Section 17B
Additional quantum of pension or family pension.
The High Court Judges Salaries and Conditions of Service Act, 1954
About this Act
An Act to regulate salaries and certain conditions of service of the Judges of High Courts.
1[17B. Additional quantum of pension or family pension. Every retired Judge or after his death,
the family, as the case may be, shall be entitled to an additional quantum of pension or family pension in
accordance with the following scale:--
Age of Pensioner or family Pensioner Additional quantum of pension or family pension
. From eighty years to less than eightyfive years Twenty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From eighty-five years to less than ninety years Thirty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From ninety years to less than ninetyfive years Forty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From ninety-five years to less than hundred years Fifty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From hundred years or more Hundred per cent. of basic pension or family pension.]
2[Explanation: —For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that any entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner or family pensioner completes the age specified in the first column of the scale.]
Age of Pensioner or family Pensioner Additional quantum of pension or family pension
. From eighty years to less than eightyfive years Twenty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From eighty-five years to less than ninety years Thirty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From ninety years to less than ninetyfive years Forty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From ninety-five years to less than hundred years Fifty per cent. of basic pension or family pension
From hundred years or more Hundred per cent. of basic pension or family pension.]
2[Explanation: —For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that any entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner or family pensioner completes the age specified in the first column of the scale.]
Notes
1. Ins. by Act 23 of 2009, s. 4 (w.e.f. 1-1-2006).
2.Ins. by Act 44 of 2021, s. 2 (w.e.f. 18-12-2021).
2.Ins. by Act 44 of 2021, s. 2 (w.e.f. 18-12-2021).