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Compassionate Allowance : An employee who is dismissed or removed from service shall forthwith forfeit his pension. Provided the authority competent to dismiss or remove the employee may if the case is deserving of special consideration, sanction Compassionate Allowance, not exceeding two thirds of the pension which, would have been admissible to him, if he had retired on the basis of medical certificate. General Conditions : 2.2. Good conduct is an implied condition for every grant of pension. The University reserves the right of withholding or withdrawing a pension, or, any part of it, if the pensioner is convicted of a serious crime, or, is guilty of grave misconduct, involving moral turpitude. 2.3. (a) In a case where a pensioner is convicted of a serious crime, action shall be taken in the light of judgment of the court relating to such conviction. (b) In a case not covered by the provisions of clause (a) above, if the competent authority considers, that the pensioner is prima-facie guilty of grave misconduct, it shall before passing an order - (i) serve upon the pensioner a notice specifying the action proposed to be taken against him and the grounds, on which it is proposed to be taken, and calling upon him to submit, within sixty days of the receipt of the notice, or, such further time, not exceeding fifteen days, as may be allowed by the competent authority, such representation as he may wish to make against the proposal; and (ii) take into consideration the representation, if any, submitted by the pensioner under sub clause (i); 183 PANJAB UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES (PENSION) (c) the decision of the University on any question of withholding or withdrawing the whole, or, any part of the pension under this Regulation shall be final and conclusive. 2.4. No recovery may be made from the pension of any employee (whether by reduction of pension or by deduction from pension), which has already been sanctioned, or, which is in the process of being sanctioned. 2.5. Provided that the University reserves the right of withholding, or, withdrawing a pension, or, part of it, whether permanently, or, for a specified period and the right of ordering the recovery from a pension of the whole, or, part of any pecuniary loss caused to the University, if in a departmental, or, judicial proceedings the pensioner is found guilty of grave misconduct, or, negligence during the period of his service including service rendered upon re-employment after retirement. (iii) Service qualifying for Pension 3.1. Unless otherwise provided by special provision or contract, the service of an employee shall begin to qualify for pension when he takes charge of the post to which he is first appointed. 3.2. Except for compensation gratuity, service does not qualify till the employee has completed eighteen years of age. 3.3. Following are the general conditions which should be fulfilled before service qualifies for pension :- First : The service must be under the University as defined hereinafter. Second : The service must be paid by the University as defined hereinafter. 3.4. The temporary employees shall be treated at par with permanent employees in respect of all retirement benefits viz : Retiring, Superannuation, Compensation and Invalid Pension, Service gratuity, Death gratuity and Retirement gratuity, provided that temporary service is followed without any interruption. 3.5. Service rendered by an employee as work-charged as also service paid from contingencies, qualifies for pension provided : (i) such service is followed by regular employment; (ii) such service is full-time job (and not part-time or portion of the day). 3.6. Following periods qualify for pension: (i) all duty whether interrupted or continuous; (ii) all periods of leave when leave salary is paid; (iii) joining time during which pay and allowances are paid; (iv) all periods of extraordinary leave which count for increment under the service rules; (v) extraordinary leave granted to accept a teaching/administrative post, or fellowship, or research-cum-teaching post, or an assignment of technical/ administrative, or academic work; (vi) periods of training if so ordered by the competent authority; (vii) service during the period of probation if followed by confirmation on the same or another post; 184 PANJAB UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES (PENSION) (viii) an employee who is dismissed, or removed from service, but reinstated on appeal or revision, is entitled to count his past service for pension, however, the period of break in service between the date of dismissal, or removal and the date of reinstatement, shall not count, unless regularised as duty, or leave by a specific order of the authority which passed the order of reinstatement; (ix) period of suspension, if the employee is fully exonerated of the charges; in other cases, where the employee is not fully exonerated and is reinstated for other reasons, the period of suspension will count only if so decided by the authority which ordered his reinstatement; (x) period spent on foreign service in, or outside India, if contributions towards pension are paid to the University by the foreign employer or the employee himself. 3.7. Following periods do not qualify for pension: (i) suspension adjudged as a specific penalty; (ii) casual or daily rate service; (iii) service preceding resignation except where such resignation is allowed to be withdrawn by the appointing authority, as provided in the relevant rules, or when such resignation has been submitted to take up with proper permission, another appointment under the University where service qualified for pension; (iv) joining time for which no pay and allowances are paid under the relevant rules; (v) service as an apprentice; (vi) period of overstayal of leave; (vii) period of foreign service outside India when no pension contributions are paid to the University. 