2. In rule 56 of the Uttar Pradesh Fundamental Rules, published
in the Financial Hand Book, Volume II, Parts II to IV, as
amended from time to time (hereinafter to be referred to as the
said rule 56),-
(i) in clause (c) for the words ''fifty years'' occurring the
second time, the words ''forty-five years'' shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (e) the following proviso shall be inserted
namely:-
" Provided that where a Government servant who
voluntarily retires or is allowed voluntarily to retire under this
rule the appointing authority may allow him, for the purposes of
pension and gratuity, if any, the benefit of additional service of
five years or of such period as he would have served if he had
continued till the ordinary date of his superannuation, whichever
be less; "
(iii) for explanation (2) the following explanations shall be
substituled and be deemed to always have been substituted,
namely:-
"(2) In order to be satisfied whether it will be in the public
interest to require a Government servant to retire under clause
(c) the appointing authority may take into consideration any
material relating to the Government servant and nothing herein
contained shall be construed to exclude from consideration-
(a) any entries relating to any period before such
Government servant was allowed to cross any efficiency bar or
before he was promoted to any post in an officiating or
substantive capacity or on an ad hoc basis; or
(b) any entry against which a representation is pending,
provided that the representation is also taken into consideration
along with the entry; or
(c) any report of the vigilance Establishment constituted
under the Uttar Pradesh Vigilance Establishment Act, 1965.br
(2A) Every such decision shall be deemed to have been
taken in the public interest."