‘File 15/10 – V Rules and Regulations. Fundamental Rules – Corrections – Audit Instructions and Amendments.’ [‎128r] (261/649)

(6) a pension the amount of which shajl
not exceed the applicable amount
specified in Schedule III.
(w) if the Government servant is killed
or dies of injuries received as a
result of risk of office a pension the
amount of which shall not exceed
the applicable amount specified in
Schedule III.
11- (1) If the deceased Government servant
has left neither a widow nor a child, an award
may be made to his father and his mother
individually or jointly and in the absence of
the father and the mother, to minor brothers
and sisters, individually or collectively, if they
were largely dependent on the Government ser
vant for support and are in pecuniary need :
Provided that the total amount of the awards
shall not exceed one-half of the pension that
would have been admissible to the Widow under
rule 10.
Provided further that each minor brother's
and sister s share shall not exceed the amount
of pension specified in Schedule III for a
" child who is not motherless
(2) Any award made under sub-rule (1) of
this rule will, in the event of an improvement
in the pecuniary circumstances of the pen
sioner be subject to review in such manner as
the Governor General may by order prescribe.
12. (1) A family pension will take effect
from the day following the death of the Gov
ernment servant or from such other date as
the Governor General may decide.
(2) A family pension will ordinarily be ten
able—
(i) in the case of a widow or mother
until death or remarriage which
ever occurs earlier ;
{ii) in the case of a minor son, or minor
brother, until he attains the age of
18 ;
(m) in the case of an unmarried daughter
or minor sister, until marriage or
until she attains the age of 21,
whichever occurs earlier ;
(iv) in the case of a father, for life.
13. (1) In respect of matters of procedure,
all awards under these rules are subject to any
procedure rules relating to ordinary pensions
for the time being in force, to the extent that
such procedure rules are applicable and are
not inconsistent with these rules.
(2) All awards involving expenditure charge
able to British revenues shall be reported by
the Administrative Department without delay
to the Secretary of State.
"(3) When an award is made in India to a
Government servant of non-Asiatic domicile
the Administrative Department shall inform
the Secretary of State in order that a grant of
a like nature may not be made by an authority
in the United Kingdom in respect of the same
casualty.
(4) When a claim for any injury pension or
gratuity or family pension arises, the head of
the office or of the Department in which the
injured, or the deceased. Government servant
was employed will forward the claim through
the usual channel to the Government of India
with the following documents
(i) A full statement of circumstances in
which the injury was received, the
disease was contracted or the death
occurred.
(ii) The application for injury pension
or gratuity in Form A, or as the case
may be, the application for family
pension in Form B of the Forms set
forth in Schedule IV.
(Hi) In the case of an injured Government
servant or one who has contracted a
disease a medical report in Form C
of the Forms set forth in Schedule
IV. In the case of a deceased Gov
ernment servant a medical report as
to the death or reliable evidence as
to the actual occurrence of death if
the Government servant lost his life
in such circumstances that a medical
report cannot be secured.
(iv) A report of the audit officer con
cerned as-to whether an award is
admissible under the rules and if
so of What amount.
SCHEDULE I.
[Note to clause (4) of rule 3.]
Classification of injuries.
Equal to loss of limb—
Hemiplegia without aphasia.
Permanent use of a tracheotomy tube.
Artificial anus.
Total deafness of both ears.
Very 8evere—
Complete unilateral facial paralysis, likely
to be permanent.
Lesion of kidney, ureter or bladder.
Compound fractures (except phalanges).
Such gross destruction of soft parts as to
lead to , permanent disability or loss of
function.
Severe and likely to he permanent—
Ankylosis of, or considerable restriction in,
the movement of one of the following
joints ;—
knee, elbow, shoulder, hip, ankle, tem-
poro-maxillary or rigidity of the
dorsilumbar or cervical sections of the
spine;
Partial loss of vision of one eye.
Destruction or loss of one testicle.
Retention of foreign bodies not causing per
manent or serious symptoms.