Payment of Family Pension (Submission of Documents) Rules

THE PAYMENT OF FAMILY PENSION (SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS) RULES, 2021

G.S.R. 349(E).—The following rules which have been made by the Joint Committee constituted under sub-section (1) of section 9 of the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954), after consultation with the Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by clauses (ee) and (g) of sub-section (3) of the said section, and have been approved and confirmed by the Chairman of the Council of States and the Speaker of the House of the People, as required by subsection (4) of that section, are published for general information:—

THE PAYMENT OF FAMILY PENSION (SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTS) RULES, 2021

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Payment of Family Pension
   (Submission of Documents) Rules, 2021.
   (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
   
2. Definitions.-In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
   (a) “Act” means the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament Act, 1954 (30 of 1954);
   (b) “family pension” means the amount payable, if claimed, to the spouse or dependents of a deceased member or ex-member of Parliament under the Act;
   (c) “section” means a section of the Act;
   (d) words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings, respectively assigned to them in the Act.
   
3. Submission of documents by sitting members.-
   
   (1) Sitting members immediately after taking their seat in the respective Houses of Parliament shall also submit the following documents, duly attested by them, to facilitate expeditious processing of family pension cases, as and when applied for, as per the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 8AC:-
   (a) four photographs and four specimen signatures or thumb impression of the spouse or dependent, as the case may be, as per the Annexure A to these rules;
   (b) details of family members may be given in the proforma annexed as Annexure B to these rules.
   
   (2) Members shall also intimate immediately the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as the case may be, about any change in the status of the person referred to in clause (a) of sub-rule(1).
   
4. Submission of documents by ex-members.-
   
   (1) Ex-members shall, while submitting application for pension, also submit details of family members and dependents in the proforma annexed as Annexure B to these rules along with four photographs and four specimen signatures or thumb impression, duly attested by ex-member himself or herself, of the spouse or dependent, as the case may be, who may be eligible for family pension, if applied for, as per the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 8AC.
   
   (2) The application for pension, four photographs and four specimen signatures or thumb impression referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be submitted in Form A annexed to these rules.
   
   (3) Ex-members shall also intimate immediately the Lok Sahba Secretariat or Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as the case may be, about any change in the status of the person referred to in sub-rule (1).
   
5. Submission of documents by spouse of member.-
   
   (1) The spouse of member shall, while applying for family pension, in addition to Death Certificate issued by the Municipal Authority or the local Panchayat of the area, also submit:-
   (a) ex-member’s Identity Card (in original) issued by the Lok Sahba or Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as the case may be, and in case the original Identity Card is lost or not found or untraceable, an affidavit shall be submitted by the claimant regarding loss or misplace of Identity Card of exmember;
   (b) affidavit showing reasons for dependency on the sitting member or ex-member;
   (c) Indemnity Bond duly certified by First or Second Class Magistrate; and
   (d) the marriage certificate and if the same is not available, succession certificate issued by First or Second Class Magistrate, in case of any variation in the information furnished by the sitting member or ex-member, as required under clause (b) of sub-rule (1) of rule 3 or sub-rule (1) of rule 4.
   
   (2) The application for family pension referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be submitted in Form B annexed to these rules.
   
6. Submission of documents by dependents of member.-
   
   (1) Dependent while applying for family pension, in addition to Death Certificate issued by the Municipal Authority or the local Panchayat of the area, shall also submit:-
   (a) by the 31st March of every year an affidavit that he or she still continues to be a dependent, failing which their family pension shall be discontinued or stopped;
   (b) Succession Certificate issued by First or Second Class Magistrate;
   (c) ex-member’s Identity Card (in original) issued by the Lok Sahba or Rajya Sabha Secretariat, as the case may be, and in case the original Identity Card is lost or not found or untraceable, an affidavit shall be submitted by the claimant regarding loss or misplace of Identity Card of exmember; and
   (d) Indemnity Bond duly certified by First/Second Class Magistrate.
   
   (2) The application for family pension referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be submitted in Form B annexed to these rules.

Annexure on Page 27