F.No.14(02)/2019/ D(Pen/Pol)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
D(Pension/Policy)

Room No.222, ‘B’ Wing,
Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011.
Dated: 5th October, 2020

To,

The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff

Sub: Revision of Regulation relating to rate of Family Pension (Normal rate & Enhanced rate) of Pension Regulation for the Army, Part-I (2008) in the line of amendment done in Sub Rule (3) of Rule 54 of CCS Pension Rule, 1972 by DoP&PW-reg.

Sir,

The undersigned is directed to refer to the provision of Note 3 (i) & (ii) below Army Instruction 51/80 and Regulation 64 (b) in Pension Regulation for Army, Part-I (2008) under which the minimum of 7 years of continuous qualifying service is required for grant of enhanced rate of Family Pension for the Armed Forces personnel.

2. Consequent upon issue of Gazette Notification No. 550 dated 19.09.2019 of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoP&PW), the condition of minimum requirement of 7 years of continuous service for grant of enhanced rate of Ordinary Family Pension in the sub rule (3)(a) & (b) of Rule 54 of CCS Pension Rule, 1972 has been deleted w.e.f 1st October, 2019 and now Government servants who died in service/ invalided out even with less than 7 years of qualifying service shall be eligible for enhanced rate of Family Pension. This notification also has a provision where a Government servant who died within ten years before the 1* day of October 2019 without completing continuous service of seven years, his family shall be eligible for family pension at enhanced rates in accordance with sub rule (3) with effect from the 1° day of October 2019, subject to fulfillment of other conditions for grant of family pension.

3, . Now, the President is pleased to decide that the same provision shall be extended to Armed Forces Personnel also. Accordingly, the clause “after having rendered not less than 7 years continuous qualifying service” of Regulation 64{b) of Pension Regulations for the Army, Part-I (2008) stands deleted w.e.f. 01.10.2019.

Also check: Provision of Invalid Pension to Armed Forces Personnel before completion of 10 years of qualifying service

4. It has also been decided that where an Armed Forces Personnel died within ten years before the 1° October, 2019 without completing continuous service of seven years, his family shall be eligible for ordinary family pension at enhanced rate as per Regulations 64(b) of Pension Regulations for the Army Part-I (2008) with effect from the 1st October 2019 subject to fulfillment of other conditions for grant of Ordinary Family Pension.

5. Further, the provision of Army Instruction No. 51/1980 would stand modified upto this extent w.e.f. 01.10.2019. The regulation and their instructions for grant of Ordinary Family Pension in Navy and Air Force shall also be amended accordingly.

6. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No. 10(02)/2020/FIN/ PEN dated 23.09.2020.

Also check: Pay Scales for PBORs of Armed Forces

7. Hindi Version will follow.

Yours faithfully,

Ashok Kumar
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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भारत सरकार GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
वित्त मंत्रालय Ministry of Finance
व्यय विभाग Department of Expenditure
केंद्रीय पेंशन लेख कार्यालय Central Pension Accounting Office
त्रिकूट-II भीकाजी कामा प्लेस Trikoot-II, Bhikaji Cama Place,
नई दिल्ली – 110066 New Delhi – 110066

CPAO/IT&Tech/ Pension Process/12 (Vol-VII)/2020-21/27

07.08.2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject:- Timely processing of Pension cases by Pay and Accounts Offices of Ministries / Departments.

Attention is drawn to the timeline mentioned in Rule 61 and Rule 65 (1) (a) of CCS (Pension) Rules read with OM No.1 (17)/2015/ TA-III/331 dated-15.07.2020 issued by the Office of the CGA to ensure timely payment of pension to the retirees

2. It is clearly mentioned in Rule 61 (4) of CCS (Pension) Rule 1972 that the pension papers shall be forwarded by the Head of Office to the Accounts Officer not later than 4 months before the date of superannuation of the govt. servants and as per Rule 65 (1) (a) the Accounts Officer shall issue a Pension Payment Order not later than one month in advance of the date of retirement of the govt. servant on attaining the age of superannuation.

3. The timelines laid down in CCS (Pension) Rules 1972 are not being adhered to by the Pay & Accounts Offices of Ministries/ Departments and pension cases are received in the CPAO after a huge delay and sometimes even after the retirement of the Government servant. This causes undue delay in finalization of the pension cases and pension disbursement by the Pension Disbursing Banks. While the delay may also be due to the late submission of the pension papers by the Heads of Offices, since CPAO authorizes the pension to the pension disbursing Banks, many pensioners’ grievances are received by CPAO. The disruption in postal service due to the Covid pandemic has also aggravated the situation leading to further delay in finalization of pension payments

Therefore, all Pr. CCAs/CCAs/ CAs/AGs and Administrators of UTs are requested to issue necessary instructions to all the Pay & Accounts Offices/ Fields Offices under their jurisdiction to ensure that the timelines laid down in CCS (Pension) Rules for processing the pension cases are adhered to, to ensure timely pension disbursement. All the PAOs/ Field Offices may also be directed to pursue this matter with all the Head of Offices through JS (Admin) of the Ministry/ Department wherever the delay is on the part of Heads of Offices.

Source: CPAO

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