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No. 4208 വാലം 12 Vol. XII
1199 ധനു 12 12th Dhanu 1199 Thiruvananthapuram, Thursday
1945 ചപൗഷം 7 7th Pousha 1945
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
Finance (Pension-B) Department
NOTIFICATION
G.O.(P)No.123/2023/FIN
Dated, 26th December, 2023
Thiruvananthapuram S. R. O. No. 1395/2023
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968), read with section 3 thereof, the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend the Kerala Service Rules, namely:-
2RULES
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Kerala Service (Tenth Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) They shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment of the Rules.- In Part III of the Kerala Service Rules,-
(i) for rule 135, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
"135. Lapses and Forfeiture – If a Pension/Family Pension/ Compassionate Allowance remains undrawn for more than three years, the Pension/Family Pension/Compassionate Allowance ceases to be payable".
(ii) for rule 136, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
"136. If the pensioner afterwards appears, the Disbursing Officer may reclaim the pension payment order and renew his payment, if the period is less than 3 years.
In case where pension remains undrawn for more than three years both halves of Pension Payment Order are to be forwarded to Accountant General for revalidation.
The amount of arrears cannot be paid, without the previous sanction of the Government, if such amount exceeds Rs.3,00,000/-.
Note 1.- The term Pension includes Pension, Family Pension and Compassionate Allowance.
Note 2.- The request for arrears along with arrear statement shall be forwarded to Finance Department by the Disbursing Officer for Sanction".
(iii) for the heading for rule 138, the following heading shall be substituted, namely:-
"138. Deceased Pensioners or Family Pensioners."
By order of the Governor, SANJAY M KAUL, IAS,
Secretary (Finance)
3Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) As per rule 135 of Part III of the Kerala Service Rules, if a pension remains undrawn for more than three years, the pension ceases to be payable. But the family pension and compassionate allowance remains silent there. Also in rule 136, related with the payment of arrears to pensioners also same clarification is needed. Hence the Government decided to include Family Pension and Compassionate Allowance in rule 136 of Part III of the Kerala Service Rules.
The notification is intended to achieve the above object.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ PUBLISHED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT OF GOVERNMENT PRESSES AT THE GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 2023