Government of the Punjab, Finance Department issued a Notification on 06-01-2025 in connection with the Clarification Amendment Punjab Pension Rules 2024. The details are as follows:
Clarification Amendment Punjab Pension Rules 2024-2025
Kindly refer to your letter bearing No.SO (TR-II) 2-85/2023/PRTC, dated 23-12-2024 in the subject noted above.
- The case has been examined and the reply to the positions raised by the Administrative Department is as under:
Queries and Replies Amendments in the Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules
| Sr No | The query from the Administrative Department | Reply from the Finance Department |
| 1 | The Punjab Road Transport Corporation was defunct in 1997 and its employees were given the Golden Hand Shake Scheme. The PRTC (defunct) had adopted the Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules, 1963 for the disbursement of pensions to its employees. The query crops up whether the Notification dated 02.12.2024 is applicable to the employees of the Punjab Road Transport Corporation or not?
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Since the defunct Punjab Road Transport Corporation (PRTC) had adopted the Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules for the disbursement of pensions to its employees, therefore, the Finance Department’s Notification No. FD-SR-III-4-244/2023(B) dated 02.12.2024 will apply to the employees of PRTC who retire on or after 02.12.2024. However, in the earlier retirement cases where the employees retired before 0212.2024 and their retirement cases were processed as per previous Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules, after their death/disentitlement on or after 02.12.2024, their family pension cases will be processed as per Finance Department’s Notification No. FD-SR-HI-4-244/2023(B) dated 02.12.2024.
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| 2 | In the light of the above-mentioned Notification, the family pension has been restricted to the extent of the spouse only, and that too for 10 years or till remarriage of the widow whichever is earlier, except for the issueless spouse The question arises whether the period of the 10 years will be calculated from the date of sanction of the family pension to the already existing family pensioners or from the date of the above-referred Notification i.e. 02-12-2024?
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If the family pension was sanctioned before 02.12.2024, the spouse will remain entitled to a family pension as per previous Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules. However, in case the entitlement of family pension will become due on or after 02.12.2024, such family pension cases will
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| 3 | Furthermore, sub-rules 1 to 6 of Rule 4.10 have been substituted rendering family pensioners, except the spouse, as ineligible. Clarity is required whether the family pension, excluding the spouse, will be eligible from the date of issuance of the above-referred Notification or not.
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Existing family pensioners will continue drawing family pension as per previous Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules. However, after the ineligibility/death of the spouse on or after 02.12.2024, the pension will not be transferable to any other family member. Further, in case any eligible family member is already drawing a family pension under the previous Punjab Civil Services Pension Rules, he will continue drawing the same till the date of his / her entitlement. After his/her ineligibility/death on or after 02.12.2024, the family pension will be stopped / not transferable.
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| 4 | Further whether the family pensioners, excluding the spouse, who are already drawing pension continue to draw the pension or their pension will be discontinued from the date of the said Notification i.e. 02-12-2024?
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As above.
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