Pension

(1) There shall be paid to every person who has served for a term or part of it as,- (i) a member of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, or (ii) a member of the Telangana Legislative Council, or (iii) partly as a member of the said Legislative Assembly and partly as a member of the said Legislative Council; A pension of Rs. 30,000/- (rupees thirty thousand only) per mensem for the first term or a part of it and a pension of Rs. 1,000/- (rupees one thousand only) per mensem for each year of his service in subsequent term as such member, so however, that in no case the pension payable to such person shall exceed Rs. 50,000/-(rupees fifty thousand only) per mensem. Explanation:- For the purposes of this sub-section,- (a) the period during which a person served as a member of the Legislative Assembly or Legislative Council or partly as a member of the Legislative Assembly and partly as a member of the Legislative Council, as it existed during the period commencing from the 15th August, 1947, and ending with the 1st November, 1956, of the Former Province or State of Madras or State of Hyderabad or State of Andhra shall be taken into account in computing the first term or a part of it and the number of years in respect of subsequent term; (b) in respect of the subsequent term the period of one year shall be counted from the date of declaration of results of the election or, as the case may be, from the date of the nomination; (c) in respect of the subsequent term the fractions of a year not less than six months, except in the case of the first year of service in such subsequent term as such member, shall be counted as one year and other fractions shall be disregarded. (d) the computation of service for the first term or a part of it, shall be from the date of declaration of results of the election or as the case may be, from the date of nomination. (2) Where any person entitled to pension under sub-section (1) is also entitled to any salary from the Central Government or the State Government or any Corporation owned or controlled by the Central Government or the State Government or any Local Authority under any law or otherwise or has become otherwise entitled to any remuneration from such Government, Corporation, or Local Authority, such person shall not be entitled to any pension under sub-section (1) for the period during which he continues to be entitled to such salary or remuneration: Provided that where the salary or remuneration referred to in this sub-section (1), such person shall be entitled only to receive the difference as pension under this sub-section. Explanation I:- For the purpose of this sub-section, the expression “salary” shall, in relation to a Member of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council, include the constituency allowance to which he is entitled under clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section 11. Explanation II:- For the purpose of this sub-section, the expression “remuneration” shall not include pension to which a person is entitled from the Central Government or the State Government or the Corporation or the Local Authority referred to therein. (3) In computing the number of years in respect of subsequent term for the purpose of sub-section (1), the period during which a person has served as a Chief Minister, Deputy Chief Minister, Minister and Deputy Minister, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker, the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman, the Chief Whip in the Assembly, Whip in the Assembly and the Chief Whip and Whip in the Council or held any of the offices specified in sections 12-A and 12-B or both by virtue of his membership of the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council, shall also be taken into account. (4) The spouse of a deceased Member, who is not re-married, shall be entitled to receive the pension, which the deceased member would have been entitled to receive under this section, had he been alive.