98 (A) Family Pension which are to be granted for life in respect of dependant parents mentally retarded dependants, physically handicap etc should be entered in separate register. (Vide Order No ------------------------------------------ ------------------dated-------------------) Manner of Payment Due Date 99. Pension fixed at monthly rates are payable monthly on or after the last working day of the month except pension payment for the month of March which shall be paid on first workinf day of April. (Authority No GOI department of Pen and Pen welfare- notification under 43/4/92-T 7 PW (G) Dated 27-11-9-1992) Explanations: For the purpose of this Rule, the Working day shall have the same meaning as given in the Explanation below Rule 216 of P&T Manual Volume-I. Provided that when there is a variation in the rate of a pension consequent on the disbursement of the commuted value of a portion thereof, pension for the broken part of the month at the original rate may be paid before the end of the month. 100. Deleted. Payment of Claims 101. Save as hereinafter provided and except in the case of provisional pensions payable through Head of Offices, a pensioner must take payment in person after identification by comparison with the Pension Payment Order. Note.- The disbursement of provisional pension drawn by the Head of Office shall be made in the same manner in which Pay and allowances are disbursed by him. 102. A pensioner specially exempted by the orders of competent authority from personal appearance, a female pensioner not accustomed to appear in public, or a pensioner who is unable to appear in consequence of bodily illness or infirmity, may received his or her pension through a representative upon the production of a life certificate signed by a responsible Government Officer or by some other well known and trustworthy person. 103. A pensioner who produces a life certificate signed by any person specified hereunder is exempted from personal appearance : (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) (x)
a person exercising the powers of a Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure Code; a Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under the Indian Registration Act; a Group A or B Government servant; a police officer not below the rank of sub-Inspector-in-charge of a police station; a Postmaster, a departmental Sub-Postmaster or an Inspector of Post Offices; a Class I Officer of the Reserve Bank of India, an officer (including Grade II officer of the State Bank of India or of its subsidiary; a pensioned officer who, before retirement, exercised the powers of a Magistrate; a Justice of Peace; a Block Development Officer, Munsif, Tehsildar or Naib Tehsildar; a head of a Village Panchayat, Gram Panchayat or an Executive Committee of a Village. ( to be verified)
In the case of a pensioner drawing his pension through a public sector bank, the life certificate may be signed by an officer of a public sector bank. In the case of a pensioner residing abroad and drawing his pension through any other bank included in the Second
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