Para 8 — NPS
Original Rule Text
Expansion of NPS 8. NPS, which was made mandatory to Govt employees wef 01 Apr 2004, has been made available to every citizen from 1st April 2009 on a voluntary basis. Those who were earlier in old pension scheme but later on joined under NPS, through proper channel they remained in the old scheme.
8. Whether a government servant who was already in service prior to 1.1.2004, if appointed in a different post under the Government of India, will be governed by the CCS (Pension) Rules or NPS?
In cases where Government servants apply for posts in the same or other departments and on selection they are asked to render technical resignation, the past services are counted towards pension under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. Since the Government servant had originally joined government service prior to 1-1-2004, he should be covered under the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.