No. 4-1(15)/2024 - Pension
Government of India Ministry of Communication
Department of Posts (Pension Section)
Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg
New Delhi-110001 Dated: 13 Nov, 2024
To
All Heads of Postal Circles
Chief General Manager, BD Directorate / Parcel Directorate / PLI Directorate
All Regional Postmasters General
Director, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai National Postal Academy, Ghaziabad
All Directors/Dy. Directors of Accounts (Postal)
Subject: Processing of pension case on superannuation under CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 in respect of Central Government Servant.
Sir/Madam,
I am directed to forward herewith a copy of the O.M. No. 11/15/2022-P&PW(H)-8363 dated 11.10.2024 of Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions regarding the aforementioned subject for information and necessary compliance.
Yours faithfully,
Assistant Director General (Pension)
(Amit Ranjan)
∙13/11/2024.
Encls.: As above (4 pages)
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11/15/2022-P&PW(H)-8363 Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, Khan Market,
New Delhi-110 003 Date: 11-10-2024
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Processing of pension case on superannuation under CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 in respect of Central Government Servant.
The undersigned is directed to say that Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare has notified the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 in supersession of the Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 1972.
2.Rule 57 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 stipulates the procedure for processing of pension cases in respect of Central Government servant on superannuation. Rule 57 provides that the Head of Office shall divide the period of prepatory work of one year before the date of superannuation of Government servant in the following three stages, namely:-
(a) First Stage Verification of service;-
(i) the Head of Office shall go through the service book of the Government servant and satisfy himself as to whether the certificates of verification for the service subsequent to the service verified under Rule 30 are recorded therein;
(ii) in respect of the unverified portion or portions of service, he shall verify the portion or portions of such service, as the case may be, based on pay bills, acquittance rolls or other relevant records, such as last pay certificate and pay slip for month of April (which shows verification of service for the previous financial year) and record necessary certificates in the service books;
(iii) If the service for any period is not capable of being verified in the manner specified in sub- clause (i) and sub-clause (ii), that period of service having been rendered by the Government servant in another office or Department, the Head of Office under which the Government servant is at present serving shall refer the said period of service to the Head of Office in which the Government servant is shown to have served during that period for the purpose of verification;
(iv) on receipt of communication referred to in sub-clause (iii), the Head of Office in that office or Department shall verify the portion or portions of such service, in the manner as specified in sub-clause (ii), and send necessary certificates to the referring Head of Office within two months from the date of receipt of such a reference:
Provided that in case a period of service is incapable of being verified, it shall be brought to the notice of the referring Head of Office simultaneously:
(v) If no response is received within the time referred to in the preceding sub-clause, such period or periods shall be deemed to qualify for pension.
(vi) If at any time thereafter, it is found that the Head of Office and other concerned authorities had failed to communicated any non-qualifying period of service, the Secretary of the administrative Ministry or Department shall fix responsibility for such non-communication;
(vii) The process specified in sub-clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) shall be completed eight months before the date of superannuation;
(viii) if any portion of service rendered by a Government servant is not capable of being verified in the manner specified in sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) or sub-clause (iii) or sub-clause (iv) or sub-clause (v), the Government servant shall be asked to file a written statement on plain paper within a month, stating that he had in fact rendered service for that period, and shall, at the foot of the statement, make and subscribe to a declaration as to the truth of that statement;
(ix) the Head of Office shall, after taking into consideration the facts in the written statement referred to in sub-clause (viii) admit that portion of service as having been rendered for the purpose of calculating the pension of that Government servant; and
(x) if a Government servant is found to have given any incorrect information willfully, which makes him or her entitled to any benefits which he or she is not otherwise entitled to, it shall be construed as a grave misconduct.
(b) Second State Making good the omissions in the service book,
(i) the Head of Office while scrutinizing the certificates of verification of service, shall also identify if there are any other omissions, imperfections or deficiencies which have a direct bearing on the determination of emoluments and the service qualifying for pension;
(ii) every effort shall be made to complete the verification of service, as specified in clause (a) and to make good the omissions, imperfections or deficiencies referred to in sub-clause (i);
(iii) any omission, imperfection or deficiency which is incapable of being made good and the periods of service about which the Government servant has submitted no statement and the portion of service shown as unverified in the service book which it has not been possible to verify in accordance with the procedure laid down in clause (a) shall be ignored and service qualifying for pension shall be determined on the basis of the entries in the service book;
(iv) for the purpose of calculation of emoluments and average emoluments, the Head of Office shall verify from the service book the correctness of the emoluments drawn or to be drawn during the last ten months of service;
(v) in order to ensure that the emoluments during the last ten months of service have been correctly shown in the service book, the Head of Office shall verify the correctness of emoluments only for the period of twenty four months preceding the date of retirement of a Government servant, and not for any period prior to that date.
(c) Third Stage. As soon as the second stage is completed, but not later than eight months prior to the date of retirement of the Government servant, the Head of Office shall,-
(i) furnish to the retiring Government servant a certificate regarding the length of qualifying service proposed to be admitted for the purpose of pension and gratuity and also the emoluments and the average emoluments proposed to be reckoned for retirement gratuity and pension;
(ii) direct the retiring Government servant to furnish to the Head of Office the reasons for non-acceptance, supported by the relevant documents in support of his claim within two months if the certified service and emoluments as indicated by the Head of Office are not acceptable to him;
(iii) advise the retiring Government servant to submit Form 6-A.
(2) (a) The Government servant shall submit duly completed Form 6-A to the Head of the Office, not later than six months prior to his date of retirement.;
(b) The Government servant shall also apply in Form 6-A, if he so desires, for commutation of a percentage of pension in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981.
(3) (a) Where the Head of Office is satisfied that the Government servant is not in a position to submit the forms referred to in sub-rule (2) on account of any bodily or mental infirmity, the Head of Office may allow the spouse of the Government servant or, in the absence of the spouse, the member of the family eligible to receive family pension on death of Government servant, to submit Form 6-A.
(b) If there is no member of the family eligible to receive family pension on death of Government servant, a member of the family in whose favour a nomination was made by the Government servant for payment of gratuity, may be allowed to submit Form 6-A: Provided that where the said form is submitted by the spouse or any other member of the family, the Government servant shall not be entitled to the benefit of commutation of pension until he himself subsequently applies for such commutation in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981.
All Ministries/Departments are requested that the above provisions of Rule 57 of CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021, regarding procedure for processing of pension cases in respect of Central Government servant on superannuation, may be brought to the notice of the personnel dealing with the pensionary benefits in the Ministry/Department and attached/subordinate offices thereunder, for strict implementation.
सुà¤ाष लू
(Subhash Chander)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Tele. No. 24644631
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