Non-implementation of digital signed pension revision authorities by 15 banks: CPAO

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHI – 110065

CPAO/IT&Tech/e-PPO/2016-17/13

dated 13.04.2016

Subject: Non-implementation of digital signed pension revision authorities by 15 banks.

Attention is invited to this office OM No. CPAO/Tech/e-PPO/ZOIS-16/440-511 dated 03.07.2015 (copy enclosed) on the above subject, whereby all the banks were requested to provide following:-

(i) Server finger print for SFTP
(ii) Username of SFTP
(iii) Password for SFTP

2. Paperless movement of digitally signed e-Revision authorities were scheduled to be implemented w.e.f. 01.02.2016 in all banks vide CPAO’s OM No. CPAO/Tech/e-PPO/ZOIS-16/1743 dated-28.01.2016 (copy enclosed). For this purpose, all CPPCs were supposed to provide their SFTP accounts to N lC-CPAO to enable it to push the digitally signed e-Revision Authorities to their server.

3. While 14 banks have already implemented these, even after rigorous persuasion by NIC-CPAO 15 banks are still lagging behind (list enclosed) in providing their SFTP accounts. Consequently, the movement of paperless e-Revision authorities could not be implemented fully in all banks.

4. If remaining banks are facing some difficulties in providing their SFTP accounts, Sh. Davinder
Kumar, Technical Director, NIC at his E-mail mm or Mobile No.9354806172 may be contacted. The SFTP accounts may be provided to the MC, CPAO at the earliest and in any case not later than 30.04.2016.

This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.

Encl:- As above       

(Vijay Singh)

Sr. Accounts Officer [IT & Tech)

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Latest dop&toreders 26 Feb 2016 Casual Labourers with temporary status-clarification regarding contribution to GPF and Pension under the old pension scheme

Casual Labourers with temporary status-clarification regarding contribution to GPF and Pension under the old pension scheme

No.49014/2/2014-Estt (C)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PG
Department of Personnel and Training
Establishment Division

New Delhi, North Block,
February 26th , 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Casual Labourers with temporary status-clarification regarding contribution to GPF and Pension under the old pension scheme

Undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 51016/2/90-Estt (C) dated the 10th September, 1993 vide which a scheme for grant of temporary status to the casual employees was framed. The scheme applied to those casual labourers who were in employment on the date of the issue of the OM and had rendered one year of continued service in Central Government offices, which meant that they must have been engaged for a period of at least 240 days (206 days in the case of offices observing 5 days week). The scheme did not apply to Departments of Telecom & Posts and Ministry of Railways.

2. As per the scheme, after rendering three years’ continuous service after conferment of temporary status, the casual labourers were to be treated at par with temporary Group ‘D’ employees for the purpose of contribution to the General Provident Fund. Further, after their regularisation, 50% of the service rendered under temporary status would be counted for the purpose of retirement benefits.

3. As per para 8 of the scheme, two out of every three vacancies in Group ‘D’ cadres in respective offices where the casual labourers have been working would be filled up as per extant recruitment rules and in accordance with the instructions issued by Department of Personnel and Training from amongst casual workers with temporary status. However, regular Group ‘D’ staff rendered surplus for any reason will have prior claim for absorption against existing/future vacancies. In case of illiterate casual labourers or those who fail to fulfill the minimum qualification prescribed for post, regularisation will be considered only against those posts in respect of which literacy or lack of minimum qualification will not be a requisite qualification. They would be allowed age relaxation equivalent to the period for which they have worked continuously as casual labourer.

4. Vide the O.M. No.49014/1/2004 -Estt (C) dated the 26 thApril, 2004, the above scheme was reviewed in the light of introduction of New Pension Scheme in respect of persons appointed to the Central • Government service on or after 1.1.2004 as under:

(i) As the new pension scheme is based on defined contributions, the length of qualifying service for the purpose of retirement benefits has lost its relevance, no credit of casual service, as specified in para 5 (v), shall be available to the casual labourers on their regularisation against Group ‘D’ posts on or after 1.1.2004.

(ii) As there is no provision of General Provident Fund in the new pension scheme, it will not serve any useful purpose to continue deductions towards GPF from the existing casual employees, in terms of para 5 (vi) of the scheme for grant of temporary status. It is, therefore, requested that no further deduction towards General Provident Fund shall be effected from the casual labourers w. e. f. 1.1.2004 onwards and the amount lying in their General Provident Fund accounts, including deductions made after 1.1.2004, shall be paid to them.

