Haryana Government vide notification No. 2/23/ 2016, Pension(FD) dated 28.07.2023 (3 pages) (in English and Hindi), published in Haryana Government e-Gazette, on 15.08.2023 amended in Rule 54 and Form Pen 16 & 17 of Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules 2016.
In the Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2016 (herein after called the said rules), for rule 54, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:-
In the event of death of a pensioner, the family pension to his/her widow widower shall be made under the same pension payment order under which the pensioner was dra ing his pension. The pension disbursing authority shall start payment of family pension to the widow wide wer on receipt of death certificate of the pensioner along with a simple request for the grant of family pension. If the widow widower is not alive or eligible then the family pension shall be payable to the other eligible family member(s), who shall apply to the concerned pension sanctioning authority by surrendering the pension payment order of the pensioner along with two copies of self photograph and the other necessary documents as required by the pension sanctioning authority. The pension sanctioning authority on receipt of such request shall forward the case to the Principal Accountant General (Accounts and Entitlement). Haryana for issue of fresh pension payment order. Such member(s) shall also be entitled to receive the life time arrears of family pension, if any, without production of succession certificate. Where there is no next family member eligible for family pension, the payment of life time arrears shall be made as per nomination provided for death-cum-retirement gratuity otherwise on production of succession certificate.”
