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to any assistance which may be sanctioned from the
Consolidated Fund of India in terms of Department of
Pension & Pensioner’s O.M. No. 45/55/97-P&PW(C)
dated 11.9.98. In view of condition No. 12 contained in
the Annexure to the afore-mentioned O.M. which
provides that ex-gratia assistance paid from different
sources should not exceed Rs. 10 lakhs in each
individual case, the amount paid out of the Welfare Fund
will be in addition to the relief, if any, received from the
Consolidated Fund of India in terms of the aforementioned
O.M. However, the ex-gratia assistance out
of the Welfare Fund will be paid only if the death of the
official is directly attributable to the actual performance
of anti-smuggling / anti-evasion and anti-narcotics
duties. The Commissioners while forwarding proposals
in this respect would critically examine and report the
circumstances of death of the subject official.
(c) In case of injuries sustained in performance of
duties:
A sum of Rs. One lakh is to be sanctioned as Ex-gratia
financial assistance to officials / staff who sustain
permanent injury or disability during the performance
of Government duties.
(ii) The decision regarding grant of ex-gratia financial assistance
shall be delinked from the appointment on compassionate
grounds of a family member of the deceased official.
(iii) Time limit for submission of proposal
A time limit of two years from the death of officials has been
prescribed for submission of a proposal.
However, if for some reasons, a proposal for ex-gratia
financial assistance could not be submitted in the prescribed
time limit of 2 years after the death of an employee, but
survivor(s) of the deceased official deserver ex-gratia financial
assistance, on merit of the case, the same may be
submitted for consideration of the Governing Body, giving
full justification and reasons for the proposal not being
submitted within prescribed time limit of 2 years after the
death of the employee.
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