مجموعة ٢٦/١ "التخلص من عربات و مواد سكة حديد عدن السابقة" [و‎‎١‎٩] (١١٤/٣٧)

PART 11— cont.
Sec. XXXIX
Non-Effective Pay granted to Supernumerary Officers or on reduction of
Establishments— cont.
liable for any share of the “ basic ” gratuity awarded under that paragraph
or for any share of the addition made under para. 5 of Army Order 320/192J
^ to the normal gratuity.
n (e) If the officer v,as an ex-ranker officer and retired with a gratuity the
Government of India shall not be liable for any share of such gratuity, but if
such an officer also received temporary retired pay under the terms of para. 2
of Army Order 348 of 1920, the Government of India shall be liable for a
share, assessed at the appropriate fraction in clause (c) of this subsection, of
such temporary retired pay.
{/) For the purposes of clause (a) of this subsection the service share shall be Computation
computed on service up to 31st March 1922 inclusive, or, in the case of ^ a 8 ® e rvice
cavalry officers, if placed on half pay or retired pay before 1st April 1922,
up to the date of cessation of employment.
(2) For the purposes of this section—
(a) The normal rate of retired pay and the normal gratuity of an officer Definition ot
shall be reckoned on service up to 31st March 1922 inclusive, or up to the normal rates -
date of cessation of employment, whichever is the earlier.
(b) The normal rate of retired pay, except in the case of an ex-ranker
officer, shall be the rate appropriate on the normal scales laid down in
Part 3, section V, subsection iv, of the Pay Warrant, 1926, for an officer
of his service and rank, notwithstanding the fact that the officer might
not have been eligible to retire voluntarily on such rate. If the normal
rate of retired pay is to be assessed on less than 15 years’ service, it
shall be taken as the annual value of a gratuity of £100 in respect of
each completed year of commissioned service reckonable under clause (a)
of this subsection, such annual value being arrived at according to the
officer’s age on 31st March 1922 and on the basis of the commutation table
introduced with effect from 17th March 1927 for European officers of the
Indian Army.
In the case of an ex-ranker officer the normal rate shall be the rate of
retired pay or annual value (determined on the same basis as that used
for other officers) of gratuity appropriate on the scale laid down in
Articles 024-7 of the Pay Warrant, 1926.
(c) The normal gratuity for an officer other than an ex-ranker officer
shall be the gratuity laid down in Part 5, section V, subsection iv, of the
Pay Warrant. 1926, for an officer of his service in the corps to which he
belonged. If the service reckoned as in (a) of this subsection is less than
10 years’ commissioned service, the normal gratuity shall be taken as a
gratuity of £100 in respect of each completed year of such service.
XXXIX. For the purpose of assessing the liability of the Government of India in Reductions of
respect of non-effective pay granted to a British Army officer of a regiment or corps Establishment
not mentioned in section XXXV111 who was placed on half-pay and not subsequently onl y.
re-absorbed into the establishment and/or retired on reduction of establishment
with special terms as a result of the reduction, agreed upon prior to 1st April 1924,
of the British establishment only of the regiment or corps, the following rules shall
npply, subject to section VII : —
(1) If the officer was not an ex-ranker officer the Government of India shall be
liable for an ordinary service share of—
(a) half-pay granted in consequence of the reduction, such service share
being computed on service up to the date of commencement of the
half-pay ;
(b) the normal rate of retired pay or the normal gratuity for which
the officer was eligible, such service share being computed on service
up to the date from which the officer retired or, if retirement were
preceded by a period on half-pay, on service up to the date of com
mencement of such half-pay.
(2) The remainder of the non-effective pay granted to an officer referred to in
subsection (I) of this section and the whole of the non-effective pay granted
to or in respect of an ox-ranker officer shall be borne by the Imperial
Government.
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