Admissibility of Gratuity to the Family Members of Deceased Govt Servant
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Admissibility of Gratuity
(ii) sons of a deceased son who have attained the age of 24 years,
(iii) married daughters whose husbands are alive; and
(iv) married daughters of a deceased son where husbands are alive,
if there is any member of the family other than those specified in sub-clause (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above;
Provided further that the widow or widows and the child or children of a deceased son shall receive between them in equal parts only the share which that son would have received if he had survived that Government servant and had been exempted from the operation of the first provision.
(d) When the Government servant leaves no family and the whole or part of the gratuity is not covered by a valid nomination, the amount of gratuity shall be payable to the following surviving relatives, if any, of the Government servant in equal shares:
- brothers below the age of 21 years;
- un-married and widowed sisters;
- father; and
- mother.
Note – In the absence of any other eligible claimant gratuity would be payable to the sons and daughters of the deceased Government servant in equal shares even if the sons are over 24 years old and the daughters are married and their husbands are alive.
4.9 No gratuity will be payable by Government after the death of a Government servant if he/she does not leave a valid nomination or a family as defined in sub-rule (1) of rule 4.7 or an eligible dependent relative or relatives specified in clause (d) of rule 4.8.
C – FAMILY PENSION
4.10 (1) Family for the purpose of payment of family pension shall be as defined in sub-rule (1) of rule 4.7. It shall also include the Government Servant’s relatives mentioned in clause (d) of rule 4.8.
(2) (A) A family pension sanctioned under this section shall be allowed as under:-
