Liberalised Disability Pension
An officer sustaining disability under the circumstances mentioned in category ‘D’ shall be entitled to same benefits as admissible to war injury cases on invalidment/ retirement including lump sum compensation. However, on invalidment, they shall be entitled to disability element instead of war injury element in addition to service element.
The service element will be equal to retiring pension to which he would have been entitled on the basis of his pay on the date of invalidment but counting service upto the date on which he would have retired in that rank in normal course including weightage as admissible.
There shall be no condition of minimum qualifying service for earning this element.The rate of disability element will be Rs. 2600/- p.m. for lower percentage of disablement, this amount shall be proportionately reduced. However, in no case aggregate of service element and disability element shall be less than 80% of the reckonable emoluments last drawn.
Ex-gratia Award to Cadets (Direct in case of Disablement)
Ex- gratia awards (except service entry) in respect of Cadets in the event of disablement due to cause attributable to or aggravated by conditions of military training shall be admissible @ Rs. 1275/- p.m. with effect from 1.8.1997 for life.
In addition, a disability award on ex-gratia basis shall also be admissible to the ex-cadets @ Rs. 2100/- p.m. with effect from 1.8.1997 for 100% disability during the period of disability.
The amount of disability award shall be proportionately reduced when the degree of disablement is less than 100% No disability award shall be payable whose degree of disablement is less than 20%.Constant Attendance Allowance @ Rs. 600/- p.m. with effect from 1.8.1997 shall also be admissible.
An example showing calculation of ex-gratia award to Cadet is given in Model Calculation .Appeal
An officer may submit two appeals against rejection of disability pension. He may prefer first appeal to the Service HQrs (Director PS-4 ) within six months from the date on which decision on the entitlement is communicated to him.
The officer can make a second appeal within six months from the date of rejection of Service HQrs. The second appeal is considered by the Defence Ministry Appellate Committee headed by Raksha Mantri /Rajya Raksha Mantri.
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