CLARIFICATION REGARDING
QUERIES BEING RECEIVED IN RESPECT OF SPECIAL CASH PACKAGE EQUIVALENT IN LIEU OF
LEAVE TRAVEL CONCESSION FARE FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES DURING THE BLOCK
2018-21 (CLICK THE LINK BELOW TYO VIEW)
https://doe.gov.in/sites/default/files/LTC%20-%20FAQ%20No.%204.pdf
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TIMELY PAYMENT OF
RETIREMENT BENEFITS TO THE RETIRING EMPLOYEES
No. 3(6)/2021-P&PW(H)-7083
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel & Public Grievance
Department of Pension and pensioners’ Welfare
8th Floor, Janpath Bhavan,
Janpath, New Delhi,
Dated: 9th March, 2021
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:-Timely payment of
retirement benefits to the retiring employees
The undersigned is
directed to say that timelines have been prescribed under the CCS (Pension)
Rules, 1972 for each activity involved in the processing of a pension case and
for payment of pension and gratuity to a retiring Government servant. As per
this timeline, the process of verification of service and other preparatory
work should be
undertaken one year before a Government servant is due to retire on
superannuation, the Government servant should submit the forms six months
before retirement, the Head of Office should send the pension case to the PAO
four months before retirement and the PAO should issue PPO and send it to CPAO
one month before retirement. The CPAO is required to issue the Special Seal
Authority within 21 days, thereafter.
2. Instructions have been
issued vide this Department’s OM No 1/27/2011- P &PW (E) dated 01.08.2017
for handing over the copy of pensioner PPO to him/her at the time of retirement
along with other retirement dues. The Rules also provide for sanction of
provisional pension in cases where a Government servant is likely to retire
before finalization of his pension and gratuity.
3. “BHAVISHYA’, the
online Pension Sanction & Payment Tracking System, facilitates online
tracking of pension sanction and payment process by the individual as well as
the administrative authorities and keeps the retiring employees informed of the
progress of pension sanction process through SMS/E-Mail. The system is,
therefore, very useful for ensuring timely payment of pensionary benefits to
the retiring Government servant.
4. In spite of the
timelines prescribed in the rules/instructions and simplification/streamlining
of the procedures through BHAVISHYA, issue of the PPO and payment of retirement
benefits continue to be delayed in a large number of cases. A significant
percentage of the grievances registered on the CPENGRAMS relate to non-payment
of retirement dues for several months after retirement. Delay in settlement of
retirement dues also leads to avoidable litigation. In a number of cases, the
courts have directed payment of interest for the delayed period to the affected
pensioners, besides making adverse comments on the functioning of the
administration.
5. In order to ensure
timely payment of retirement dues in all cases, it has been decided that the
progress of the pension cases should be regularly monitored by the Heads of the
organizations and the Heads of Departments. An effective monitoring mechanism
is required to be established in every office/Department to review the progress
of processing of the pension cases. The information available from the
BHAVISHYA software may be utilized for this purpose.
6. Farewell programs
are often organized in the offices on the occasion of retirement of employees.
This is one of the most appropriate occasions that can be utilized to review
the progress of the pension cases and to sensitize the concerned staff about
the importance of timely payment of retirement dues. Accordingly, in every
farewell function, Heads of organizations/Departments/offices may review the
progress of pension cases of all the employees of that
organization/Department/office, who are due for retirement in the next six
months. Wherever the processing of any pension case is found to be behind
schedule, proactive action must be taken to ensure that all retirement dues are
paid on time to the retiring Government servant.
7. A half-yearly
statement may be submitted by each Department/organization/ office to the
Secretary of the administrative Ministry/Department indicating the particulars
of the Government servants in whose case issue of PPO was delayed by more than
two months after retirement on superannuation. The statement may also contain
the reasons for the delay in issuing the PPO and remedial action taken to avoid
such delays in future.
8. All the
Ministries/Departments are requested to bring the above instructions to the
notice of the offices/field organizations under their administrative control
for strict compliance.
(Rajesh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
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