4. (Letter No. E56AD6/4 dated 15.05.1956 and 19.04.1957

and No. F(E)III 74 PN/1 dated 10.06.1974.)

5.  Dependent means wife, husband, parent, child, minor brother, unmarried sister and deceased son s widow and child and where no parent of the subscriber is alive, a paternal grant parent.

6. Emoluments means pay as defined in Rule 103 (35)- RI and includes any remuneration in the nature of pay received in respect of foreign service and dearness pay provided that

 i. Monthly emoluments of Group C & D Railway servants entitled to running allowances shall include a fixed component representing the pay element in the running allowance as notified by Government through administrative instructions from time to time.

 ii.The emoluments of a railway servant who is on deputation out of India shall be deemed to be the emoluments he would have drawn had he remained on duty in India; and

iii. In the case of a person re-employed on re-employment terms, emoluments shall mean only the emoluments as admissible as a re-employed person. If in any case, pension is held in abeyance, the gross pension (including portion of pension commuted) and/or pensionary equivalent of other retirement benefits held in abeyance shall be excluded from these emoluments,

7.     Family means

a.     In the case of male subscriber, wife or wives, parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased son s widow and children and where no parents of the subscriber are alive, a paternal grand parent.

b. In the case of female subscriber, the husband parents, children, minor brothers, unmarried sisters, deceased s son s widow and children and where no parents of the subscribers are alive, a paternal grand parent. 

Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wide has been judicially separated from him or has ceased, under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be entitled to maintenance, she shall thenceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the subscriber s family in matter to which these rules relate unless the subscriber subsequently indicates, by express notification in writing to the Accounts Officer that she shall continue to be so regarded.

Provided further that if a subscriber by notification in writing to the A/cs Officers expresses her desire to exclude her husband from the family, the husband henceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the subscriber s family unless the subscriber subsequently cancels formally in writing her notification excluding him.

Provided further that in either case if the child of a subscriber has been adopted by another person and if, under the personal law of the adopted, adoption is legally recognised as conferring the status of a natural child, such a child shall be considered as excluded from the family of the subscriber

8. Pay - Pay for the purpose of special contribution to PF means pay as defined in Rule 103 (35) - RI which the railway servant was receiving immediately before quitting service. The benefit of higher officiating pay will, however be given only if such pay was drawn continuously for a period of not less than 22 days.

In the case of running staff, the pay for special contribution to Provident fund will include a fixed component representing the pay element in the running allowance, as notified by Government through administrative orders issued from time to time.

[Rule 902 - RI Letter No. F(E)III/87/PF 1/4 dated 10.06.1988(RBE 120/1988)]

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