(1) An employee of a religious institution which is not covered under the Employees Provident Fund Scheme (EPF) and in the case of an employee of religious institution covered under EPF Scheme but not entitled to get pension under EPF scheme, is entitled to receive pension under Departmental Pension Scheme subject to fulfi llment of the following conditions:-
(i) He should be a fulltime/permanent employee of the religious institution.
(ii) He should have served minimum of 10 years as a fulltime/permanent employee.
(iii) He should have attained 60 years of age on superannuation or in case of voluntary retirement, he should have attained 50 years of age or completed twenty years of service.
(2) The spouse of a deceased employee of a religious institution, who was receiving pension under Departmental Pension Scheme, is entitled to receive family pension under Departmental Pension Scheme subject to fulfi llment of the following conditions:
(i) The deceased employee should have been drawing departmental pension.
(ii) The amount of family pension sanctioned shall be 50% of the prevailing departmental pension amount.