The Railway Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2026: Railway Board Notification No. G.S.R 806(E) dated 10.09.2026
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(Railway Board)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th September, 2026
G.S.R 806(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules, namely:-
1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Railway Services (Extraordinary Pension) Rules, 2026.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Application.- (1) These rules shall apply to the railway servants to whom the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 2026 apply:
Provided that in the event of death or discharge from the service on the ground of disability of a railway servant, who is covered by the Railway Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2025, the benefits of family pension, disability pension and constant attendant allowance under these rules shall be payable to the railway servant or his family, as the case may be, if the railway servant had exercised an option to this effect under rule 10 of the Railway Services (Implementation of National Pension System) Rules, 2025:
Provided further that no benefits shall be paid under these rules in respect of a railway servant who dies or gets disabled while on foreign service under a United Nations body if he had opted not to pay the pension contributions during the period of such deputation and not to get the service rendered in the United Nations’ body counted as qualifying service in accordance with rule 29 of the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 2026.
(2)(a) Where the provisions of section 20 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) are applicable in case of a railway servant acquiring a disability, such case shall be governed by the provisions of the said section.
(b) Where a railway servant referred to in clause (a) intends to retire and avail benefits under these rules, the railway servant shall be advised that he has the option, in terms of section 20 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016) to continue in service with the same pay scale and service benefits which he is otherwise entitled to and in case the railway servant does not withdraw his request for retirement, he may be allowed to retire and his case for grant of disability pension may be processed in accordance with the provisions of these rules.
(c) A railway servant, who belongs to an establishment which has been exempted from the provisions of section 20 of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (49 of 2016), by a notification issued under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 20 of the said Act and who is boarded out of railway service on account of disablement, shall be eligible for disability pension in accordance with the provisions of these rules:
Provided that where the medical board has found a railway servant fit for further service of less laborious character than that which he had been doing, he shall, subject to his willingness to be so employed, be employed on a lower post and if the railway servant is not willing to be employed on a lower post or if there is no means of employing him even on a lower post, he may be granted disability pension under these rules.
(d) If a railway servant referred to in clause (a) or clause (c) is retained in service in spite of disablement, he shall be paid compensation in lump-sum in lieu of the disability pension in accordance with sub-rule (5) of rule 10 of these rules.
3. Definitions.- (1) In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,-
(a) “accident” means-
(i) a sudden and unavoidable mishap; or
(ii) a mishap due to an act of devotion to duty performed in an emergent situation arising in the course of service or otherwise, but does not include an incident of violence;
(b) “Accounts Officer” means a Principal Financial Advisor of a Railway or such other officers as may be appointed in this behalf by the Railway Board;
(c) “Code” means the Indian Railway Establishment Code, as amended from time to time;
(d) “disability” means a condition of a person resulting in long term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairment which, in interaction with barriers, hinders his full and effective participation in society equally with others;
(e) “disease” includes a disease as mentioned in Schedule- I;
(f) “Form” means a form appended to these rules;
(g) “injury” includes an injury as mentioned in Schedule-II;
(h) “Integrated Payroll and Accounting System” means the online system for sanctioning retirement benefits;
(i) “pay” as defined in the Rule 1303 of Code, which a railway servant was receiving.-
(i) in case of retirement or death, immediately before his retirement or on the date of his death; and
(ii) in case of retention in service in spite of disablement, on the date of injury or date of disease, as the case may be, and shall also include stagnation increment and non-practising allowance granted to a medical officer in lieu of private practice..
(j) “Schedule” means a Schedule appended to these rules;
(k) “violence” means an act of a person or persons to inflict an injury on a railway servant by assaulting or obstructing or deterring or preventing him in the discharge of his duties,-
(i) by virtue of anything done or attempted to be done by such railway servant or by any other public servant in the lawful discharge of his duty as such; or
(ii) by virtue of his official position,
and shall also include such acts which cause injury to the railway servant as a collateral victim due to his presence at the place of incident in connection with discharge of his official duty.
