No.28/19/2002-P&PW (B)
3rd Floor Lok Nayak Bhavan,
New Delhi-110 003, the 19th February 2003.
Office Memorandum
Subject:
Mobility of personnel
between Central Government Departments and Autonomous Bodies–Counting of past
service – Discharging of DCRG liability
by autonomous bodies where pension scheme is not in operation.
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Instructions relating to mobility of
personnel between Central Government Departments and autonomous bodies and
counting of past service came into existence by issue of DP&AR’s OM
No.28/10/84-PU dated 29-8-1984. There were various conditions laid down in
above order which are required to be fulfilled to make an employee eligible for
counting of past service. Para 3(b) of above OM provided procedure to be
followed on mobility of personnel to and from a body where pension scheme is
not in operation. It has been provided in para-3 (b)(i) that on mobility of
personnel from an autonomous body governed by CPF Scheme to another similar
body, the amount of employees subscription in CPF, employers share of CPF plus
interest may be transferred to his new provident fund account with the consent
of that body. Para-3 (b)(ii) of above order provides that on mobility of
employee from autonomous body governed by CPF scheme to Central Government
Department, that body will pay employers share of CPF contribution to the Government
Department. The Government employees who were in service on 1-1-1986 and who
were governed by CPF Scheme were made entitled for DCRG. In view of above, this Department has been
receiving references from various Ministries whether on mobility of personnel from autonomous body governed by CPF scheme, that body will
be required to discharge DCRG liability
to the Government/new autonomous body,
as the case may be, for the purpose of
counting of past service or not.
2. This matter has been considered and the
President has been pleased to decide that in the cases of mobility
of personnel, with proper consent
from autonomous bodies governed
by CPF Scheme to Government
Department or another Autonomous Body,
the parent Autonomous Body will be
required to discharge
pensionary/terminal liability, for the purpose of counting of past service as under:-
In the cases of
mobility of personnel from autonomous bodies where CPF Scheme is in operation
to other similar autonomous bodies, besides transferring CPF to new autonomous
body, previous autonomous body will be required to discharge pro-rata DCRG
liability to new body.
In the cases of
mobility of personnel from autonomous bodies where CPF Scheme is in operation
to Government Departments or autonomous bodies where pension scheme is in
operation, the previous body will be
required to transfer employers share of
CPF contribution plus pro-rata DCRG liability to new Department or
body.
3. Para-3 (b) of the DP&AR’s OM
No.28/10/84-PU dated 29-8-1984, as amended from time to time, may be treated as
amended to the extent indicated in this Office Memorandum. All other conditions laid down in the above
order will remain unaltered.
4. These orders will be applicable in the
cases of mobility of personnel w.e.f. 1-1-1986 and parent Autonomous Body will
be required to transfer DCRG liability for the entire period of service
rendered by the employee in that body, alongwith employers share of CPF
contribution.
5. This issues with the approval of
Ministry of Finance vide their I.D. No.486/E.V./2002 dated 2-8-2002
& with the concurrence of office of Comptroller & Auditor General of
India vide their I.D. No.233-Audit (Rules)/51-2001 dated
26-11-2002.
Sd/-
(Sujit Datta)
Director (PW)
To
1. All
Ministries/Departments with the request that it may be brought to the notice of
all attached/subordinate offices and autonomous bodies under the control of
concerned Ministry.
2 Chief Secretaries to all the State
Governments/Union Territories.
3. Ministry
of Finance, Department of Expenditure
(E.V. Branch), North Block, New Delhi.