CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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1. The Provisions of this rule shall apply:-
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FAMILY PENSION: 1964
(a) To a Govt servant entering service in a Pensionable establishment on or after the
1 st January 1964.
(b) To a Govt servant who was in service on the 31 st December 1963 and came to be
governed by the provisions of the Family Pension Scheme for Central Government
Employees 1964, contained in the Ministry of Finance, Office Memorandum No 9(16)-
E(A)/63 dated 31 Dec 63 as in force immediately before the commencement of these
rules.
Note: - The provisions of this rule will also extend, from 22 Sep 77 to Government
servants on pensionable establishments who retired/died before 31 Dec 63 as also to
those who were alive on 31 Dec 63 but had opted out of 1964 Scheme.
2. Without prejudice to the provisions contained in sub rule (3), where a Government
servant dies:-
(a) after completion of one year of continuous service, or before completion of one
year of continuous service provided the deceased Government servant concerned
immediately prior to his appointment to the service or post was examined by the
appropriate medical authority and declared fit by that authority for Government service;
or
(b) After retirement from service and was on the date of death in receipt of a
pension, or compassionate allowance, the family of the deceased shall be entitled to
Family Pension 1964 the amount of which shall be uniform rate of 30% of emoluments
in all cases, subject to minimum of Rs.3500.00 pm and maximum of 30% of the highest
pay.
3. The amount of family pension shall be fixed at monthly rates and be expressed in
whole rupees and where the family pension contains a fraction of a rupee, it shall be rounded off
to the next higher rupee, provided that in no case a family pension in excess of the maximum
prescribed under this rule shall be allowed.
(a) Where a Govt servant, who is governed by the Workmen‟s Compensation Act,
1923 (8 of 1923), dies while in service after having rendered not less than seven years
continuous service, the rate of family pension payable to the family shall be equal to 50
percent of the pay last drawn twice the family pension admissible under sub-rule (2),
whichever is less, and the amount so admissible shall be payable from the date following
the date of death of the Govt servent for a period of seven years, or for a period upto the
date on which the deceased Govt servant would have attained the age of 65 years had he
survived, whichever is less.
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