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Commercial employment after retirement

10. Commercial employment after retirement:- (1) If a pensioner who, immediately before his retirement was a Gazetted Government servant, wishes to accept any commercial employment before the expiry of two years from the date of his retirement, he shall obtain the previous sanction of the Government to such acceptance 1 (by submitting an (*) application in the prescribed proforma appended to part II of these rules) and no pension shall be payable to a pensioner who accepts a commercial employment without such sanction in respect of any period for which he is so employed or such longer period as the Government may direct : Provided that a Government servant who was permitted by the Government to take up a particular form of commercial employment during his leave preparatory to retirement or during refused leave shall not be required to obtain subsequent permission for his continuance in such employment after retirement. (2) For the purpose of this rule- (a) the expression commercial employment means :- (i) an employment in any capacity including that of an agent under a company, co-operative society, firm or individual engaged in trading, commercial, industrial, financial or professional business and includes also a directorship or such company and partnership of such firm and includes employment under a body corporate, wholly or substantially owned or controlled by the Government, (ii) setting up practice, either independently or as a partner of a firm, as adviser or consultant in matters in respect of which the pensioner- (a) has no professional qualification and the matters in respect of which the practice is to be set up or is carried on are relatable to his official knowledge or experience, or (b) has professional qualifications but the matters in respect of which such practice is to be set up are such as are likely to give his clients an unfair advantage by reason of his previous official position, or (iii) has to undertake work involving liaison or contact with the offices or officers of the Government. Explanation:- (a) For the purpose of sub-rule (1) of this rule, “the date of retirement” in relation to a Government servant re-employed after retirement, without any break, either in the same or in another Gazetted post under the State Government or in any other equivalent post under the Central Government, shall mean the date on which such Government servant finally ceases to be so re-employed in Government service, (b) For the purpose of this rule, employment under a Co-operative Society includes the holding of any office whether elective or otherwise, such as President, Chairman, Manager, Secretary, Treasurer and the like, by whatever name called in such a society