Payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway Servant during Service: Railway Board OM No. RBE 32/2022 dated 17.03.2022
Government of India
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board
No. D-43/43/2020-F(E)III New Delhi dated 17.03.2022
The General Managers/Pr. Financial Advisors,
All Zonal Railways/Production Units etc.,
Sub: Payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway Servant during Service
Please refer to the Board's letter of even number dated 04.06.2021 circulating DOP&PW's OM No. 1/11/2021 P&PW(E) dated 03.06.2021 vide which order was issued providing for instructions regarding payment of family pension, death gratuity and other dues to the family on death of a Railway Employee during service.
2. One of the Zonal railways had sought clarification regarding the applicability of the Board's instructions dated 04.06.2021 on the past cases.
3. The issue has been examined in with the Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare and it is clarified that Board's instructions of even number dated 04.06.2021 are also applicable in respect of employees who expired before the date of issue of the said order irrespective of deceased employee covered under old pension scheme or new pension scheme.
This also disposes of North Eastern Railway's letter NO. Pension dated 25.002.2022
(Sanjay Prashar)
Deputy Direcgtor,
Finance (Estt.)-II,
Railway Board
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