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11(15)/2022-P&PW(H)-8363 (1)
भारत सरकार
कािमक, लोक िशकायत और पशन मं ालय
पशन और पशनभोगी क ाण िवभाग

8वी ं मं िजल 'बी' िवं ग, जनपथ भवन


जनपथ, नई िद ी-110001
िदनां क: 28 अ ू बर, 2022

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Timelines for completion of various activities in the process of authorisation of pension
and gratuity on retirement on superannuation of a Government servant.

The undersigned is directed to say that Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare has
notified the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 in supersession of the Central Civil
Service (Pension) Rules, 1972. Chapter X of the Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 2021
deals with the procedure for determination and authorisation of the amounts of pension and
gratuity on retirement of a Government servant.

2. The process of authorisation of pension and gratuity involves various activities to be


performed by different offices/authorities. Timelines have been prescribed in the Central
Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 2021 for completion of each of these activities. The details of
the offices/authorities involved, the action to be taken by each of these offices/authorities and
the timeline for completing these actions are summarised below:

A. Preparation of list of Government servants due for retirement- As per Rule 54,
every Head of Department (HOD) is required to have a list prepared by 15th day of
every month, of all Government servants who are due to retire within the next fifteen
months of that date.

B. Intimation to the Directorate of Estates regarding issue of “No Demand


Certificate”- As per Rule 55, complete details regarding the Government
accommodation are required to be obtained from the Government servant at least one
year before retirement and send these details, within 10 days to the Directorate of
Estates for issuing a ‘No demand certificate’ in respect of the period preceding eight
months of the retirement of the Government servant. If the Government servant
is/was not in occupation of any residential accommodation, HOO shall issue the ‘No
Demand Certificate’ on the basis of a declaration from the Government servant in this
regard and after verification of the records and no separate ‘No Demand Certificate’
from the Directorate of Estates shall be necessary in such cases.

C. Preparation for processing of pension case- Elaborate procedure has been laid
down in Rules 56 and 57 for preparatory work for processing of pension case on
superannuation during the period of one year before retirement. This includes
verification of service, making good the omissions, imperfections or deficiencies in
the service book. 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.
At least, eight months prior to the date of retirement of the Government servant, the
HOO shall furnish to the retiring Government servant a certificate regarding the
length of qualifying service and the emoluments/average emoluments to be reckoned
for retirement gratuity and pension and advise the retiring Government servant to
submit/fill the required pension Forms .

The Government servant shall submit the completed Forms not later than six months
prior to his date of retirement.

D. Completion of pension case.-Detailed procedure for completion of pension


papers (i.e. Form 7) by the HOO has been laid down in Rule 59 and 60. The HOO is
required to send the pension case to the Pay & Accounts Office with a covering letter
in Format 10, within two months from the date of receipt of pension forms from the
Government servant.

E. Authorisation of pension and gratuity by the Accounts Officer- On receipt of


pension case the Accounts Officer shall apply the requisite checks and issue the
pension payment order not later than two months in advance of the date of the
retirement of a Government servant on attaining the age of superannuation. The
Accounts Officer shall indicate in the PPO, the name of the spouse of the Government
servant, if alive, as family pensioner. The names of the permanently disabled child or
children and dependent parents and disabled siblings Accounts Officer shall also be
indicated in the PPO, the as family pensioners, if there is no other member of family
to whom family pension may become payable before such disabled child or children
or dependent parents or disabled siblings.

F. Issue of Special Seal of Authority and disbursement of pension- The Accounts


Officer shall forward a copy of the Pension Payment Order to the Central Pension
Accounting Office, within two months from the date of receipt of pension papers from
the HOO. The CPAO shall issue the Special Seal of Authority and forward the same
to the Pension Disbursing Authority along with the copy of the Pension Payment
Order within twenty one days from the date of receipt of the Pension Payment Order.
The Pension Disbursing Authority shall thereafter take action to disburse the pension
to the retired Government servant on the date on which it becomes due.

3. All Ministries/Departments are requested that the above provisions regarding


timelines for processing of a pension under the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021
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.

(अशोक कुमार िसं ह)


अवर सिचव, भारत सरकार
फोन: 23310108

To

All Ministries/Departments/Organisations (As per standard list).-

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