Time Period for disposal by the Designated Authority:

Once the Designated Authority receives an application from  the parents/ divyang sibling, the Designated Authority shall decide the eligibility of such claim and dispose of the application within a period of not more than 90 (ninety) days from the date of receipt of such application, after giving the applicant and the employee concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard.

Time limit for the disposal of appeal by the Appellate Authority:

Upon receipt of the appeal from the aggrieved dependent parents/ divyang sibling or employee concerned, the Appellate Authority shall decide the appeal within a period of not more than 60 (sixty) days from the date of receipt of such application.

Disposal of case by the PRANAM Commission:

The parents/divyang sibling who, does not receive a decision from Appellate Authority within the time specified in the section 15, or any employee or the parents/divyang sibling aggrieved by a decision of the Appellate Authority, as the case may be, may within 60 (sixty) days from the expiry of such period or from the receipt of such a decision from the Appellate Authority prefer an Appeal before the PRANAM Commission provided that the Commission may admit the appeal after the expiry of the period of 60 (sixty) days if it is satisfied that the appellant was prevented by sufficient cause from filing the appeal in time.

An appeal under this section shall be disposed of by the Commission within 90 (ninety) days of the receipt of the appeal or within such extended period not exceeding a total of 120 (one hundred twenty) days from the date of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing.

Death of the grantee parents/siblings or arising of any new source of income for the grantee:

In the event of circumstances, such as, the death of the grantee parents/siblings or arising of any new source of income for the grantee, which prove that the apportioned salary is no more applicable, the employee may submit an application to that effect before the Designated Authority and the latter shall dispose of the same within 30 (thirty) days from the date of such application, after considering the evidence submitted before him by the employee and after hearing the grantee parents/siblings about the new source of income stated to have arisen in respect of him/her.