(1) The withdrawal shall be permitted for the marriage of the subscriber or and for the marriage of any other family member actually dependent on him.
(2) The amount of withdrawal will be limited to ninety percent of the balance at the credit of the subscriber,
(3) It is not necessary that for whose marriage the final withdrawal is applied for should be actually dependent on the subscriber.
Note-1:-If two or more marriages are to be celebrated simultaneously, the amount admissible in respect of each marriage will be determined as if the advances are sanctioned separately one after the other, and subject to the limit fixed at sub-rule (2);
Note-2:-The final withdrawal is permissible for meeting the expenses connected with the marriage of the subscriber’s sons also. The maximum amount of withdrawal should not exceed ninety percent of amount at the credit of the subscriber.
(4) In respect of the same marriage, a subscriber may either withdraw the money in terms of these orders or draw an advance under rule 16 of these rules but not both;
Note.- A subscriber who had drawn before the date of issue of this rule or draws in future a refundable advance under the ordinary rules may convert at his discretion by written request addressed to the Accounts Officer through the Head of the Department or the sanctioning authority, as the case may be, the balance outstanding against in into a final withdrawal on satisfying the conditions laid down in this rule.
(5) The withdrawal may be allowed to the subscriber not earlier than three months preceding the month in which the marriage actually takes place;
(6) The subscriber shall furnish a certificate to the Head of the Department with in the period of one month from the date of marriage or if he is on leave, within one month on return from leave, that the amount withdrawn had actually been utilized for the purpose for which it was intended. If the subscriber fails to furnish the requisite certificate or if the amount withdrawn is utilized for a purpose other than that for which sanction was given, the entire amount together with interest at the prescribed rate, from the month of withdrawal, shall be re-deposited forthwith into the Fund in one lumpsum.
(7) Any amount actually withdrawn from the Fund which is found to be in excess of that actually utilized by the subscriber for the purpose shall be re-deposited forthwith into the Fund together with interest at the prescribed rate in rule 14 from the month of such withdrawal;
(8) Application for withdrawal under this Rule shall be made in the form specified in the Form-16. The Head of the Department shall be the sanctioning authority for the purpose of this rule in respect of the employees subordinate to it when all the terms and conditions for the withdrawal are fulfilled. A case of withdrawal by the Head of a Department or a case necessitating the relaxation of any of the terms and conditions shall be referred to Government in the Finance Department;
(9) The actual withdrawal from the fund will be made only on receipt of an authorization from the Accounts Officer concerned who will arrange for this as soon as the formal sanction of the Competent Authority has been issued.
(10) Where an subscriber applies for the withdrawal of the amount well before the date of the marriage but the application is sanctioned after the aforesaid date or, if sanctioned before that date, the case is received in the Audit Office for the issue of authority for payment after that date, there shall be no objection to the payment of the amount being made after the date of the marriage. The certificate in terms of sub-rule (6) shall be furnished in such cases to the Head of the Department within a month of the actual drawal of the amount from the Fund. Cases in which the withdrawal is applied for after the marriage is over should not ordinarily be entertained.