7th Pay Commission: Death-cum-Retirement Benefits rules for AIS changed. Notification details here

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7th Pay Commission Central Government Employees Latest News July 2023: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has amended All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Rules, 1958. The amended rules came into effect on 6th July 2023 and are called All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Amendment Rules, 2023.

As per the Gazette notification dated 6th July 2023, the following are important details of changes made to All India Services (Death-cum-Retirement Benefits) Amendment Rules.

Where a member of service, immediately before his retirement or death while in service, was on leave, and earned an increment which was not withheld, such increment, though not actually drawn, shall be included in his emoluments or average emoluments.

General Conditions – (1) Future good conduct shall be an implied condition of every grant of pension and its continuance under these rules.

2) The Central Government may withhold or withdraw a pension or a part thereof, for a specified period or indefinitely, either on a reference from the State Government concerned or otherwise, if after retirement, a pensioner is convicted of a serious crime or be guilty of grave misconduct:

3) Where a pensioner is convicted of a serious crime by a Court of Law, action under sub-rule (2) shall be taken in the light of the judgment of the court relating to such conviction.

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4) In a case not falling under sub-rule (3), if the Central Government considers that the pensioner is prima facie guilty of grave misconduct, he shall, before passing an order under sub-rule (2), –

(a) serve upon the pensioner a notice specifying the action proposed to be taken against him and