Fully Solved Previous Year Postal AAO Exam Questions 2018

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Paper II : Service Rules

Time allowed : 3 hrs, Maximum marks : 100

Fully Solved Previous Year Postal AAO Exam Questions 2018 Schema of Question Paper

• Part A – One Compulsory case study/numerical question of 20 marks

• Part B – Three(3) questions of which two(2) have to be attempted. 20 marks each for the two attempted answers • Part C – Three(3) questions of which two(2) have to be attempted. 20 marks each for the two attempted answers • Quote Rules in support of your answers

Part A

Question 1. From the following particulars, calculate the pension and retirement gratuity admissible to an officer governed by the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972.
a) Date of birth : 14-8-1962
b) Joined service as temporary Operator : 5-1-1986
c) Confirmed as Operator : 1-12-1987
d) Promoted and appointed substantively in ITS on : 1-11-1994
e) Officer availed only Earned leave and half pay leave as admissible from time to time.
f) He was officiating and drawing pay of Rs.144200/- in level 14 in Pay Matrix from 1-1-16 with DNI on 1-7-2016.
g) He was granted leave not due for 72 days with effect from 1-8-2017 at the end of which he was permitted to retire voluntarily due to personal illness.
h) The officer died on 16-11-2017 leaving behind his wife and two sons whose dates of birth are 17-3-96 and 21-8-98 respectively. His wife also died on 2-12-17. What additional gratuity and pension will be admissible to the family and for what period?

Please give explanations along with rule provisions for the calculations made. (20 Marks)

ANSWER

Date of Birth : 14-8-1962
Date of Entry : 5-1-1986
Date of Voluntary retirement : 1-8-2017 F/N

Qualifying service
Y M D
Gross service 31 6 27
Less non qualifying service – – –
Net qualifying service 31 6 27

Regulation of Pay
Average emoluments (1-10-16 to 31-7-17)
Period Emoluments Month Amount
(1-10-2016 to 30-6-2016) Rs.148500 9 1336500
(1-7-20117 to 31-7-2017) Rs.153000 1 153500

TOTAL : 1489500

Therefore Average Emoluments (AE) for 10 months
1489500 / 10 = 148950
Pension admissible
I. 50% of AE : (14895050)/100 = 74475 II. 50% of emoluments last drawn : (15300050)/100 = 76500
Hence Pension will be Rs.76500/- per month.

Retirement Gratuity
Emoluments
Rs.153000 + DA @ 7% of pay = 153000 + 10710 = Rs. 163710/-
1/4th emoluments for each completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to maximum of 16 ½ times the emoluments or Rs.20 Lakhs whichever is less.
(163710*63)/4 = Rs.2578432.50/-
Therefore Retirement Gratuity will be Rs. 20 Lakhs.

Family pension
30% of Basic pay subject to a minimum of Rs.9000/- and a maximum of 30% of the highest pay in the Government.
(153000*30)/100 = Rs.45900/- per month

(Note – In the event of death of the pensioner immediately after retirement, family pension at the enhanced rate of Rs.76500/- (restricted to pension authorised on retirement) is payable from the date following the date of his death till the date on which he would have attained the age of 67 years if he had survived or for a period of seven years whichever is earlier. Thereafter the family pension is payable at the normal rates.)

On the death of the retired officer on 16-11-2017, the family pension at Rs.76500/- per month is payable to his wife from 17-11-2017 to 2-12-2017 (she died on 2-12-2017). From 3-12-2017 the family pension at Rs.76500/- is payable to the elder son up to 16-3-2021 (attains the age of 25 years on 17-3-2021). From 18-3-2021 the family pension at Rs.76500/- per month is payable to the younger son up to 20-8-2023 (attains the age of 25 years on 21-8-2023). There after the family pension will cease to be payable.

(Note – The son will become ineligible for family pension from the date of his marriage or from the date his income is equal to or exceeds Rs.9000/- per month plus DR thereon whichever is earlier, if it is before attaining the age of 25 years.) As the officer had already drawn the maximum retirement gratuity of Rs.20 Lakhs, no gratuity is admissible to the family.

Explanatory provisions as basis for calculation
Note 1 – As per Rule 31(2)(a) of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972, where the Government Servant who has been granted leave not due resigns from service or at his request is permitted to retire voluntarily without returning to duty, the leave not due shall be cancelled and his resignation or retirement will be taking effect from the date on which such leave had commenced. Hence the officer shall be deemed to have retired on 1-8-2017 F/N, i.e., from the date of commencement of “leave not due”.

