129. Addition to qualifying service when a Government servant is declared surplus Footnote : 1. Substituted by G.I., Dept. of P. & P.W., Notification No. 38/57/87-P. & P.W., dated the 27th July, 1987, published in the Gazette of India as S.O. No. 1966, dated the 8th August, 1987. A Government servant who, on being declared surplus to the establishment in which he was serving, is eligible for the facility of being re-deployed through the Central (Surplus Staff) Cell located in the Department of Personnel and Training, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions or in the case of a Group `D' employee, through the Directorate General, Employment and Training and opts to retire voluntarily, instead of seeking re-deployment, shall be entitled to have five years added to the qualifying service rendered by him :
Provided that -
(a) notwithstanding anything contained in the first proviso to Rule 13, the qualifying service rendered by such Government servant shall be not less than fifteen years on the date on which he exercises such option and the qualifying length of service after taking into account the aforesaid addition is not more than the service he could have rendered had he retired on the date of his superannuation; and
(b) the option to retire is exercised and is communicated to the authority competent to sanction pension within a period of two months from the date from which the employee concerned has been declared surplus.