No.1/19/2013-P&PW
(E)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department
of Pension and Pensioners Welfare
Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market,
New Delhi-110003,
Dated the 16.9.2015
OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
Sub : Verification of qualifying
service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement.
It has been observed by this Department
that processing of pension cases of the employees retiring from the government
service quite often get delayed on account of the issues relating to
verification of service from time to time by the concerned authorities during
the service of the concerned employee. Although detailed instructions regarding
verification of service have been issued by Department of Personnel &
Training and by this Department, these instructions are not meticulously
adhered to resulting in delay in sanctioning of retirement benefit of the
employees.
2. Rule 32 of the CCS (Pension) rules,
which existed prior to December, 2012 provided for issuing of a certificate in
Form 24 by the Head of Office in consultation with by the Account Officer
regarding completion of qualifying service of 25 years. These rules have been
amended subsequently and as per the existing provisions, a certificate
regarding qualifying service is required to be issued by the HOO after
completion of 18 years of service and again S years before the date of
retirement of an employee. Rule further provide that verification done under
that rule shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except when
necessitated by a subsequent· change in the rules and orders governing the
conditions under which the service qualifies for pension.
3. It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required under the rules. All Ministries/ Departments etc. are therefore requested to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and PA Os for strict compliance. Non-compliance of this statutory requirement may be viewed seriously.
3. It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required under the rules. All Ministries/ Departments etc. are therefore requested to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and PA Os for strict compliance. Non-compliance of this statutory requirement may be viewed seriously.
4. In order to review status regarding
compliance of these rules, all Ministries/ Departments are requested that the
information may be collected from all establishments / office under them and
the same may be compiled and sent to this Department by 15th October, 201 S in
the enclosed proforma.
( Sujasha Choudhury)
Deputy Secretary to
the Government of India
Te1:24635979
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