The Supreme Court on Tuesday said a child adopted by a government servant's widow after his death would not be entitled for family pension.A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph and B.V. Nagarathna noted that a child is born to the deceased government .
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Entitlement to post-retirement benefits is based on the terms of the services and it is open for the Central government to fix a cut-off date for the purposes of changing the conditions relating to payment of pension to its employees, the Delhi High Court said on Monday. India News | Open for Centre to Fix Cut-off Date to Change Pension Conditions for Employees: Delhi HC.
The pension or gratuity may be withheld by the government indefinitely or for a predetermined time. Additionally, they have the authority to order the full or partial recovery of any financial loss incurred by the government from a pension or gratuity.
Apart from 'solicitous' calls from still serving officers, many retired military officers were convinced that unprejudiced comments to the media could hurt their pension payouts.