(2) Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Code or in the Railway Services (Pension) Rules, 2026 shall have the same meanings as respectively assigned to them in those rules.
4. Conditions for grant of disability pension or family pension.- (1) A disability pension or family pension shall be granted under these rules, if there is a causal connection between,-
(a) disablement of a railway servant and railway service; or
(b) death of a railway servant and railway service.
(2) The disablement shall be reckoned as due to the railway service, if it is certified that the same is due to wound, injury or disease, which,-
(a) is attributable to railway service; or
(b) existed before or arose during the railway service and has aggravated thereby.
(3) The death shall be reckoned as due to railway service if it is certified that the same was caused due to or hastened by, –
(a) a wound, injury or disease which was attributable to the railway service; or
(b) the aggravation of a wound, injury or disease, which existed before or arose during the railway service and such aggravation is attributable to the railway service.
(4) It shall not be necessary for the railway servant or the family to submit any application for grant of disability pension or family pension under these rules.
(5) It shall be the responsibility of the Head of Office to consider each case of death or disability due to injury or disease caused to a railway servant based on the findings of the Medical Board and to take necessary action to submit the case to the competent authority, within three months of the date of receipt of the report of the Medical Board, for a decision in regard to grant of disability pension or family pension under these rules:
Provided that the claim for disability pension or family pension under these rules shall not be rejected on account of any delay on the part of the Head of Office in submission of the case to the competent authority for a decision in regard to grant of disability pension or family pension under these rules.
(6) The disability pension shall consist of a service element and a disability element, which shall be determined in accordance with rule 10 of these rules.
(7) On death of a pensioner, who was in receipt of a disability pension, family pension shall be payable in accordance with sub-rule (2) of rule 11 of these rules.
5. Authority for grant of disability pension or family pension. (1) The power to grant disability pension or family pension under these rules, in respect of a railway servant working in the Ministry of Railways and the organisations or offices under it, shall be exercised by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board or by such other officer not below the grade of an Senior Administrative Grade level (SAG) officer, to whom this power is delegated by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, in consultation with the Member (Finance):
Provided that in respect of the railway servants working in an organisation or office under the Ministry of Railways, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board, in consultation with the Member (Finance), may delegate the power to grant disability pension or family pension under these rules to an officer not below the grade of an Senior Administrative Grade level (SAG) officer of the said organisation or office.
(2) The officer to whom the power to grant disability pension or family pension is delegated under sub-rule (1) shall exercise the power subject to conditions, if any, as may be laid down by the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Railway Board in consultation with the Member (Finance).
(3) Each case for grant of family pension or disability pension under these rules shall be examined in accordance with the guidelines specified in Schedule – IV.
(4) The authority referred to in sub-rule (1), before allowing family pension or disability pension under these rules shall satisfy itself that the conditions specified in rule 4 for grant of family pension or disability pension are fulfilled and based on the medical report, the guidelines specified in Schedule IV and the other relevant documents, the said authority shall certify that there exists a causal connection between disablement or death of the railway servant and the railway service and that the death or disability is attributable to or aggravated by the railway service.
Note 1: The guidelines specified in Schedule- IV are aimed to determine attributability of disablement or death to railway service:
Provided that, if based on the facts of a particular case, the authority is of the opinion that the disablement or death, though not strictly covered by the guidelines specified in Schedule-IV, is otherwise attributable to railway service, it may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, grant disability pension or family pension, as the case may be, in accordance with these rules.
Note 2: In the case of a railway servant who died in such circumstances that a medical report could not be secured, the competent authority may award a family pension under these rules, if it is otherwise satisfied that there exists a causal connection between death of the railway servant and railway service.
6. Other conditions.- (1) Where grant of family pension or disability pension or gratuity under these rules is made in respect of a period of service under the Railway, no pension or family pension or gratuity under any other rules shall be payable for the said period of service, during the currency of the grant.
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