Punjab Finance Department on Wednesday issued a clarification that in the case of family pensioners going missing suddenly, the next eligible member of his family would be given family pension.
“Certain cases came to the Government’s notice where family pensioner went missing and there is no provision for giving family pension to any other member. Now, the Government has taken the decision to mitigate sufferings of families of family pensioners,” said the spokesperson.
Now, in the case of a family pensioner suddenly going missing, the next eligible member of the family can apply for the family pension after completion of one year of registration of FIR regarding missing of that family pensioner, he said. He said that according to the rules, next eligible family member would be sanctioned family pension that would be given from the date of registration of FIR.
Spokesperson further clarified that if a member was eligible to get family pension but he goes missing before the sanction of family pension, the family pension would be sanction in the name of next eligible family member.