ANDHRA PRADESH REVISED PENSION RULES, 1980 (As ... - APHB

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Executive Instructions
Admissibility of Family Pension in respect of the military pensioner
re-employed in Civil Service:-
(a) If, on regular appointment in a civil service or a civil post, a
military pensioner has, in the course of his re-employment, opted to retain
military pension for the past military service in terms of Rule 19 (1)(a) of A.P.
Revised Pension Rules, 1980, he shall exercise another option to receive
family pension admissible under the relevant provisions governing family
pension in Revised Pension Rules, 1980 or the family pension already
authorised under relevant instructions of Army/Navy/Air Force, as the case
may be. The option shall be exercised within a period of six months of the
date of issue of the orders of regular appointment to a civil service or post on
re-employment or within a period of three months of his return from leave,
whichever is later, if he is on leave. If no option is exercised within the period
aforesaid, he shall be deemed to have opted for family pension authorised
under the relevant instructions of Army/Navy/Air Force as the case may be.
(b) If, on his regular appointment in a civil service or civil post, in
the course of re-employment, he has opted to surrender military pension and
count in lieu thereof, the military service also for civil pension, he shall be
governed by the family pension admissible under the pension rules applicable
to him in respect of his civil service or civil post.
(c) If a military pensioner is employed in civil service and dies
while holding the civil post before the expiry of the period for exercising option
as envisaged in (a) above, his family may be allowed to opt for the family
pension admissible under the relevant provisions of the pension rules applicable
to him in the civil post or the family pension authorised at the time of his
retirement or discharge from the military service under relevant instructions
of Army/Navy/Air force as the case may be.
For this purpose, an option shall be given. If the option is not given
within 6 months as envisaged in (a) above, the State Civil Pension Rules will
be made applicable, which shall be final.
(G.O.Ms.No.195, Fin. & Plg. (FW: Pen.I) Dept., dt.12-5-1985 w.e.f 21-5-85)
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