2. The existing guidelines contained in this Department’s OM No. 49014/2/86-Estt.(C) dated 7.6.88 may continue to be followed in the matter of engagement of casual workers in the Central Government Offices.

5. The OM dated 26th April, 2004 has been quashed by various benches of CAT/High Courts who have decided that the scheme could not be modified retrospectively. The SLPs filed in the Hon’ble Supreme Court have been dismissed by the Apex Court in UOI & Ors v Rameshwar Singh, CC 1829/2014, UOI & Ors v Ramsaran & Ors, SLP (C) No. 25360-25362 of 2008, SLP 17358/2008, SLP 25360-62/09, Union of India etc v Ajay Kumar & Ors, SLP No.19673-19678/2009.

6. The position has been reviewed in the light of the Court judgements in consultation with the Department of Expenditure. It has now been decided that the casual labourers who had been granted temporary status under the scheme, and have completed 3 years of continuous service after that, are entitled to contribute to the General Provident Fund.

7. 50% of the service rendered under temporary status would be counted for the purpose of retirement benefits in respect of those casual labourers who have been regularised in terms of para 8 of the OM dated 10.09. 1993.

8. It is emphasised that the benefit of temporary status is available only to those casual labourers who were in employment on the date of the issue of the OM dated 10th September, 1993 and were otherwise eligible for it. No grant of temporary status is permissible after that date. The employees erroneously granted temporary status between 10.09.1993 and the date of Hon’ble Supreme Court judgement in Union Of India And Anr vs Mohan Pal, 2002 (3) SCR 613, delivered on 29 April, 2002, will however be deemed to have been covered under the scheme of 10.09.93.

9. Ministries/Departments are also requested to identify cases where temporary status has been granted wrongly to those not covered under the OM dated 10.09.1993 and fix responsibility for the same.

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(Mukesh Chaturvedi)
Director (E)

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PENSION POLICY Rules (FAQs)

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Pension and Pension Related Queries in Central Civil Services…

PENSION POLICY

 (1.1) Which rules govern pension and gratuity to the employees retiring from Central Government Civil Departments?

 Pension and gratuity of the employees retiring from Central Government Departments is regulated by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. There are separate rules regarding pension and gratuity of Railway employees and Defence personnel.

 (1.2) Is the date of voluntary retirement treated as duty?

 Yes, the date of voluntary retirement is treated as duty (Rule 5).

 (1.3) Who is eligible for pension?

A Govt. servant appointed in a pensionable establishment on or before 31.12.2003 and retires from Government service with a qualifying service of 10 years or more is eligible for pension (Rule 2, 49).

 (1.4) How is pension calculated?

W.e.f. 1.1.2006, pension is calculated @ 50% of emoluments (last pay) or average emoluments (for last 10 months), whichever is more beneficial to the retiring Govt. servant. (Rule 49

Revision of pension in respect of Pre-2006 Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs and Family pensioners

OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014

Circular No. 554

Dated: 14.01.2016

Subject:- Revision of pension in respect of Pre-2006 Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs and Family pensioners.

Reference:-This office Circular No. 547, 548 dated 11.09.2015, Circular No. 549 dated 30.09.2015 and Circular No. 551 dated 28.12.2015.

Pension Disbursing Agencies are required to revise the pension of Commissioned Officer, JCOs/ORs pensioners and Family pensioners in terms of above cited Circulars. A doubt has been raised as to whether, while revising Disability Pension and War Injury Pension, Service Element is also required to be revised. In this connection, the following clarifications are issued.

(i) Service Element of Disability Pension shall also be revised in terms of this office Circular No. 547 dated 11.9.2015 where JCOs/ORs have rendered 15 year or more qualifying service.

(ii) In cases, where JCOs/ORs have rendered less than 15 years qualifying service, such cases shall be referred to concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities for revision of Service Element of Disability Pension on Annexure which has already been circulated vide this office Circular No. 551 dated 28.12.2015 for issue of corrigendum
PPOs.

(iii) Revision of Service Element of War Injury Pension in respect of JCOs/ORs, irrespective of qualifying service rendered, shall be referred to concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities in the revised Annexure attached alongwith this circular.

(iv) Similarly, Service Element of Disability Pension in respect of such Commissioned Officer pensioners who have rendered 20 years or more service shall be revised in terms of this office Circular No. 548 dated 11.9.2015.

