A pension under the scheme may be sanctioned to any person, who—
(i) is an Ulema;
(ii) has put in a service'of at least twenty years as Teacher of Islamic theology/Arabic language in Madarassa or as Pesh Imam or Moazzin in Mosque or Muzavar in Dargah;
(iii) is above the age of sixty years:
Provided, that the requirement of age may be relaxed from 60 years to 50 years and the requirement of qualifying service from 20 years to 10 years in the case of applicants for Ulema Pension who are handicapped or who suffer from any permanent disability, subject to the production of medical certificate issued by the Resident Medical Officer or any other authority competent to do so; and
(iv) has no other satisfactory means of livelihood.
