APPENDIX XXVI
DISABILITY PENSION AND GRATUITIES
A. Disability Pension
(Will be published later)
B. Terminal Gratuity
1. All officers, JCOs other ranks and NCs(E) commissioned/
enrolled in the Territorial Army (excepting civil Government servants
holding permanent appointments), who were in the Terri
torial army on the 30th March 1955 or who joined it on or
after that date will be eligible for terminal gratuity at the rates
and under the conditions given below :-
2. Officers and JCOs
Rate of terminal gratuity and conditions governing the grant-
(a) Terminal gratuity will be admissible to only such officers
and JCOs of the Territorial Army as have completed either a
minimum of five years of aggregate embodied service (which
for this purpose will include the period spent on training under
TA Act Rule 18) or 10 years engagement in TA (combined embodied
and non-embodied service) at the rate of one month’s
pay (Pay for this purpose is not to exceed *Rs. (1500 per month)
for each aggregate year of embodied service, subject to a maximum
of fifteen months’ pay or *Rs. 22,500 whichever is less.
*(Auth—CS No 261/1/84)
(b) Subject to the service rendered being certified by the
prescribed authority (vide para 4 below) to have been satisfactory,
terminal grauity will be admissible to Officers and JCOs on retirement,
or discharge as the case may be, for the following causes :-
(i) On disbandment/re-organisation/inter-zonal transfer of
unit, provided there is no other unit to which the Officer/
JCO can be transferred, or his consent to a transfer is
necessary under the rules and he refuses to consent
thereto.
(ii) On reaching the retiring age as prescribed in Rule 14 (c).
(iii)On being declared medically unfit for further service subject
to the provision of sub para (c) below.
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(iv) On completion of tenure of appointment or service limits;
or
(v) When services are no longer required other than for disciplinary
reasons (in case of JCOs only).
(c) In case of termination of service on account of medical
unfitness, the terminal gratuity will be payable only if the
officer/JCO does not qualify for disability pension.
(d) In the case of pensioners (both civil and military) serving
in the Territorial Army, the gratuity will not be payable for any
period of service in the Territorial Army during which pension
continues to be drawn, except in the case of civil pensioners whose
pay is fixed after deducting the amount of pension including the
commuted portion if any, under the provisions of para 187. No
gratuity will, however, be payable to any retired commissioned
officer or retired civilian Gazetted officer irrespective of whether
their pension is held in abeyance or not.
Pay for Assessment of Terminal Gratuity—
In the case of officers, terminal gratuity will be assessed on
the pay on the substantive rank last held. In the case of JCOs,
pay for assessment of terminal gratuity will consist of—
(a) Basic pay of the substantive rank last held; and
(b) Dearness allowance appropriate to the emoluments of the
substantive rank last held.
3. OR and NCs(E)—
Rate of terminal gratuity and conditions governing its grant—
The provisions of para 2 above will also apply to other ranks
and NCs(E) of the Territorial Army, except that terminal gratuity
will be admissible on discharge for the following cause :–
(i) On become entitled to receive discharge under TA
Rules.
(ii) On being declared medically unfit for further service, provided
the OR/NCs(E) does not qualify for disability
pension.
(iii)When services are no longer required other than for disciplinary
reasons.
Pay for Assessment of Terminal Gratuity—
Pay for the purpose of assessment of terminal gratuity in the
case of other ranks and NCs(E) will consist of :-
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(a) Basic pay (including deferred pay) of the substantive
rank last held.
(b) Rank/appointment pay of the substantive rank last held.
(c) Increment of pay.
(d) Good service pay; and
(e) Dearness allowance appropriate to the emoluments of
the substantive rank last held.
4. Prescribed authority for certifying that service rendered is
satisfactory for purpose of grant of terminal gratuity.
(i) In the case of an — Director, Territorial Army,
officer Army Headquarters.
(ii) In the case of — The Officer Commanding; the
JCOs, OR and Sub-Area or equivalent Comman-
NCs(E) der or in the absence of such
formation, the Area or equivalent
Commander, appropriate to the
location of the unit of the individual.
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***APPENDIX XXVII
Grant of Service Pension/Gratuity to TA Officers, JCOs/ORs other than
Civil. Govt. Servants and Civil Pensioners
1. Pension:– Service pension to TA Officers and JCOs/ORs(other than
Civil Government servants and Civil Pensioners), who have a minimum
qualifying aggregate embodied service of 20 years in the case of officers
and 15 years in the case of JCOs/ORs will be admissible as indicated
below :–
(a) Former qualifying regular service in Army, Navy and Air Force
in any rank will be counted to the same extent as admissible to the
regular Army personnel.