Note 2 – With effect from 1-1-2006, son and daughter will become ineligible for grant of pension from the date he/she gets married or from the date his/her income is equal to or exceeds Rs.9000/- per month along with DR thereon or if he/she attains the age of 25 years whichever is the earliest

Note 3 – In the case of retirement / death while in service taking place on or after 1-1-2006, Dearness Allowance admissible on the date of retirement / death will be reckoned as emoluments for the purpose of all types of gratuity.

Note 4 – With effect from 1-1-2016, the ceiling on the maximum amount of retirement / death gratuity has been raised from Rs.10 lakhs to Rs.20 Lakhs.

Note 5 – With effect from 1-1-2006, pension should be calculated @ 50% of emoluments last drawn or 50% of AE whichever is beneficial (Rule 49(2) of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972).

Note 6 – The extant benefit of adding years of qualifying service for the purpose of computation of pension and gratuity stands withdrawn with effect from 1-1-2006 vide GID below Rule 29 of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972. Hence no weightage has been given for voluntary retirement.

Part B
Question.2 (a) Explain the term “Fees” and “Honorarium”. Bring out clearly the difference between the two? (6 marks)

Answer.
Fee is a recurring or non- recurring payment to a government as remuneration for service done by him for a private person or for a public body including a body administering a local fund, from a source other than the Consolidated Fund of India or State or a Union Territory, whether made directly or indirectly through the intermediary of the government. It does not include: (a) unearned income such as income form property, dividends and interest on securities and (b) income from literary, cultural, artistic etc. efforts and income from participation in sports activities as an amateur.

Honorarium is a recurring or non- recurring payment granted to a government servant from the Consolidated Fund or India/State Union Territory as remuneration for a special work of an occasional intermittent character. Thus, the main difference between Fee and Honorarium is the source from which payment is made. If the source is Consolidated Fund of India /State/Union Territory, it is classified as Honorarium, otherwise it should be classified as fee. (Authority: Rule 2 (Definitions) FR-I) and (Authority: Para 310 & 311 FR Pt. I)

Question. 2(b) Can Departmental proceedings be instituted after retirement? If so, under what conditions? (6 marks)

Answer.
Yes. Departmental proceeding can be instituted even after retirement subject to following conditions:-
(i) Sanction of the President shall be obtained before instituting such proceedings;
(ii) The proceedings shall not be in respect of any event which took place more than 4 years such institution;
(iii) Proceedings shall be conducted by such authority and in such place as the President may direct and in accordance with rules applicable to departmental proceedings in which an order of dismissal from service could be made in relation to the Govt. servant during his service.

Question.2 (c) When is departmental or judicial proceeding deemed to be instituted? (8 marks)
Answer.
(i) Departmental proceedings shall be deemed to be instituted on the date on which the statement of charges is issued to the Government servant or pensioner, or if the Government servant has been placed under suspension from an earlier date, on such date;
(ii) Judicial proceedings shall be deemed to be instituted-
(a) In the case of criminal proceedings, on the date on which the complaint or report of a Police Officer, of which the Magistrate takes contingence, is made, and
(b) In the case of civil proceedings, on the date the plaint is presented in the court.

Answer 3: Write short notes on:
a) -Maternity leave: This leave is granted to a female government servant with less than two surviving children for a period of 180 days from the date of commencement. During maternity leave she shall be paid leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. Maternity leave may be combined with leave of any other kind. Maternity leave for a total period not exceeding 45 days in the entire service may also be granted to a female government servant (irrespective of number of surviving children) in case of miscarriage with Medical Certificate.

b) – Paternity Leave : Paternity leave is granted to a male government servant having less than two surviving children for a period of 15 days at the confinement of his wife and also on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year. Leave salary will be equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. Paternity leave can be combined with any other kind of leave except casual leave and will not be debited to the leave account.

c) -Child adoption leave: It is granted to a female government servant, having less than two surviving children, on valid adoption of a child below the age of one year, for a period of 180 days immediately after date of valid adoption. Leave salary shall be equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave. Child adoption leave can be combined with any other kind of leave due and admissible. It can be granted up to one year reduced by the age of the adopted child on the date of valid adoption. This will not be debited to the Leave Account.

d) -Child care Leave: This leave is granted to women employees having children, below the age of 18 years for the two eldest surviving children. Child care leave is granted for a maximum period of 730 days to look after their needs during the entire service and it can be combined with leave of any other kind. Child care leave can not be demanded as a matter of right. Government servant can not proceed on child care leave without prior approval of the leave by the leave sanctioning authority. During the period of the leave leave salary equal to the pay drawn immediately before proceeding on leave may be paid.

(…..To be continued…)

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