Section 6 of Karnataka State Civil Services Act, 1973

6. Provision relating to revision of pensions, etc. - Where consequent upon a review of promotions under section 4, it is found that any allottee who has retired from service before an order under sub-section (1), (3), (4) ,(5),(6) or (8) of section 4, is made, or before the expiry of the period of his officiation in the promoted post or office would have been eligible for promotion to the next higher class or grade of service under the said section if the final seniority list had been published on the first day of November, 1956, his pension and death-cum-retirement gratuity shall be revised with reference to the pay and allowances he would have drawn if he had been promoted to the next higher class or grade of service on the date on which he was found eligible for such promotion with reference to his rank in the final seniority list and the relevant recruitment rules, and as if he had satisfactorily completed the period of officiation in the said class or grade of service.