(b) The weightage added to the qualifying service of regular Army
personnel will not be allowed in the case of Territorial Army
personnel.
(c) The qualifying embodied service, as mentioned above, may be
continuous or rendered in broken spell. For calculating the
total embodied service, the breaks in embodied service due to
disembodiment, will be treated as condoned but the period of
breaks itself will not be treated as qualifying service for pension.
Where qualifying, embodied service has been rendered in broken
spells, five per cent cut will be imposed on the pension of those
JCOs/ORs, who have completed 15 years or more of aggregate
embodied service, but have not completed 20 years of aggregate
embodied service.
2. (a) Officers, JCOs and ORs who had formerly served in the regular
Army, Navy and Air Force and are now serving in the Territorial
Army will have the option either :–
(i) to continue to draw military pension and retain gratuity
received on discharge from military service in which case
their former military service shall not count as qualifying
service for pension under these orders.
OR
(ii) to cease to draw pension henceforth and refund the service
pension already drawn during the TA service and gratuity,
including DCRG, if any, already drawn for the previous
military service and count the previous military service as
qualifying service for grant of pension etc, under these
orders. In the case of TA personnel who have already
retired, the service pension drawn during the TA service and
gratuity, including DCR gratuity already drawn for previous
military service will be adjusted by deduction from
the DCR gratuity admissible under these orders.
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(b) The option above shall be exercised at the time of enrolment in
TA. In the case of serving TA personnel and retired personnel
covered by these orders, the option shall be exercised within six
months. Option once exercised shall be final. If no option
is exercised within the period referred above the TA personnel
shall deemed to have opted for clause (i) of para 2(a) above.
(c) In the case of Officers, JCOs/ORs who opts for 2(a) (ii) above,
the provisions of the TA Regulations, para 187(b) (i) and (ii) will
not apply. In case they do not complete the minimum qualifying
service for TA pension, even after including former military
service, they shall be granted terminal gratuity at the prescribed
rates. Terminal gratuity shall not be paid for the embodied service
in addition to service pension and DCR gratuity admissible under
the provisions of this regulation.
3. (i) Territorial Army pensioners covered by these orders will
also be entitled to commute their pension in accordance
with the rules and orders, applicable to the corresponding
ranks in the regular Army.
(ii) Death-cum-retirement-Gratuity and ordinary Family
Pension will be admissible, as applicable to the Regular
Army.
(iii) Periodic Relief, sanctioned from time to time, for pensioners
of the Regular Army, will be payable to TA pensioners also
on the same basis/scale.
***(Auth—CS No 266/1/86)
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APPENDIX XXVIII
INDIAN ARMY FORMS PECULIAR TO THE TERRITORIAL ARMY
IAF(TA)-1 Application for enrolment.
IAF(TA)-2 Budget Estimate, Centrally Controlled heads.
IAF(TA)-3 Budget Estimate, Locally Controlled heads.
IAF(TA)-4 Annual Inspection reports.
IAF(TA)-5 Weapon Training return.
IAF(TA)-6 Discharge Certificate.
IAF(TA)-7 Mileage and Subsistance Allowance Forms.
IAF(TA)-8 Distinctive Coloured envelopes for use in sending out
orders for embodiment to members of the T.A.
IAF(TA)-9 Application for the grant of Commission as officers in
T.A.
IAF(TA)-10 Notification of change of address.
IAF(TA)-11 Notice for calling up.
IAF(TA)-12 Certificate for proficiency in trades—All Arms.
IAF(TA)-13 Register of miscellaneous charges.
IAF(TA)-14 Application for the grant of JCO Commission in T.A.
IAF(TA)-15 Paramount Cards.
IAF(TA)-16 Ledger Account.
IAF(TA)-19 Territorial Army Medal or Clasp.
IAF(TA)-20 Territorial Army Decoration.
Note—Forms for reports and returns, as applicable to corresponding units
of the Regular Army, will be used.
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APPENDIX XXIX
REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE AWARD OF THE TERRITORIAL ARMY DECORATION AND THE TERRITORIAL
ARMY MEDAL
TERRITORIALARMYDECORATION
1. The decoration shall be styled and designated the “TERRITORIAL ARMY DECORATION”.
2. The decoration shall be oval in shape, made of Silver.
On the obverse it shall have a lotus wreath along the rim, a five
pointed star in Gold gilt embosed in the centre and the State,
Emblem in Gold gilt resting on the upper point of the star. On
the reverse it shall have a lotus flower with buds and leaves
embossed in the center and the words “ “ in
the form of an arch above it. A sealed pattern to the Decoration
shall be deposited and kept.
