Amendments to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994

What the amendment does

The Labour and Employment Department amendment adds a family pension to the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Construction Workers) Welfare Scheme, 1994. If a registered manual worker dies while receiving a pension, the worker's spouse is eligible for a family pension of Rs. 400 per month.

The amendment was made by the Governor of Tamil Nadu using powers under the Tamil Nadu Manual Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Work) Act, 1982.

Who is affected

The family pension provision applies to:

• A registered manual worker who was receiving a pension when the worker died.
• The surviving spouse of that deceased pensioner.
• The Labour Officer (Social Security Scheme) for the district, who receives, verifies and decides the application.

The notification concerns construction worker welfare benefits. It does not contain provisions about land ownership, property registration, planning permission or land use.

How the spouse must apply

The eligible spouse must apply in Form CCC to the Labour Officer (Social Security Scheme) of the respective district. The prescribed form asks for:

• The applicant's name, age, date of birth and full address with PIN code.
• The deceased pensioner's name and date of death.
• The applicant's relationship to and dependency on the deceased pensioner.
• The deceased pensioner's pension order number and date.
• Details of any other pension received by the applicant.

The application must include an attested death certificate, an attested legal heir certificate, a copy of the deceased person's pension order and an additional passport size photograph. The photograph placed on the form must be signed, and incomplete applications will not be considered.

Verification and declaration

Form CCC requires the applicant to declare that the information provided is true. The applicant must also declare that similar benefits have not been claimed from another welfare board, another Government of Tamil Nadu welfare board, another government scheme or the government old age pension scheme.

False information may require repayment of the entire family pension received and may lead to other action, including legal action. Before sanctioning the pension, the Labour Officer must conduct verification, including checking the Revenue Department's old age pension beneficiary list. Once sanctioned, the monthly family pension is to be sent by money order.