3.8. Past qualifying service rendered by an employee is forfeited under the following circumstances : (i) resignation from service except as provided under Regulation 3.7. (iii); (ii) if an unauthorised leave of absence occurs in continuation of authorised leave of absence and if the post of the absentee has been substantively filled up, the past service of the absentee is forfeited; (iii) removal from service for misconduct, insolvency and inefficiency shall entail forfeiture of past service, provided that removal from service on account of failure to pass an examination shall not entail forfeiture; (iv) an interruption in the service of an employee caused by wilful absence from duty, or unauthorised absence without leave, shall entail forfeiture of the past service. (v) wilful abstinence from performing duties by an employee by resort to pendown strike shall be deemed to be wilful absence from duty and shall entail forfeiture of the past service. 3.9. An employee appointed to a service or post, shall be eligible to add to his service qualifying for superannuation pension (but not for any other pension), the actual period, not exceeding one fourth of the length of his service, or the actual period by which his age at the time of recruitment exceeded twenty five years, or a period of five years, whichever is less, if the service or post to which he is appointed is one – 185 PANJAB UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES (PENSION) (a) for which post-graduate research or specialist qualification or experience in scientific, technological or professional field is essential, and (b) to which candidates of more than twenty five years of age are normally recruited. Provided that this concession shall not be admissible to an employee unless this actual qualifying service at the time he quits University service is not less than ten years. 3.10. An employee who is blind, deaf, dumb, or, otherwise orthopaedically handicapped, or widow at the time of his /her entry into service shall be eligible to add to his/her service qualifying for superannuation pension, a period of 5 years. 3.11. An employee who becomes blind, deaf, dumb or otherwise orthopaedically handicapped, during the service, and is retired from service as a result thereof, shall also be eligible to add to his/her service qualifying for pension, a period of five years. 3.12. In the case of an employee retiring voluntarily, as per University Rules, after putting in, not less than 20 years’ qualifying service, weightage of five years shall be given in his actual qualifying service, so that the total qualifying service so increased shall not in any case exceed thirty three years, or the period of qualifying service which the employee would have completed had he retired on the date of his superannuation, whichever is less. 3.13. An employee who is declared invalid and retires on invalid Pension shall be granted weightage of five years in the qualifying service. If the qualifying service after the grant of weightage remains below ten years, it shall be raised to ten years for the grant of pension. 3.14. The service rendered by an employee under the Central Govt./Central Autonomous Body or State Govt./State Autonomous Body/recognised Universities/other recognised educational institutions including Institutions deemed to be Universities, shall, on his/her absorption in University service count for pension subject to the following conditions: (i) if he was borne on pensionable establishment, the service rendered by him shall be allowed to be counted towards pension under the University, irrespective of the fact whether he was temporary or permanent, in the previous organisation. The previous organisation shall discharge its pension liability by paying in lumpsum as one time payment the pro-rata pension/Service gratuity, Death gratuity and Retirement gratuity for the service up to the date of absorption in University service; pro-rata pension being determined with reference to the commutation table prescribed under Regulation 7.2. (ii) if he was enjoying C.P. Fund benefits under the previous organisation, he will have the option, either to receive C.P. Fund benefits which have accrued to him from the previous organisation and start service afresh under the University, or choose to count his previous service for pension under the University by foregoing employer’s share of C.P. Fund with interest received from the previous organisation which shall stand transferred to the University. (iv) Service Gratuity and Pension 4.1. The amount of pension that may be granted to an employee is determined by length of qualifying service, which shall be computed, in terms of completed half years. Fractions of a year equal to three months and above shall be treated as a complete half year and reckoned as qualifying for determining pension. 4.2. If the qualifying service rendered by an employee is less than ten years (20 half years), he shall be entitled to service gratuity, calculated at the rate of half month’s emoluments for every completed six monthly period of service. 186 PANJAB UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES (PENSION) 4.3. In the case of an employee who has rendered 10 years (20 half years), or more of qualifying service, the pension payable shall be calculated at the rate of 50% of average emoluments, if the qualifying service rendered is not less than 33 years (sixty six half years). In cases where the qualifying service is less than sixty six half years, the pension admissible shall first be calculated at 50% of average emoluments and then reduced proportionately, to completed half years service actually rendered, provided that pension shall, in no case, be less than Rs.375 per month. Death Gratuity and Retirement Gratuity 4.4. An employee who has completed five years of qualifying service shall be paid Retirement gratuity on his retirement at the rate of one fourth of emoluments for each completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 16-1/2 times the emoluments in the case of Class A and Class B employees and 17-1/2 times the emoluments in the case of Class C employees, provided that, in no case, the amount shall exceed one lakh rupees. 4.5. If an employee dies while in service, Death gratuity at the following rate, shall be paid to the person/persons on whom the right to receive the same is conferred under Regulation 4.6. Length of Qualifying Service Rate of Gratuity