No.1/19/03-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare
Lok Nayak Bhavan
(3rd Floor)
Khan Market, New
Delhi 110 003
Dated:
30th August, 2004
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Eligibility of
divorced/widowed daughter
for grant of family pension.
…
The undersigned is directed to say that as
per
clauses (ii) and (iii) of sub-rule (6) of Rule 54 of the
C.C.S. (Pension) Rules,
1972 read with
clause (b) of Para 7.2 of this Department’s
O.M. No.45/86/97-P&PW (A)-Part I
dated the 27th October 1997, son/daughter including widowed/divorced
daughter shall be eligible for grant of family pension till he/she attains the
age of 25 years or up to the date of his/her marriage/remarriage, whichever is
earlier (subject to income criterion to be notified separately). The income criterion has been laid down in
this Department’s O.M. No.45/51/97-P&PW (E) dated the 5th March
1998 according to which, to be eligible for family pension, a son/daughter
(including widowed/divorced daughter) shall not have an income exceeding
Rs.2550 per month from employment in Government, the private sector, self
employment etc. Further orders were issued
vide this Department’s O.M. No.45/51/97-P&PW (E)(Vol.II)
dated 25th July 2001 regarding eligibility of disabled divorced/widowed
daughter for family pension for life subject to conditions specified therein.
2. Government has received representations for removing the condition of age limit in favour of divorced/widowed daughter so that they become eligible for family pension even after attaining the age limit
of 25 years. The matter has been under
consideration in this Department for sometime. In consultation with the Ministry of Finance,
Department of Expenditure and the Ministry of Law and Justice, Department of
Legal Affairs etc., it has now been decided that there will be no age restriction
in the case of the divorced/widowed daughter who shall be eligible for family
pension even after their attaining 25 years of age subject to all other
conditions prescribed in the case of son/daughter. Such daughter, including disabled
divorced/widowed daughter shall, however, not be required to come back to her
parental home as stipulated in para 2(ii) of this
Department’s O.M. dated 25th July 2001, which may be deemed to have
been modified to that extent.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure vide
I.D.No.98/E.V/2004 dated
13.02.2004.
4. These orders, in so far as they apply to the employees of the Indian
Audit and Accounts Department, are issued in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of
India
vide U.O. No.67 Audit (Rules)/37-99 dated 20.5.2004.
Sd/-
(M.P. Singh)
Director
To
All Ministries/ Departments of the Government
of India