37. Invalid Pension:-
(1) A Government servant who is declared by the appropriate medical
authority to be permanently incapacitated for further service in accordance
with the instructions on the subject may be granted invalid pension;1
[subject
to Rule 45]
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(2) Where the medical authority referred to in sub-rule (1) had
declared a Government servant fit for further service of less
laborious character than that which he has been doing, he may,if possible, be employed on lower pay and if there be no means
of employing him even on a lower pay he may be admitted to
invalid pension.
(3) (a) If the incapacity is directly due to the irregular or intemperate
habits of a Government servant, no invalid pension may be
granted.
(b) If the incapacity has not been directly caused by such habits,
but has been accelerated or aggravated by them, it shall be for
the pension sanctioning authority to decide what reduction
should be made on this account.
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