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Notification making rules to further amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021.

Detailed Summary

The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare) issued Notification G.S.R. 340(E) on 22nd May, 2025, in exercise of powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution, after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India. These rules, called the Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2025, amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 (principal rules published vide G.S.R. 868(E), dated 20th December, 2021). The amendment substitutes clause (c) in sub-rule (29) of rule 37 of the 2021 rules. The new clause states that dismissal or removal from service of a public sector undertaking employee after absorption for any subsequent misconduct shall lead to forfeiture of retirement benefits for service rendered under the Government. It also specifies that the undertaking's decision regarding dismissal, removal, or retrenchment is subject to review by the administratively concerned Ministry. The rules come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, and an Explanation clarifies the analogous application of rules 7, 8, 41, and sub-rule (5) of rule 44.

Full Text

REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-24052025-263355 EXTRAORDINARY PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 297] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2025/ JYAISTHA 2, 1947 MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS' WELFARE) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 22nd May, 2025 G.S.R. 340(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, namely : - 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2025. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, inrule 37, in sub-rule (29), for clause (c), the following shall be substituted, namely:- “(c) the dismissal or removal from service of the public sector undertaking of any employee after his absorption in such undertaking for any subsequent misconduct shall lead to forfeiture of the retirement benefits for the service rendered under the Government also and in the event of his dismissal or removal or retrenchment the decision of the undertaking shall be subject to review by the Ministry administratively concerned with the undertaking. Explanation - For the purposes of this sub-rule, the relevant provisions of rules 7 and 8 read with rule 41 and sub-rule (5) of rule 44shall be applicable analogous as it is applicable to a Government servant under these rules." [F. No. 04/17/2023-P&PW(D)] DHRUBAJYOTI SENGUPTA, Jt.Secy. Note: - The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 868(E), dated the 20th December, 2021.

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