Chandigarh, Aug. 6 -- The Haryana government on Tuesday directed pension sanctioning authorities in each department to comply with the Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2016 in letter and spirit while recommending the family pension cases in favour of widowed or divorced daughters and disabled children to the principal accountant general (accounts and entitlement), Haryana. Chief secretary Anurag Rastogi, who also holds the charge of additional chief secretary, finance and planning in an August 5 communication to heads of departments, divisional commissioners, deputy commissioners and sub-divisional magistrates said that the principal accountant general (A&E) has observed that pension sanctioning authorities are not following the rules while forwarding pension cases of widowed or divorced daughters and physically challenged children. This leads to difficulties in assessing the dependency of the claimant or eligible family member, the communication said. As per Rule 8(10)(b) of the Haryana Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2016, the definition of family for the purpose of family pension is clearly outlined. The rule specified that a legally adopted son or daughter-adopted under Hindu law or any other personal law-is considered an eligible child for family pension....