(v) In cases, where Commissioned Officer pensioners have rendered less than 20 years, such cases shall be referred to the concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities for revision of Service Element of Disability Pension in the enclosed Annexure for issue of corrigendum PPOs.

(vi) Revision of Service Element of War Injury Pension in respect of Commissioned Officer pensioners irrespective of qualifying service rendered, shall be referred to concerned Pension Sanctioning Authorities in the enclosed Annexure for issue of corrigendum PPOs.

2. If a pensioner to whom the benefits accrue while revising the pension under above cited Circular Nos. 547 and 548 dated 11.9.2015 has died/dies before receiving the payment of arrears, the Life Time Arrears(LTA) on account of revision of pension, shall be paid in existing manner as already circulated to all Pension Disbursing Agencies in past i.e.

(a) If the claimant is already in receipt of Family Pension or happens to be person in whose favour Family Pension already stands notified and the awardee has not become ineligible for any reason, the LTA under the provisions of this order shall be paid to such claimant by the Pension Disbursing Agencies on their own.

(b) If the claimant has already received LTA in the past in respect of the deceased to whom the benefit would have accrued, the LTA under the provisions of this order shall also be paid to the claimant by the Pension Disbursing Agencies on their own.

(c) If the claimant is a person other than the one mentioned at (a) & (b) above, payment of LTA shall be made to the legal heir/heirs as per the extant Government orders.

3. In view of the above, all Pension Disbursing Agencies are requested that all affected cases of Service Element of Disability Pension and War Injury Element may be dealt with accordingly.

4. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged.

5. This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdagension.nic.in for dissemination to the all concerned.

6. Cases to be referred to the concerned PSAs may be forwarded as under :-

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pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces

pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces Personnel along with pension papers

 October 17, 2015  Maha  pension, retiring Armed Forces Edit Post

Simplification of pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces Personnel along with pension papers

OFFICE OF THE PR.CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211 014

Circular No.546

Dated:-10.09.2015

Sub: Simplification of pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces Personnel along with pension papers.

A Copy of Government of India, Ministry of Defence letter No.3(01)/2015-D(Pen/Pol) dated 25th Aug 2015 on the above subject is forwarded herewith for information and necessary action, which is self-explanatory.

2. As per provisions contained in above Government letter dated 25th Aug 2015, it has been found that the first payment of pension after retirement gets delayed mainly due to two reasons i.e. (i) due to delay in receipt of intimation by the pensioner that pension papers have reached the PDAs and (ii) due to delay on the part of the pensioner in approaching the bank for submission of undertaking/non-re-employment/re-employment certificate. In order to simplify the pension payment procedure, it has been decided that required undertaking/status of non-reemployment/re-employment after retirement may be obtained by the Services HQrs/Record Offices from the retiring Armed Forces Officer and Personnel along with other documents before his retirement

3. The undertaking/certificate shall be forwarded to the pension disbursing agencies along with Pension Payment Order by the Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned in the case of Commissioned Officers and Record Offices concerned in the case of PBORs following the usual procedure. In case of pensioner drawing pension from agencies other OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS) DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014 than bank viz Defence Pension Disbursing Office/Treasury Office etc. a copy of cancelled cheque obtained from retiring personnel shall also be forwarded by the Record Office along with pension payment order to the pension disbursing agencies to ensure payment of pension into the pensioners’ account.

4. In view of the above, all PDAs are hereby authorized to credit the Pensionary Awards notified in favour of the pensioner into his/her bank account as and when due if said undertaking/ certificate is received along with the pension documents. The pensioner would no longer be required to visit the pension disbursing agency to activate the first payment of pension. The pensioners will be required to be called to the paying Bank Branches/DPDOs only if the undertaking/documents submitted by Service HQrs in the case of ICOs (through PSA)/Record Office in the case of PBORs were incomplete. Submission of Certificates prescribed for continuation of monthly pension/payment of dearness relief, shall be followed as hitherto fore.

5. Further, Aadhaar Card number based biometric verification system for pensioners as an additional option for submission of life certificate by the pensioners has been introduced by the Government since Nov 2014. All the pension disbursing agencies are hereby requested to accept e-life certificate of the pensioners as annual life certificate which pensioner can submit online to his pension disbursing agency by registering themselves on www.jeevanpraman.gov.in

This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in.

(G.K.Baranwal)
Deputy controller (Pensions)