MASE Rules 6Chapter 0 · Preliminary

Section 6 · Section 6

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(1)

(a)

An employee, who has completed five years of qualifying service and has become eligible for sendee gratuity, shall on his/her retirement be granted, death-cum-retirement gratuity equal to one-fourth of his/her emoluments for each completed six monthly period of qualifying service subject to a maximum of 6 ½ times the emoluments or Rs. 50,000 whichever is less.

(b)

If an employee dies while in service after completing five years' qualifying service, the amount of death-cum-retirement gratuity shall be equal to 12 times of his/her emoluments of the amount determined under Clause (a) whichever is higher and it shall be paid to his/her family in the manner hereinafter indicated :
Provided that the amount of death-cum-retirement gratuity payable under this rule in no case exceeds Rs. 50,000.

(2)

If an employee who has become eligible for a service gratuity, dies within five years from the date of his/her retirement from service and the sums actually received by him at the time of his/her death-cum-retirement gratuity admissible under sub-rule (1) are less than the amount equal to 12 times of his/her emoluments, a residuary gratuity equal to deficiency may be granted to his/her family.

(3)

(a)

If an employee dies in the first year of qualifying service, a death-cum-retirement gratuity equal to two times of his/her emoluments at the time of his/her death shall be paid to his family in the manner hereinafter indicated ;

(b)

If an employee dies after completion of one year of qualifying service but before completing five years of qualifying service of the amount of death-cum-retirement gratuity shall be equal to six times of his/her emoluments at the time of his/her death.

(4)

The emoluments for the purpose of gratuity admissible under these Rules shall be subject to a maximum of two thousand five hundred rupees per month and shall be released in accordance with sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 :Provided that if the emoluments of an employee have been reduced during the last ten months of his/her service otherwise than as penalty, average emoluments as referred to in sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 of these rules may, at the discretion of the competent authority, be treated as emoluments.

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