Eligibility for permissiveness of family pension

Following member of family shall be eligible for permissiveness for family pension- (1) wife/ husband; (2) Son less than the age of 25 years on date of death with the restriction that if he start earning livelihood then till the date of earning livelihood or the age of 25 years, whichever is earlier. (3) Unmarried daughter, less than age of 25 years on the date of death with the restriction that if she start earning livelihood or she get married or till the completion of age of 25 years, whichever is earlier. Children mentioned in sub-section (2) and (3) includes step and legally adopted before retirement. (4) There shall be no obligation of age on disable or mentally challenged children who are eligible for family pension under provision of this Act. Widow or divorcee daughter shall also be considered to included in family. If spouse and children, mentioned eligible in above said categories, of the deceased Government servant are not in the family, then his mother/ father shall be considered to included in his family. (5) There shall be the following condition to make the unmarried daughter of Government employees /pensioners eligible also after attaining the age of twenty five years- (a) Family pension to unmarried daughter shall be sanctioned according to their date of birth and the younger daughter shall not be eligible for family pension till the elder daughter next to her is declared ineligible; (b) unmarried daughters of more than twenty five years shall be eligible for family pension only when other eligible children under age of twenty years are not eligible for pension and there is no disable child in family to receive family pension.