 F & P (Pen-I) Department. dt.22-10-1997 w.e.f
29-10-1979. The earlier rule was as follows :
“Minimum Compassionate allowance :- A compassionate allowance sanctioned
under the proviso to the above rule shall not be less than the limit specified in subrule
(5) of rule 45.”
* The provisions contained in FR 56 were omitted by section 7 of A.P. Public Employment
(Age of Superannuation) Act 1984. As per the above Act the age of superannuation
is as follows :
(i) workmen & Last Grade employees - 60 years.
(ii) others .............................................. - 58 years.
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