Simplification of pension
procedure - submission of undertaking by retiring Government servant along with
pension papers - reg.
No. 1I27/2011-P&PW (E)
Government of
India
Ministry of
Personnel, P.G. &
Pensions
Department of
Pension &
Pensioners'
Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New
Delhi,
the 7th May, 2014
Office Memorandum
Sub: Simplification of pension procedure -
submission of undertaking by retiring
Government servant along with pension papers - reg.
'The Scheme for Payment of pensions to Central
Government Civil Pensioners
through Authorised Banks', issued by the Central
Pension Accounting Office provides for an
undertaking to be submitted by the retiring
Government servant/pensioner to the pension
disbursing bank before commencement of pension. The
pensioner undertakes to refund or
make good any amount to which he is not entitled.
2. It has been found that the first payment of
pension after retirement gets delayed mainly
due to two reasons. One, the delay in receipt of
intimation by the pensioner that pension
papers have reached the bank and two, delay on part
of the pensioner in approaching the
bank for submission of undertaking.
3. The feasibility of submission of undertaking by
the retiring Government servant along
with pension papers had been under consideration in
the Government for some time. The
following simplification has therefore been approved
with the concurrence of Department of
Expenditure, vide their I.D. No.130/E.V/2014, dated 24th February, 2014. The required
undertaking may be obtained by the Head of Office
from the retiring Government servant
along with Form 5 and other documents before his
retirement. This undertaking shall be
forwarded to the pension disbursing bank along with
the Pension Payment Order by the
Accounts Officer/CPAO following the usual procedure.
The bank shall credit the pension to
the account of the pensioner as soon as this
Undertaking is received along with the pension
documents.
4. The pensioner would no longer be required to
visit the bank to activate the first
payment of pension. Therefore, after ascertaining
that the Bank's copy has been despatched
by the Central Pension Accounting Office, the
pensioner's copy of the Pension Payment
Order (PPO) may be handed over to him at the time of
retirement along with other retirement
dues. This should be feasible in all cases where the
Government servant had submitted
pension papers within the time-limits prescribed in
the Central Civil Services (Pension)
Rules, 1972.
5. An employee posted at a location away from the
office of the Head of Office or
who for any other reasons feels that it would be
more convenient to him to obtain his copy of
PPO from the bank, may inform the Head of Office of
his option in writing while submitting
his pension papers.
6. Office of Controller General of Accounts is
requested to instruct all Pay and Accounts
Offices and all pension disbursing banks to follow
the above procedure as well as make
necessary amendments to the pension sanction and
payment procedures and the Scheme
Booklet.
7. All Ministries/Departments are requested to
follow the above procedure
henceforth. Department of Posts and Department of
Telecommunications are requested to
make suitable amendments to the instructions to the
Accounts Officers and pension
disbursing Post Offices/Banks to adhere to the above
procedure.
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(D.K. Solanki)
Under Secretary to
the Government of India
Ph: 24644632
I. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of
India as per list
2. % Controller
General of Accounts, ih Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan
Market,
New Delhi.
3. Central Pension Accounting Office, Trikoot -II,
Bhikaji Kama Place, New Delhi.
4. De~artment of Expenditure (E.V Branch, W.r.t.
their I.D. No.130/E.V 12014,
dated
241 February, 2014), North Block, New Delhi.
5. Department of Posts, Dak Bhavan, New Delhi
6. Department of Telecommunications, Sanchar Bhavan,
New Delhi.
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