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justify;\">\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In section 17B of the High Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service) <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Act, 1954, the following <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Explanation<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"> shall be inserted, namely:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201c<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Explanation.\u2014<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that any <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">or family pensioner completes the age specified in the first column of the scale.\u201d.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">In section 16B of the Supreme Court Judges (Salaries and Conditions of Service)<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Act, 1958, the following <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Explanation<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"> shall be inserted, namely:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">\u201cExplanation.\u2014<\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that any <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">entitlement for additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be, and shall be <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">deemed always to have been, from the first day of the month in which the pensioner <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">or family pensioner completes the 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