No. 2(2)/2012/D(Pen/Pol)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
New Delhi the 14th Dcc., 2012
To
The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Naval Staff
The Chief of Air Staff
Subject: Eligibility of Unmarried Daughters of Armed Forces
personnel for grant of Family Pension beyond 25 years of Age.
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer
to this Ministry’s ID No.878/A/D(Pen/Sers)/04 dated 21.9.2004 extending the
provisions of Department of P&PW OM No. 1/19/03-P&PW (E) dated
25.08.2004 and this Ministry’s letter No.I (3)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dated
25.10.07 which makes unmarried / widowed / divorced daughter eligible
for family pension beyond 25 years of age subject to fulfilment of other
prescribed conditions, Attention is also invited to this Ministry’s ID
No.9(6)/2007-D(Pen/Policy) dated 21.2.2008 under which it was clarified in
consultation with Department of P&PW that liberalised family
pension/special family pension (dependent pension) was not covered under
the provisions of this Ministry’s above said letter dated 25.10.2007. A
lot of references are being received in this Ministry for making
unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter eligible for grant of
liberalised family pension/special family pension beyond 25 years of age,
if otherwise in order.
References are also being received in
this Ministry for dissolving the provisions contained in Regulation 230(c)
of Pension Regulations for the Army Part — 1(1961) and similar provision
in Pension Regulations for Navy and Air Force, which debars unmarried
daughters for continuance of Special Family pension if they were
in receipt of children allowance even after disqualification of all other
eligible heir(s).
2. The above matter is considered by the
Government and it has been decided in consultation with Department of
P&PW that unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter also be eligible for
grant of liberalised / special family pension beyond 25 years subject to
fulfilment of other prescribed conditions as hitherto fore. It has
also decided that all unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters, who were
earlier or otherwise eligible for children allowance, shall also be
sanctioned I liberalised family pension subject to other conditions being
fulfilled. The allowance, if being paid, shall be discontinued from the
date special/liberalised family pension is sanctioned under these orders.
The provisions contained in Regulations 230(c), 239 & 240 of Pension
Regulation for the Army Part - 1(1961) and similar provisions in Pension Regulations
for the Navy and Air Force shall stand modified to that extent.
3. The family pension to
unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters above the age of 25 years shall be
payable if all other eligible children below the age of 25 years have
ceased to receive family pension and there is no disabled child to receive
the family pension. Family pension shall be payable to
unmarried/widowed/divorced
daughter in order of their date of
birth and younger of them shall not be eligible unless the next above has
become ineligible for grant of family pension.
4. This order will take effect from 6.9.2007
i.e., the date from which Ordinary Family Pension was allowed to unmarried
daughters by DoP&PW.
5. This issues with the concurrence of Finance
Division of this Ministry vide their UO No. 10(8)/2012/Fin/Pen dated
21.11.12.
Hindi version will follow.
Yours faithfully,
sd/-
Under Secretary to Government of
India
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