Tamil Nadu Village Servant/family Benefit Fund Scheme Rules 1984 Complete Act - Bare Act

1. These rule shall be called the "Tamil Nadu Village Servant's Family Benefit Fund Scheme Rules, 1984".

2. These rules shall come into force at once, in supersession of the Tamil Nadu Family Benefit Fund Rules for the Tamil Nadu Village Officer and Village Servants annexed to G.O. Ms.No.967, Revenue, dated 25^th April 1975.

3. These rules shall apply to all Village Servants (Grama Kavalars, Grama Paniyalars and pasana Kavalars) to whom the Tamil Nadu Village Servants Service Rules, 1984 apply. The contribution as well as the eligibility for benefits under the scheme shall cease in all cases, on the individual attaining sixty years of age.

These rules shall also apply to temporary Village Servants appointed against temporary vacancies for short periods or in leave vacancies. The subscription recovered from them shall not be repaid to them when they resign or quit office or at the time of their termination from service.

Contribution under Family Benefit Fund Scheme" (D.P.Code 088A AEAA 0903). No Schedules need be attached to the pay bills for the deduction made nor any separate accounts be maintained therefor.

5. (i) In case a Village Servant dies while in service, a lump sum amount of Rs.10,000 (Rupees Ten Thousand Only) shall be paid to the nominee, who shall be his wife/her husband child/children/mother/father (in that order) or in the absence of a nominee, to the legal heir of the deceased employee.

(ii) In the case of a male employee, the wife or wives and children of the employee and the widow or widows and children of deceased sons of the employee provided that if an employee proves that his wife has been judicially separated from him or has cease under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be entitled to maintenance, she shall henceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the employee's family in matters to which Family Benefit Fund Rules relate, unless the employee subsequently indicates by express notice in writing that she shall continue to be so regarded; and

(iii) in the case of female employee, the husband and children of an employee and the widow or widows and children of deceased son of an employee:

Provided that if an employee expresses her desire to exclude her husband from her family, the husband shall, henceforth be deemed to be no longer a member of the employee's family in matters to which Family Benefit Fund Rules relate, unless the employee subsequently cancels formally in writing her notice excluding him.

Explanation

I.-

"Children" means legitimate and step-children.

Explanation II.- An adopted child shall be considered to be a child if the sanctioning authority under the rules, is satisfied that under the personal law of the employee, adoption is legally recognized as conferring the status of a natural child, but in this case only.

Explanation III.- A Child of one person given in adoption to another shall not be considered to be the child of the former if the sanctioning authority is satisfied that under the personal law of the person concerned such adoption is legally recognized and in the case only.

Explanation IV.- An unmarried Village Servant both male and female can nominate any person within the members of the family. Such both members will include (i) father (ii) mother (iii) brothers below sisters including the age of 18 years including step brothers (iv) unmarried sisters, widowed sisters including step sisters. If such nomination is given in favour of more than one person, the Village Servant concerned should specify the amount of sum payable to each nominee. The above nomination will stand as cancelled immediately after the marriage of the Village Servant and a fresh nomination should be made in favour of his wife/her husband. If the Village Servant dies before filing such nomination the lumpsum is payable only to the wife/husband of the deceased and not with reference to the previous nomination.

6 (i) the nomination shall be made strictly in the order of members indicated in paragraph 5 above;

(ii) major sons (who were not dependent on the deceased for support); Major brothers; Married daughters/sisters and other relative shall not be eligible for the lumpsum grant under the scheme;

(iii) employee who have no family shall be exempted from joining the Family Benefit Fund Scheme, as is allowed in the case of Father/Nuns in the Educational Institutions.

(iv) If none of the nominee/persons indicated in paragraph 5 above are alive then the lumpsum grant under the scheme shall lapse to the Fathers/Nuns in the Educational Institutions.

(v) in case of no nomination, the lumpsum grant shall be paid to the eligible members in equal shares. The nomination shall be in the From A appended. This nomination shall be countersigned by the Tahsildar and pasted in the Service extract of the Village Servant. No Village Servant, shall be paid his/her first full month's pay after joining the services unless he/she filed his/her nomination.

7. Suicide and Murder.- In respect of suicide and murder cases, specific sanction of Government for payment of lumpsum amount should be obtained by the Head of the department, before according necessary sanction.

8. Procedure for Drawal and Disbursement.- The procedure for drawal and disbursement of the lumpsum amount in respect of Government Servants shall be followed, in respect of Village Servants also.

9. Administration and Audit.- The Director of Treasuries and Accounts shall administer this scheme.

10. Head of Account.- The following shall be the head of accounts for the transaction relating to this fund:-

Receipts

088.Social Security

Welfare

A.

Social Security

Welfare

A.E. Other

Receipts

09. Contribution under

Family Benefit Fund Scheme

(D.P. Code 008A A.EAA 0903)

Payments

288. Social Security and Welfare-E. Other Social Security and Welfare progamme-AE. Other Programmes-AY. Tamil Nadu Family Benefit Fund Scheme Exgratia payment to the family of the deceased Government employees (DP Code No.288E AEAY 0000).

11. Sanctioning Authority.- The Revenue Divisional Officer/ Sub-Collector shall be the sanctioning authority for payment of lumpsum benefit in the event of death of the village Servant while in service.

12. Copies of sanction orders shall be communicated to the Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Madras.

13. The sanction order shall be in Form-B appended.