GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FINANCE DEPARTMENT …

1 GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA FINANCE DEPARTMENT MAHARASHTRA CIVIL SERVICES (PENSION) RULES,1982 FINANCIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA (Revised up to 31st July,1992) SECOND EDITION 1995 PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT PRESS NAGPUR MAHARASHTRA CIVIL SERVICES (PENSION) RULES,1982 FINANCIAL PUBLICATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA (Revised up to 31st July,1992) SECOND EDITION PREFACE The First Edition of the Bombay Civil Services Rules, 1959, in Volumes I & II was printed in 1959 after the reorganization of States in 1956.

2 Various developments have taken place since then the Reorganization of the Bilingual Bombay State into the two States of MAHARASHTRA and Gujarat as also changes have been made in the rules through numerous amendments issued from time to time, during the last several years. As a result, a good deal of difficulty was being experienced in practice in understanding and applying these rules properly. The need to have revised and simplified Service Rules was being acutely felt.

3 GOVERNMENT , therefore, has decided to publish the following self-contained subject wise sets of Service Rules:- (1) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (General Conditions of Services) Rules. (2) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Pay) Rules. (3) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Joining Time, Foreign Service and Payments during Suspension, Dismissal and Removal) Rules. (4) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Leave) Rules. (5) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Pension) Rules. (6) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Honoraria, Fee, Compensatory Local and House Rent Allowances) Rules.

4 (7) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Occupation of GOVERNMENT Residences) Rules. (8) MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Traveling Allowances) Rules. These sets of rules seek to codify the provisions of existing rules in the Bombay Civil Services Rules subjectwise and the various orders issued by GOVERNMENT with such rewording as have become necessary to put them in the form of statutory rules. 2. The first four sets of rules {S. Nos. (1) to (4)] issued under GOVERNMENT Notification.}

5 FINANCE DEPARTMENT . No. and 4/ MCSR-Cell, dated the 23rd July 1981. This is the fifth set of rules framed by the Governor of MAHARASHTRA under the proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution of India, which have been issued under GOVERNMENT Notification, FINANCE DEPARTMENT , No. MSC. 1082/2/5 SER-6, date the 12th August 1982, come into force with effect from 15th August 1982. The remaining sets of rules will be issued later on. 3. GOVERNMENT has published separately the rules called the MAHARASHTRA Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981 under GOVERNMENT Notification, FINANCE DEPARTMENT No.

6 COP-1081/CR-1411/SER-4, dated the 10th December 1981 and have come into force with effect from 1st December 1981. 4. To make each set of rules as self-contained as possible, the relevant delegation of powers. Appendices and the relevant Forms pertaining to a particular subject have also been included therein. 5. This set of rules pertains to Pension matter of employees of the MAHARASHTRA GOVERNMENT . The Marathi version will be published separately.

7 6. For facility of reference a comparative table has been appended to this set of rules at the end indicating the numbers of these rules, and the corresponding provisions of the Bombay Civil Services, Rules, 1959. The table also indicates the provisions of the Bombay Civil Services Rules; 1959which have been deleted from this set of rules. 7. Omissions or inaccuracies, if any, in this set of rules, may please be brought to the notice of the FINANCE DEPARTMENT .

8 Dated 12th August 1982 V. PRABHAKAR, FINANCE DEPARTMENT , Special Secretary to GOVERNMENT , Mantralaya, Bombay 400032 FINANCE DEPARTMENT . MAHARASHTRA CIVIL SERVICES .. 1 GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA 1 RULES,1982.

9 2 FINANCIAL PUBLICATION OF THE .. 2 SECOND EDITION .. 2 PREFACE .. 3 CONSTITUTION OF 11 CHAPTER I-GENERAL .. 11 1. Short title and 11 2. Extent of application .. 11 3. Right to interpret .. 11 4. Power of relaxation .. 12 5. Validity of terms of contract .. 12 6. Regulation of claims to pension or Family Pension .. 12 7. Exercise and delegation of powers under these rules .. 13 8. Reasons for concessions to be communicated to Audit Officer .. 13 CHAPTER II-DEFINITIONS .. 14 CHAPTER 22 10.

10 Age of retirement .. 22 11. Retirement according to the character of the post held in an officiating capacity and not the post held in a substantive capacity .. 24 12. Extension in service beyond the age of compulsory retirement .. 25 13. Grant of refused leave not to be treated as an extension in service .. 25 14. Application of rule 10 to re-employed GOVERNMENT 25 15. Review of cases before Superannuation or expiry of extension of service.. 25 16. Claim for compensation for retirement is not to be entertained.