3. The decoration shall be suspended from a Silver bar
broach, with the word “TERRITORIAL” embossed thereon, by
a silk ribbon 3.175 centimetres in width. The ribbon shall be
divided into 5 stripes by 4 white vertical lines. The stripe in
the centre shall be orange and the other four stripes blue. The
width of the orange stripe shall be double than that of a blue stripe.
The orange colour denotes renunciation and sacrifice, blue devotion
and white purity.
4. The decoration shall be an award to Commissioned Officers
of the Territorial Army for 20 years meritorious service
of proved capacity. The qualifying service shall be reckoned in
accordance with the conditions herein after mentioned.
5. The following service shall count as two-fold qualifying
service :-
(a) The period of commissioned service rendered in a theare
of war by an Officer of the late Indian Territorial
Force or the late Auxiliary Force (India) during the
period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945;
(b) Embodied commissioned service in India by an Officer
of the late Indian Territorial Force or the late Auxiliary
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Force (India) during the period 3rd September 1939 to
2nd September 1945;n and
(c) Embodied commissioned service in the Territorial Army
during an emergency declared by Government.
6. The following service shall count as single qualifying service:-
(a) Commissioned Service in the Territorial Army;
(b) Commissioned Service in the late Indian Territorial
Force or on the active list of late Auxiliary Force
(India) during the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd
September 1945;
(c) Commissioned Service in the Army, the Navy and the
Air Force during the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd
September 1945;
(d) Commissioned Service in the Army, the Navy and the
Air Force during an emergency declared by Government;
(e) Service rendered as a Junior Commissioned Officer, Non-
Commissioned Officer or Other Ranks in the Army and
equivalent ranks of the Navy and the Air Force in a
theatre of war during the period 3rd September 1939 to
2nd September 1945;
(f) Embodied service as a Junior Commissioned Officer,
Non-Commissioned Officer or Other Ranks of the Indian
Territorial Force or the Auxiliary Force (India) during
the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945;
(g) Embodied service as a Junior Commissioned Officer,
Non-Commissioned Officer or Other Ranks in the Territorial
Army during an emergency declared by Government.
7. The following service shall count as half-qualifying service:-
(a) Service as a Junior Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned
Officer or Other Ranks in the Territorial
Army other than that covered by clauses sixthly and
seventhly;
(b) Unembodied service as a Junior Commissioned Officer,
Non-Commissioned Officer or Other Ranks in the late
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Indian Territorial Force or on the active list of the late
Auxiliary Force in India, during the period 3rd September
1939 to 2nd September 1945;
(c) Service as a Junior Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned
Officer or Other Rank in the Army or equivalent
rank in the Navy and the Air Force during the
period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945; and
(d) Service rendered as a Junior Commissioned Officer, Non-
Commissioned Officer or Other Ranks in the Army or
equivalent ranks in the Navy and the Air Forced during
an emergency declared by Government.
8. No period of service in the force in which an officer
qualified for the Efficiency Decoration shall be reckoned as qualifying
service for the Territorial Army Decoration.
9. Service requisite to qualify for the decoration shall not
necessarily be continuous service.
10. An officer already in possession of the Efficiency Decoration
or any Long Service and Good Conduct Medal or Efficiency
Medal and Clasp shall be eligible to receive the Territorial Army
Decoration and to wear them provided that he has completed the
full period of qualifying service for such awards and that no
qualifying service towards one award is permitted to count towards
the other.
11. The miniature decoration which may be worn on certain
occasions by those to whom the decoration is awarded shall be
half the size of the decoration and a sealed pattern of the
miniature decoration shall be deposited and kept.
**12. The President may cancel and annual the award of the
decoration to any person and he shall be required to surrender the
decoration; but it shall be competent for the President to restore the
decoration subsequently when such cancellation and annulment has
been withdrawn.
**13. It shall be competent for the Government to frame such
instructions, as may be necessary, to carry out the purpose of
these ordinances.
**(Auth—CS No 1/7/82)
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TERRITORIAL ARMY MEDAL
1. The Medal shall be styled and designated the “TERRITORIAL
ARMY MEDAL”.
2. The medal shall be oval in shape, made of Silver, with
a fixed fitting for the ribbon in the form of two leaves and
a scroll on which shall be embossed the world “TERRITORIAL”.
On the obverse, it shall have embossed the State Emblem and on
the reverse the inscription. The award
of a clap to the medal shall be denoted by a bar with the
ASHOKA CHAKRA embossed in the centre to be worn on the
ribbon of the medal. A sealed pattern of the medal shall be
deposited and kept.
