No.29/4/91-P&PW (F)
Government of
Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension &
Pensioners’ Welfare
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: - Settlement of pensionary entitlement in
respect of Central Government employees absorbed in Central Public Sector
Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies in individual basis – Entitlement of family
pension
The undersigned is directed
to refer to this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 1/18/86-P&PW (D) dated
22nd January, 1990, on the above mentioned subject and to say that
suggestions have been received that family pension entitlement in such cases
should be intimated to the employees at the time of their going on permanent
absorption to Public Sector Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies and that for this
purpose some formal document should be supplied to them so that in the event of
their becoming eligible for family pension benefits under the Central
Government rules on fulfillment of the conditions prescribed in the above
mentioned Office memorandum, the same can be relied upon by the members of the
family as and when the contingency for commencement of family pension arises in
future.
2. The
matter has been examined carefully and it has been decided to prescribe the
following procedure for this purpose: -
In accordance with this Department’s
Office memorandum No. 38/24/91-P&PW (F) dated 22nd November,
1991, every retiring employee is required to be supplied with a pension
calculation sheet inter alia indicating the amount of pension, gratuity and
family pension. It has been decided that
the entitlement of family pension in the case of employees going on permanent
absorption in PSU / Autonomous Bodies should also be indicated in the said
calculation sheet with an explanation that the benefit of family pension will
be admissible in such case subject to
(a)
The employee seeking permanent absorption is not entitled to family
pension benefit from the Public Sector Undertakings / Autonomous Bodies or
under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provision Act.
(b)
Where the employee concerned is governed by the Family Pension Scheme
under the Employees Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, he opts to
be governed by the Family Pension Scheme of the Central Government after
obtaining exemption from the provision of Employees Provident Fund and
Miscellaneous Provisions Act from the Regional Provident Fund Commissioner
concerned.
For this purpose the format of the calculation sheet
has been further amplified. A revised
format is enclosed. (Annexure) This calculation sheet should be got printed
on fairly heavy paper to ensure its durability and entries therein should as
far as possible be typed. In the event
of the absorbees becoming eligible for the benefit of family pension under the
Central Government rules, the pension calculation sheet can be relied upon by
the members of the family for claiming family pension as and when the
contingency for the same arises in future.
3. Ministry
of Agriculture etc. are requested kindly to being these revised instructions to
the notice of all Heads of Offices / Pay and Accounts Offices under their
administrative control. It is also
requested that the pension calculation sheets may be supplied in all past cases
of absorption in PSU / Autonomous Bodies (confined to details regarding
entitlement to family pension) where the family pension has not so far already
commenced.
4. In
their application to the persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts
Department, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller &
Auditor General of
Sd/-
(Kashmiri Lal)
Deputy Secretary to the
Government of
To
All
Ministries/Departments of the Government of