FAQs on Effect of Disciplinary or Judicial Proceedings on Benefits under UPS
(CGA, DoE, MoF O.M. No. TA-3-07001/3/2025-TA-CGA/e-19475/341 dated 17.09.2025)
FAQs on Effect of Disciplinary or Judicial Proceedings on Benefits under UPS
(Refer to the Central Civil Services (Implementation of the Unified Pension Scheme under the National Pension System) Rules, 2025)
68. What happens in case of compulsory retirement (as a penalty)?
A government servant compulsorily retired from service as a penalty, may be granted, benefits at a rate not less than two thirds and not more than full admissible payout to him out of the individual corpus under the Unified Pension Scheme as per UPS regulations.
69. What happens in case of dismissal or removal from the service?
Assured payouts arising out of the individual corpus under the Unified Pension Scheme, shall be forfeited in case of dismissal or removal. Further, the accumulated pension wealth in the individual corpus under the Unified Pension Scheme of the subscriber, shall be payable in lump sum to the subscriber or in the event of death of subscriber, to the legally wedded spouse, or in the absence thereof to the legal heir(s).
70. What will be the effect of departmental or judicial proceedings pending on retirement?
Such subscriber shall not be paid any assured payout arising out of the individual corpus under the Unified Pension Scheme. Further, such subscriber shall be entitled to the accumulated pension wealth in the individual corpus under the Unified Pension Scheme, to be paid in lump sum.
Further, on conclusion of departmental or judicial proceedings, where the government servant is fully exonerated from all charges, the government servant or legally wedded spouse, as the case may be, shall have an option of availing assured payout under the Unified Pension Scheme by paying back the lump sum amount so availed.
71. Can the spouse be debarred from receiving assured payout?
If the spouse is charged with the offence of murdering the subscriber or for abetting the commission of such an offence, his or her claim to receive family payout shall remain suspended till the conclusion of the criminal proceedings instituted against him or her.
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