Rule 47 — CCS

47. Persons to whom gratuity is payable.- (1)

(a) The gratuity payable under rule 45 shall be paid to the person or persons on whom the right to receive the gratuity is conferred by means of a nomination under rule 46.

is no such nomination or if the nomination made does not subsist, the gratuity shall be paid in the below,

(i) if there are one or more surviving members of the family as in clauses (i), (ii), (iii),

(iv) and

(v) of the explanation below sub-rule (6) of rule 45, to all such members in equal shares; or

(ii) if there are no such surviving members of the family as in sub-clause

(i) above, but there are one or more members as in clauses (vi), (vii), (viii), (ix),

(x) and

(xi) of the explanation below sub-rule (6) of rule 45, to all such members in equal shares.

(2) In case a nominee pre-deceases the Government servant and the right conferred on that nominee has not been passed on to any other person under sub-rule (4) of rule 46 or the nomination made in respect of such person does not subsist or the nomination has become invalid on account of happening of any contingency mentioned therein, the share of gratuity in respect of such nominee shall be disbursed equally to all other members of the family who were eligible and alive on the date of death of the Government servant, including the members of the family in whose favour nomination has been made for payment of remaining amount of gratuity.

(3) In case a Government servant dies after retirement without receiving the retirement gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) of rule 45, the gratuity shall be disbursed to the family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1) of this rule.

(4) The right of a female member of the family, or that of a brother, of a Government servant who dies while in service or after retirement, to receive the share of gratuity shall not be affected if the female member marries or remarries, or the brother attains the age of eighteen years, after the death of the Government servant and before receiving her or his share of the gratuity.

(5) Where gratuity is granted under rule 45 to a minor member of the family of the deceased Government servant, it shall be payable to the guardian on behalf of the minor.

(6) s a certificate of guardianship. (7) gratuity may be made to the guardian without the production of a guardianship certificate but on production of an indemnity bond in Format 7 and t production of the certificate of guardianship.

(8) If there are more than one member of the family eligible to receive gratuity under this rule and if a member of the family has not submitted his claim for gratuity in Form 9, the case for sanction of gratuity to him may be processed after his claim has been received and the case of other eligible members of the family for sanction of gratuity may be processed without linking it with the case of the family member who has not submitted the claim in Form 9.

* (II) No valid nomination for grant of gratuity exists in this Office. In terms of Rule 47 and Rule 51 (in the case of missing Government servant only) of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, a gratuity is payable to the following members of the family of Shri/Smt./Km. ....................................................................................................