Preliminary
1. Short title and commencement: (1) These rules may be called the Railway Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1993.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application: These rules shall apply to railway servants appointed on or before the 31 st day of December, 2003 and who are entitled to or have been authorised any class of pension referred to in Chapter V of the Railway Pension Rules.
(Authorities: Railway Board’s letter No. F(E)III/2003/PN1/38(Amendment)II dated30.12.03 )
3. Definitions: (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,
(a) “applicant” means a railway servant, including a retired railway servant, who applies for commutation of a fraction of pension in such one of the Forms 1 to 3 as may be applicable to the case of the applicant;
(b)
(c) “Chief Medical Authority” means the Chief Medical Officer, as the case may be, of the railways; and for the staff of Railway Board covered by Central Government Health Scheme, the Chairman of the Central Standing Medical Board, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital or Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi;
(d) “retirement gratuity” means the gratuity payable under sub-rule (1) of rule 70 of the Railway (Pension) Rules;
(e)
(d) “disbursing authority” means-
(i) Branch of a Nationalised Bank; or
(ii) Treasury including sub-treasury; or
(iii) Accounts Officer; or
(iv) Branch of a Post Office, from where the applicant is receiving pension authorised under the Railway Pension Rules;
(e) “Form” means a Form appended to these rules;
(f) “Head of Office,” means a gazetted officer refered to in clause (15) of rule 3 of the Railway Pension Rules:
(g)
(h) “Medical authority” means medical authority refered in rule 23;
(i)
(j) “Pension” means any class of pension including Compassionate allowance refered to in Chapter V of the Railway Pension Rules but does not include extra pension and the amount, by whatever name called, granted by the railway to a Pensioner as a Compensation for higher cost of living:
(k)
(i) “Provisional Pension” means the pension referred to in rule 10 or rule 9, as the case may be, of the Railway Pension Rules,
(j) “Railway Pension Rules” means the Railway Services (Pension) Rule, 1993;
(k) “Table” means the table in Appendix to these rules.
(2) The words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Railway Services (Pension) Rules.