Payment of pensionary benefits and other benefits are governed by Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 (for short, '1972 Rules'). Rule 53 of 1972 Rules is the relevant Rule which deals with nominations. According to Rule 53 (1) of 1972 Rules, a Government servant shall, on his initial confirmation in a service or post, make a nomination in Form 1 or 2, as may be, as appropriate in the circumstances of the case, conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the retirement gratuity/death gratuity payable under Rule 50 subject to two conditions. At the same time, Rule 53 (2) of 1972 Rules says that if a Government servant nominates more than one person under sub-rule (1), he shall specify in the nomination the amount of share payable to each of the nominees, in such manner as to cover the entire amount of gratuity. Sub-rule (4) of Rule 53 further says that the nomination made by a Government servant who has no family at the time of making it, or the nomination made by Government servant under the second proviso to clause (i) of sub-rule (3) where he has only one member in his family shall become invalid in the event of the Government servant subsequently acquiring a family, or an additional member in the family, as the case may be. Thus, the person, who is nominated under Rule 53 of 1972 Rules, is entitled to receive benefits, more particularly death cum retirement gratuity payable under Rule 50. Here, the claim is for pension and other monetary benefits payable consequent upon the death of Ganganna.
