Government of Sindh, Finance Department has issued a Notification on 07-07-2022 in connection with Family Pension Right in Case of Unmarried Employee. Through this letter, the Sindh Government has made the following main amendments:

Family Pension Right in Case of Unmarried Employee

• Age has been reduced from 24 years to 21 years
• Finance Department has replaced the word Paisa with Rupees
• When a civil servant dies without getting married then 1^st priority is Mother to get a family pension
• 2^nd priority is Father
• Failing the mother and father then family pension to divorced daughter but this is for class “vi”

No.FD(SR-III)3-1165/2022:- In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 26 of the Sindh Civil Servants Act, 1973, the Government of Sindh is pleased to make the following amendments to the West Pakistan Civil Servants Pension Rules, 1963:-

Amendments

In Rule 4.10-

• For Sub-rule (1), the following shall be substituted:-

“family for the purpose of payment of family pension shall be as under:”

• In sub-rule (2) (A) –
• In clause (ii), for the figures “24”, the figures “21” shall be substituted;
• In the Note appearing under Clause (ii), for the word “Paisa”, the word “rupee” shall be substituted;
• Clause (iv) to (vii) shall be omitted;
• In sub-rule (2) (B) –
• For clauses (i) and (ii), the following shall be substituted:-

“(i) to the mother in the case when a civil servant dies without getting married or otherwise having no family as described in rule 4.10 (2) (A)”

                               “(ii) failing the mother, to the father in the case when a civil servant dies without getting

                          married or otherwise  having no family as described in Rule 4.10 (2)(A).”,

• Clauses (iii) to (v) shall be omitted;
• For clause (vi), the following shall be substituted:-

“(vi) failing the mother and the father, to the divorced daughter;”;

• Clause (vii) shall be omitted;
• In sub-rule (3), clause (c) shall be omitted.

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Full Details / Explanation of Notification

I shall soon fully update this post after getting all details about this Notification. As soon as I get the updates, I shall update this post soon In Sha Allah. So keep tuned with me.