In the event of death of a Government Servant while in service it has to be ensured by the concerned Head of Office under whom the Government Servant worked at the time of death that the payment of Family pension and death-cum-retirement gratuity admissible under rules, is got authorised to the beneficiaries of the deceased expeditiously. For this purposes the following time table for the work is prescribed.

• As soon as the Head of office receives intimation regarding death of a Government Servant while in service, he shall initiate immediate action for obtaining claims for Family Pension and Death-cum-retirement gratuity from the beneficiary or beneficiaries in whose favour the Government Servant has made nomination, if any. Where the deceased Government servant had not made any nomination or the nomination made does not subsist the claim should be obtained from the person to whom the Family Pension may be payable under Rule 22 of J&K CSR Vol II. The Head of office shall then address the person concerned in Form 15 or Form 16 as may be appropriate for making a claim in form -17.
• The Head of Office while taking action under Para I above, shall simultaneously undertake the completion of Form 18. The work shall be completed within one month of the date on which intimation regarding the date of death of the Government servant has been received.
• The Head of office shall go through the Service book/ Service record of the deceased Government servant and satisfy himself as to whether annual certificates of verification of service for the entire service are recorded therein.
• If there are any periods of unverified service, the head of office shall accept the unverified portion of service as verified on the basis of valid entries in the Service Book/ Service record. For this purpose, the Head of office may rely on any other relevant material to which he may have already access. While accepting the unverified portion of service, the Head of office shall ensure that service was continuous and was not forfeited on account of dismissal, removal or resignation from service.

[Rule 25 of Family Pension-cum-Gratuity Rules Schedule XV J&K CSRs vol II]

Amount of Family Pension

Rates of Family pension (Normal Rates) are fixed from time to time as detailed below:-

Additional Quantum of Family Pension for elderly Family Pensioners:-

Elderly Family Pensioners shall be paid additional Family pension at the age of 80,85,90,95 and 100 Years in relation to their basic Family pension at these ages as per following rates:-

[SRO 138 of 2016 dated 25.04.2016]

A retired ex-serviceman who might have been drawing two pensions one from the Central Government (Defence Service) and other from the State Government for any pensionable service rendered under the latter, the widow of such a pensioner in the event of death of her spouse shall with effect from 01.06.2015 be allowed two family pensions subject to the fulfilment of other prescribed conditions.

[SRO 180 of 2015 dated 17.06.2015]

Tenability of Family Pension in case of different type of Beneficiaries