No pension shall be admissible to an employee who has been dismissed or removed from service on account of misconduct or misbehavior but such an employee may be granted a compassionate allowance subject to the approval of the Government, only in special circumstances for reasons to be recorded in writing:
Provided that the allowance so granted to an employee, shall not eiceed 2/3rd of the pension, which would have been admissible to him, had he been retired on medical ground.
\ PLINJAB GOVT G AZ.(EXTRA), AUGUST 2, 20 I 2 323 (sRV|{ ll,l934 SAKA) pension and retirement gratuity shall be granted to an employee, who retires voluntarily or is retired compulsorily according to the length of qualif ing service as provided in the succeeding sub-clauses.
(2) The concerned managing committee shall, if it is of the opinion that it is in public interest to do so, by recording the reasons, in writing, have the right by giving an employee prior notice, in writing, of not less than three months to retire that employee on the date on which he completes twenty five years of qualiffing service or on any other dates thereafter to be specified in the notice or on the date on which he attain fifty years of age:
Provided that where three months' notice is not given or notice for a period less than three months is given, the employee shall be entitled to claim a sum equivalent to the amount of pay and allowances at the same rate at which he was drawing immediately before the date of retirement, for a period of three months or as the case may be, for the period by which such notice falls short of three months.
(3) An employee may, after giving at least three months notice, in writing, to the managing committee, retire from service on the date on which he completes twenty five years of qualifuing service or attains fifty years of age or on any date thereafter to be specified in the notice:
Provided that no employee under suspension shall retire from service except with the specific approval of the managing committee.
Note:- In case the retirement of any employee under this para is set aside by a court of law, all pecuniary liabilities consequent thereto from the date of retirement up to the date of his rejoining the post, shall devolve on the managing committee.
17 . Compensation Pension.-If an employee is discharged by the managing committee owing to the abolition of a whole time aided post, he will, unless he is appointed to another post the conditions of which are deemed to be at least equal to those of his own, have the option:-
(a) of taking compensation pension or gratuity to which he may be entitled for the service he has already rendered; or
(b) of accepting another post under the same managing committee for which he fulfills the prescribed qualifications, if offered and to continue to count his previous service for pension.
{ \ 324 PLTNJAB GOVT G AZ.(EXTRA), AUGUST 2, 20 I 2 (sR\rN 11, 1934 SAKA) f I & D€ath-cum-rctirement gratuity.-The death-cum-retirement gratuity' payable to the family of a deceased employee shall be payable in order of preference given below:- (D wife or wives including judicially separated wife or wives in the case of a male emploYee;
(il) husband including judicially separated husband in the case of a female employee;
(iiD sons including step sons and adopted sons;
(iv) unmanied and widow daughters including step daughters and adopted daughters;
(v) brothers below the age of eighteen years and unmarried and widowed sisters, including step brothers and sisters;
(vi) father and mother including adopted parents in case of and individual whose personal law permits adoption;
(vii) married daughters; and
(viii) children of a predeceased son'
CHAPTER-TV lg.SubscriptionandmaintenanceofGeneralProvidentFund Account.-An employee being governed by the scheme shall continue to contribute towards the General Provident Fund at the rate prescribed by the punjab Government for its employees from totime.Anemployee may, however' subscribe voluntarily at higher rate than the prescribed rate by the Punjab Government. The Fund shall be regulated in accordance with the rules and procedure specified by the Punjab Government for its employees from time to time.
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