If the employee originally joined government service before 1 January 2004 and their past service is counted for pension (technical resignation route), they remain under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, not NPS.
Source: NPS Rule 1
Does a government servant who previously served under the old pension scheme but switches departments face NPS?
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