(1) The family pension shall be payable to the family of the deceased employee. ‘Family’ in relation to an employee means.___
(a) wife in the case of male employee;
(b) husband in the case of female employee;
(c) sons who have not attained the age of 25 years;
(d) unmarried daughters who have not attained the age of 25 years.
(2) Sons and unmarried daughters below the age of 25 years shall also include such sons and daughters who have been adopted legally before retirement.
(3) Wife or husband shall include respectively judicially separated wife or husband.
(4) If the deceased employee/pensioner leaves behind more than one widow, the second wife will not be entitled to family pension as a legal wedded wife.
29. (1) The family pension shall be payable to only one member of the family at a time.
(2) It shall first be payable to the widow/widower till the date of her/his death or remarriage, whichever is earlier.
(3) Thereafter it shall be payable to the eligible children in the order of priority. The eligibility of unmarried daughter shall start only if the eligibility of sons is exhausted.