Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd September, 2021
G.S.R. 658(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
CHAPTER I
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application.- Save as otherwise provided in these rules, these rules shall apply to the Government servants including civilian Government servants in the Defence Services, appointed substantively to civil services and posts in connection with the affairs of the Union on or after the 1st day of January 2004, and to whom the Central Civil Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021 apply :
Provided that in the case of a Government servant who dies during service or is boarded out on account of disablement or retires on invalidation and who had exercised option under rule 10 of the Central Civil Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021 for availing benefits under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 or the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939, payment of gratuity shall be made in accordance with the said rules.
3. Definitions. – In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, –
(1) (a) ‘Accounts Officer’ means an officer, whatever his official designation, of a Ministry or Department functioning under the scheme of departmentalisation of accounts, who, inter-alia is responsible for receipts, payments, Internal Audit and accounting functions of an office or Department or Ministry of the Central Government or Union territory and includes officers subordinate to the Accountant General who is entrusted with the function of maintaining the accounts or part of accounts of the Central Government or Union territory;
(b) ‘allottee’ means a Government servant to whom Government accommodation has been allotted on payment of license fee or otherwise ;
(c) ‘average emoluments’ means average emoluments as determined in accordance with rule 7;
(d) ‘Emoluments’ means emoluments referred to in rule 6;
(e) ‘Form’ means a Form appended to these rules ;
(f) ‘Government’ means the Central Government ;
(g) ‘Government dues’ means dues referred to in sub-rule (3) of rule 45;
(h) ‘gratuity’ includes retirement gratuity and death gratuity payable under these rules;
(i) ‘Minor’ means a person who has not completed the age of eighteen years ;
(j) ‘Qualifying service’ means the service rendered while on duty or otherwise which shall be taken into account for the purpose of payment of gratuity admissible under these rules;
(k) ‘Service Book’ includes service roll, if any.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Fundamental Rules, 1922 or the Central Civil Services ( Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021 shall have the meanings as respectively assigned to them in those rules.
CHAPTER II – General Condition
CHAPTER III – Emoluments and Average Emoluments
CHAPTER IV – Qualifying Service
CHAPTER V – Regulation of Retirement Gratuity and Death Gratuity
CHAPTER VI – Determination and authorisation of the amount of gratuity
CHAPTER VII – Determination and Authorisation of the Amount of Death Gratuity in case of Death of Government Servant During Service
CHAPTER VIII MISCELLANEOUS
56. Currency in which gratuity is payable.– The gratuity admissible under these rules shall be payable in rupees in India only.
57. Manner of payment of gratuity.- Except as otherwise provided in these rules, a gratuity shall be paid in lump sum.
58. Application of Treasury rules.– Save as otherwise provided in these rules, the Treasury Rules of the Central Government shall apply in regard to the procedure of payment of gratuity.
59. Interpretation.– Where any doubt arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred to the
Government in the Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare for decision.
60. Power to relax.– Where any Ministry or Department of the Government is satisfied that the operation of any of these rules causes undue hardship in any particular case, the Ministry or Department, as the case may be, may, by order for reasons to be recorded in writing, dispense with or relax the requirements of that rule to such extent and subject to such exceptions and conditions as it may consider necessary for dealing with the case in a just and equitable manner :
Provided that no such order shall be made except with the concurrence of the Department of Pension and Pensioners’
Welfare.
61. Residuary provisions.– (1) Any related issues not specifically covered in these rules, shall be decided in terms of the relevant provisions in this regard contained in the Central Civil Service (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2021, Fundamental Rules, 1922 or any general or special order issued by the Government provided it is not repugnant to or inconsistent with the provisions of these rules.
(2) The Central Government may issue orders or instructions to regulate any matters for which there is no provision in the rules made or deemed to have been made under these rules and, until such rules are made, such matters shall be regulated as per orders or instructions issued from time to time.
62. Repeal and saving. – On the commencement of these rules, every order, instruction or Office Memorandum in force immediately before such commencement shall, in so far as it provides for any of the matters contained in these rules, cease to operate and anything done or any action taken under those order, instruction or Office Memorandum shall be deemed to have been taken under the corresponding provisions of these rules.
FORM 1 – Certificate of verification of Service for Gratuity
FORM 2 – Common Nomination Form for Gratuity and CGEGIS
FORM 3 – Relieving Order on joining State/Corporation
FORM 4 – Application for retirement Gratuity iro missing Government servant
FORM 5 – Assessment and Authorisation of Gratuity i.r.o. Missing Employees
FORM 6 – Form for Assessing Gratuity, Checklist and Calculation Sheet
FORM 7 – Letter to AO forwarding the papers
FORM 8 – Letter to the nominee/ member of family
Form 10 – Assessment and Authorisation of Payment of Death Gratuity
PROFORMA-A – INDEMNITY BOND – For claim of gratuity when nominee is minor
PROFORMA-B Indemnity Bond – In the case of missing employee
[ F. No. 59 /03 /2019 – P&PW(B) ]
SANJIV NARAIN MATHUR, Jt. Secy.
COMMENTS