Composition of the Board of Management and conduct of its meeting

(1) (a) The gratuity payable under Rule 27 shall be paid to the person or persons on whom the right to receive the gratuity is conferred by means of a nomination in Form 1 or 2, as the case may be, as appropriate in the circumstances of the case conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the retirement/ death gratuity. (b) If there is no such nomination or if the nomination made does not subsist, the gratuity shall be paid in the manner indicated below :- (i) If there are one or more surviving members of the family as in the following sub-clauses (aa), (bb), (cc) and (dd) to all such members in equal shares: (aa) wife or wives including judicially separated wife or wives in the case of a male employee; (bb) husband including judicially separated husband in the case of a female employee; (cc) sons including step-sons and adopted sons; and (dd) unmarried daughters including step-daughters and adopted daughters. (ii) If there are no such surviving members of the family as in clause (i) above, but there are one or more members as in the following sub-clauses (aa), (bb), (cc) and (dd), (ee), (ff) and (gg) to all such members in equal shares: (aa) widowed daughters including step-daughters and adopted daughters; (bb) father including adoptive parents in the case of individuals (cc) mother whose personal law permits adoption; (dd) brothers below the age of eighteen years including step-brothers; (ee) unmarried sisters and widowed sisters including step-sisters; (ff) married daughters; and (gg) children of the pre-deceased son. (2) If an employee dies after retirement without receiving the gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) of Rule 27 the gratuity shall be disbursed to the family in the manner indicated in sub-rule (1). (3) The right of a female member of the family, or that of a brother, of an employee who dies while in service or after retirement, to receive the share of gratuity shall not be affected if the female marries or re-marries, or the brother attains the age of eighteen years, after the death of the employee and before receiving her or his share of the gratuity. (4) Where gratuity is granted under Rule 27 to a minor member of the family of the deceased employee, it shall be payable to the guardian on behalf of the minor.