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15. PENSION15.1 An employee governed by the Pension Scheme gets a recurringmonthly payment termed as pension for life on reaching the age ofsuperannuation or if he is retired earlier in accordance with therules/regulations/orders on the subject. Gratuity is lump sumpayment granted to the employee at the time of death/retirement forthe service rendered by him. Both Pension and Gratuity aredetermined with reference to the length of his service and the paydrawn by him.15.2 The provisions relating to Pension and Gratuity includingfamily pension which were spread over the Civil Service Regulationsand various executive instructions, were codified in 1972, in theform of Statutory Rules entitled -The Central Civil Services(Pension) Rules, 1972 which came into force with effect from IstJune, 1972.15.3 The normal age of superannuation of a permanent governmentservant in Group-A to Group-D services is 60 years.15.4 Types of pensionPensions are of two kinds, viz Ordinary and Extraordinary.While the Ordinary pension is regulated by the CCS(Pension) Rules,1972, the Extraordinary pension is regulated by the CCS(Extraordinary Pension) Rules {Appendix 3 of CCS (Pension) Rules}.Ordinary pension is further divided into various classes. Thefollowing are the different classes of pension which may be granted,as per admissibility, to a government servant on his retirement fromservice:(i)Superannuation pension (Rule 35 A): Superannuationpension shall be granted to a government servant who isretired on attaining the age of superannuation (i.e. 60years).(ii)Retiring pension (Rule 36): A retiring pension shall begranted:a) to a government servant who retires, or is retiredin advance of the age of superannuation retirement inPage 96 of 96