defence services regulations pension regulations for the army

70(c) Subject to the general conditions as per clause (a) above, claims to arrears ofpension for a period upto three years in respect of deceased pensioners drawing pensionfrom Defence Pension Disbursing Office shall be paid on his authority and arrears for aperiod over three years by the concerned Controller of Defence Accounts under whoseadministrative control the Defence Pension Disbursing Officers are functioning.(d) Claims to arrears of pension on account of deceased Gorkha pensionersdrawing pension from the following Pension Disbursing Authorities shall, however,subject to the general conditions as per clause (a) above, be disposed off by the officespecified below instead of Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions):Pension Paying Office Kathmandu; Military Attachée/ Assistant MilitaryAttachée to Indian Embassy at Nepal,Defence Pension Disbursing Office,GorakhpurDarjeeling TreasuryDarbhanga & Purnea TreasuriesKathmanduThe Recruiting Officer or DeputyRecruiting Officer or Record Office orAssistant Recruiting Officer forGorkhas, Kunraghat (Gorakhpur)The Deputy Recruiting Officer orRecord Office or Assistant RecruitingOfficer Ghoom, Darjeeling.The Deputy Recruiting Officer and RecordOffice or Assistant Recruiting Officer,Ghoom or the Collectors Darbhanga andPurnea, as the case may be.Bahraich & Gonda TreasuriesPension Payment Officer Pokhara andDharanThe Recruiting Officer or DeputyRecruiting Officer and Record Office orAssistant Recruiting Officer forGorkhas, Kunraghat (Gorakhpur) orDeputy Commissioner, Bahariach andGonda, as the case may be.Officer-in-charge of the respectivePension Payment Office.(e) When the exact date of a pensioner’s death cannot be ascertained, thePrincipal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) shall have the power to admitarrears of pension for the entire month in which the casualty occurred, but when themonth or year of death is not known, the payment of arrears shall be limited to a periodof one month.(f) In case of Gorkha pensioners, the certificates of death and heirship grantedby Mukhia of the Government of Nepal must be countersigned by MilitaryAttaché/Assistant Military Attache to the Indian Embassy, Nepal or the RecruitingOfficer, Deputy Recruiting Officer and Record Officer, or Assistant Recruiting Officerfor the Gorkhas, Kunraghat or Ghoom, as the case may be.Pension Regulations for the Army, Part II (2008)