44Pensions granted by the Administrator, etc

(1) Subject to the adjustments mentioned in sub-section (4), the State of Goa shall, in respect of pensions granted before the appointed day by the Administrator, pay the pensions drawn in the treasuries in the Goa district of the existing Union territory.

(2) Subject to the adjustments mentioned in sub-section (4), the liability in respect of pensions of Government servants employed in connection with the affairs of the existing Union territory who retire or proceed on leave preparatory to retirement before the appointed day but whose claims for pensions are outstanding immediately before that day, shall be the liability of the State of Goa.

(3) The liability of the Union in respect of pensions granted before the appointed day by the Administrator and drawn in any treasury outside the existing Union territory shall be the liability of the State of Goa subject to adjustments to be made in accordance with sub-section (4), as if such pensions had been drawn in the treasuries referred to in sub-section (1).

(4) In respect of the period commencing on the appointed day and ending on the 31st day of March, 1988, and in respect of each subsequent financial year, the total payments made by the State of Goa in respect of pensions referred to in sub-section (1) and sub-section (2) shall be apportioned between the State of Goa and the Union in the population ratio.

(5) The liability in respect of the pension of any Government servant employed immediately before the appointed day in connection with the affairs of the existing Union territory and retiring on or after that day, shall be that of the State of Goa or the Union, as the case may be, but the portion of the pension in respect of the period of service of any such Government servant before the appointed day shall be apportioned between the State of Goa and the Union in the population ratio.

(6) Any reference in this section to a pension shall be construed as including a reference to the commuted value of the pension.