Rule 74 — CCS

74. Forwarding the family pension case to the Accounts Officer.- (1) On receipt of claim or claims, the Head of Office shall complete the Form 11 in respect of a deceased Government servant or a missing Government servant and send the said Form 11 to the Accounts Officer, with a covering letter in Format 10 along with the undertaking to the Bank in Format 9, duly completed and up-to-date service book of the Government servant and any other documents relied upon for the verification of the service claimed. This shall be done not later than one month of the receipt of claim by the Head of Office.

(2) The claim of a member of the family of the deceased or missing Government servant shall not be rejected on the ground that the details of such member of the family are not available in Form 4 or office records, if the Head of Office is otherwise satisfied about the eligibility of the member of the family for grant of family pension under these rules.

(3) The Head of Office shall retain one copy of the aforesaid Format 10, Form 10 and Form 11 for his office record. (4) The Head of Office shall draw the attention of the Accounts Officer to the details of Government dues outstanding against the deceased or missing Government servant, namely:-

(a) Government dues as ascertained and assessed in term of rule 77 and recoverable out of the gratuity before payment is authorised;

(b) amount of gratuity to be held over partly for adjustment of Government dues which have not been assessed so far and partly as margin for adjustment in the light of the final determination of the gratuity;

(c) the maximum amount of gratuity to be held over for the purpose of clause

(b) shall be limited to ten per cent of the amount of gratuity.