3. The medal shall be suspended by a ribbon of dark blue
silk, 3.175 centimeters in width. It shall be divided into six
equal strips by five vertical lines. The central vertical line
shall be orange in colour and the remaining four lines shall be
white. The orange colour denotes renunciation and sacrifice,
blue devotion and white purity.
4. The medal shall be an award to Junior Commissioned
Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks of the
Territorial Army for 12 years efficient service. The qualifying service
shall be reckoned in accordance with the conditions hereinafter
mentioned.
5. The following service shall count as two-fold qualifying
service.:–
(a) The period of service rendered in a theatre of war by
a member of the late Indian Territorial Force or the
late Auxiliary Force (Indian) during the period 3rd September
1939 to 2nd September 1945;
(b) Embodied service in India by a member of the late
Indian Territorial Force or the late Auxiliary Force
(Indian) during the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd
September 1945; and
(c) Embodied service in the Territorial Force during an
emergency declared by Government.
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6. The following service shall count as single qualifying
service :–
(a) Service in the Territorial Army;
(b) Service in the late Indian Territorial Force or on the
active list of the late Auxiliary Force (India) during
the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945;
(c) Service in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force during
the period 3rd September 1939 to 2nd September 1945;
and
(d) Service in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force during
an emergency declared by Government.
7. A clasp to be worn on the ribbon of the medal, shall be
awarded to those who having been awarded the medal complete
a total of 18 years efficient service and a further clasp shall be
awarded after completing 24 years service. When the ribbon is
worn without the medal, the grant of clasps shall be denoted by
the wearing on the ribbon of small Silver rosettees, one or more
according to the number of clasps awarded.
8. No period of service in the force which has previously
been counted for any Long Service, Good Conduct or Efficiency
Medals/Clasps shall be reckoned as qualifying service for the
Territorial Army Medal.
9. Service requisite to qualify for the medal shall not necessarily
be continuous service.
10. The recipient of any Long Service, Good Conduct or
Efficiency Medal and Clasps shall be eligible to receive the Territorial
Army Medal and clasps and to wear them, provided that
he has completed the full periods of qualifying service for such
awards and that no qualifying service towards one award is
permitted to count towards the other.
11. The miniature medal which may be worn on certain
occassion by those to whom the medal is awarded shall be half
the size of the medal and a sealed pattern of the said miniature
medal shall be deposited and kept.
**12. The President may cancel and annual the award of the
Medal to any person and he shall be required to surrender the
Medal; but it shall be competent for the President to restore the
Medal subsequently when such cancellation and annulment has
been withdrawn.
**13. It shall be competent for the Government to frame such
instructions, as may be necessary, to carry out the purpose of
these ordinances.
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**(Auth –CS No 1/7/82)
APPENDIX XXX-A
CIVIL EDUCATIONAL EQUIVALENTS (REF PARA 174(C)
State English Anglo 1st Class Army 2nd Class Army 3rd Class Army Army Recruits
Vernacular/Ver- Certificate
Certificate Certificate Tests
nacular
Certicicate
1 2 3 4 5 6
Hyderabad (a) High School X Class IX Class VIII Class VI & VII Class
(b) Anglo
Vernacular
Madras Anglo- VIII Standard VII Standard VI Standard VI Standard or
Vernacular or III Form or II Form or I Form V Class
Bombay English, Anglo- V Standard III Standard II Standard VI Standard or
Vernacular or Secondary Secondary Secondary Primary
Vernacular
Madhya Pradesh (a) Indian VIII Class . . . . . .
English (without
Middle English)
School Exam
(b) Indian Middle . . VI Class . . . .
School Exam.
(c) Primary . . . . IV Class III Class
School
Exam.
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Bhopal (a) Anglo- VIII Standard VII Standard IV Standard . .
Vernacular
Certificate
(b) Vernacular
Certificate . . . . . . II Standard
Bihar Vernacular Senior Basic Upper Primary Junior Basic Lower Primary
Standard or Standard of or Class IV of Standard
Middle Standard new type new type
of new type.
West Bengal VIII Class VI Class IV Class Upper II Class Lower
(High School) (Middle School) English (Primary Primary School
School)
Assam Anglo VIII Class VII Class VI Class IV Class
UP & Ajmer (a) Anglo IX Class VIII Class VIII Class VI Class
Hindustani
(b) Hindustani . . VII old or VIII VI old or VII IV old or V
new new new
East Punjab (a) Anglo Verna- IX Class . . . . . .
& Delhi cular
(b) Vernacular or . . VIII Class VI Class . .
Anglo Vernacular
(c) Vernacular . . . . . . Primary
Standard
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