(1) On receipt of an application for pension, the Secretary shall verify the facts stated in the application with reference to the records available, for the purpose of determining the amount of pension to which the applicant is entitled.
(2) If the facts stated in the application are found correct and the application is not otherwise defective, the Secretary shall determine the amount of pension payable to the applicant.
(3) If, the Secretary finds that any correction is necessary in the facts furnished in the application or that the application is otherwise defective, he shall return the application to the applicant for making the correction rectifying the defect.
(4) The applicant shall make the required correction or rectify the defect and return the application to the Secretary and thereupon the Secretary shall determine the amount of pension payable to the applicant.
(4A) Pension received from the Government of India under the Freedom Fighter Pension Scheme, 1972 or from the Government of Kerala under the Kerala Freedom Fighters Pension Rules or from any other State Government under a scheme for pension to Freedom Fighters or any other pension from Government of India or any Corporation owned or controlled by the Government of India or any authority under any law or otherwise by a person entitled to pension under the Act, shall not be taken into account for the purpose of determination of pension under these rules and such person shall be entitled to receive that pension in addition to the pension to which he is entitled to, under the Act.
(5) After the determination of the amount of pension under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule
(4), the Secretary shall issue an order in Form II or II A as the case may be sanctioning the pension and send -
(a) a copy of the order together with the duplicate copy of the application and 2 copies of the photographs and 2 specimen signatures or thumb impressions received with the application to the Accountant General; and
(b) a copy of the order to the applicant