(1) When an employee dies while in service after having rendered not less than seven years continuous service, the family pension payable to the family of the deceased employee shall be equal to 50 per cent of the pay last drawn by the employee or twice the family pension admissible at the normal rates, whichever is less.
(2) This higher rate of family pension shall be payable from the date following the date of death of the employee for a period of seven years or for the period upto the date on which the deceased employee would have attained the age of 65 years, had he survived whichever is less.
(3) In the even to death of an employee after retirement, the higher rate of pension as determined above shall further be restricted to the amount of pension authorised to such employee on retirement from service and shall be payable from the date following the date of death for a period of seven years or for the period upto the date on which the retired employee would have attained the age of 65 years ,if he had survive, whichever is less.
(4) An unmarried daughter shall become ineligible for family pension from the date she gets married.
(5). The family pension payable to a son or a daughter shall be stopped if he or she starts earning his or her livelihood or attains 25 years of age whichever is earlier.