Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Amendment Rules, 2025 – Notification G.S.R. 258(E) dated 24.04.2025
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th April, 2025
G.S.R. 258(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 to amend the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Payment of Gratuity under the National Pension System) 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 (Payment of Gratuity under National Pension System) Rules, 2021, (hereinafter referred to “the said rules”), in rule 2, in the proviso, after the words, brackets and figures “the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 1939”, the words, brackets and figures “or the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 or the Central Civil Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2023” shall be inserted.
3. In the said rules, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), for clause (h), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-
“(h) ‘gratuity’ includes retirement gratuity, death gratuity and residuary gratuity payable under these rules;”.
4. In the said rules, in rule 4, in sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that in a case where the Government servant immediately before his retirement or death was absent from duty on leave or otherwise or under suspension, the day of retirement or death shall be part of such leave or absence or suspension.”.
5. In the said rules, after rule 4, the following rule and Explanation shall be inserted, namely:-
“4A. Limitations on amount of gratuity.– A Government servant who, having retired on superannuation gratuity or retiring gratuity or compulsory retirement gratuity or who is in receipt of a compassionate gratuity on having been dismissed or removed from service, is subsequently re-employed, shall not be entitled to a separate gratuity for the period of his re-employment:
Provided that a Government servant who was previously appointed in an autonomous body or a public sector undertaking and was subsequently appointed, with proper permission of that body or undertaking, in the Government service, shall be eligible for gratuity for the service rendered in the Government in addition to the gratuity, if any, received by him from the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking for the service rendered in that body or undertaking:
Provided further that the total amount of gratuity in respect of the service rendered in the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking and the service rendered under the Government shall not exceed the amount that would have been admissible taking into account the entire service rendered by the Government servant in the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking and the Government and the emoluments on retirement from Government.
Explanation.-1 A Government servant shall be deemed to have been appointed in the Government with proper permission if he had applied for the service or post in the Government with previous permission of the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking and the order of the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking clearly indicates that the employee is resigning to join the post in the Government with proper permission of the autonomous body or the public sector undertaking, as the case may be;
Explanation.-2 Gratuity, if any, on account of service rendered in an autonomous body or a public sector undertaking shall be paid by the concerned autonomous body or the public sector undertaking itself and there shall be no liability on the part of the Government towards gratuity for the service rendered by the Government servant in the said autonomous body or the public sector undertaking before joining service under the Government.”.
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