Central Government Employees to declare family assets for three years by July

Central Government Employees to declare family assets for three years by July

Central government employees were today told to file details of their assets and liabilities, along with that of their spouses and dependent children, as part of mandatory obligations under Lokpal Act by July.

The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has asked secretaries of all Central government ministries and chief secretaries of state governments to ensure that employees working under their control file the declarations in time, under its OM No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B).

The move comes as the deadline for filing of these returns was yesterday extended for the fifth time, till July 31.

Employees have to file three declarations–one each for 2014, 2015 and 2016. There are about 50 lakh Central government employees.

The declarations under the Lokpal law are in addition to similar ones filed by the employees under various services rules.

Employees have to give details like cash in hand, bank deposits both in domestic and in foreign, investment in bonds, debentures, shares and units in companies or mutual funds, insurance policies, provident fund, personal loans and advance given to any person or entity, among others.

They also have to declare expensive furniture, fixtures, antiques, paintings and electronic equipment if the total current value of any particular asset in any particular category (e.g. furniture, fixtures, electronic equipments) exceeds two months’ basic pay or Rs one lakh.

As per rules, notified under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, every public servant shall file declaration, information and annual returns pertaining to his assets and liabilities as on March 31 every year or on or before July 31 of that year.

For 2014, the last date for filing returns was September 15 of that year. It was first extended till December 2014, then till April 30, 2015 and third extension was up to October 15. The date was then extended to April 15, this year for filing of returns for 2014 and 2015.

Now it has been extended till July 31, 2016 and employees have to file one returns each for 2014, 2015 and 2016 by this new date.

PTI

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Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Submission of Declaration of Immovable Property Returns by the Government Servants - regarding.

F. No. 11013/7/2014-Estt.A-III

Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievance and Pensions

Department of Personnel & Training

Establishment Division

North Block, New Delhi - 110001

Dated 5th January, 2016

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 - Submission of Declaration of Immovable Property Returns by the Government Servants - regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to the Office Memorandum of even number dated the 26th October, 2015 on the above subject and to say that the Annual Property Returns required to be filed under the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 for the year 2015 which is required to be filed by the 31st January, 2016, may be filed in the forms prescribed under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964. It is reiterated that the returns are required to be filed by all the Government servants belonging to Group 'A', 'B', 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D', in terms of Rule 18(4) of the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 which empowers the Government to require a Government servant to submit a statement of movable or immovable property as may be specified in the order.

Sd/-

(Mukesh Chaturvedi)

Director (Establishment) 

Source:http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D2/D02est/11013_7_2014-Estt.A-III-05012016.pdf

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Extension of last date of filing of revised returns for the year 2014 and the returns for the year 2015 by Public Servants

No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)

Bharat Sarkar/Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi

Date: 11 th October, 2015

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Public Servants under Section 44 of Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013-extension of last date of filing of revised returns for the year 2014 and the returns for the year 2015 by Public servants.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s D.O. letter of even number dated 30 April, 2015 regarding the furnishing of information relating to assets and liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 and forwarding therewith copies of the Central Government’s notifications dated 27th April, 2015 containing —

(a) amendment to the Lokpal & Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014, for the purpose of extending the time limit for carrying out necessary changes in the relevant rules relating to different services from “eighteen months” to “twenty one months” from the date on which the Act came into force, i.e., 16th January, 2014; and

(b)the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2014, extending the time limit for filing of revised returns by all public servants from 30th April, 2015 to 15th October 2015.

2. In this regard, the undersigned is directed to convey that the last date for filing of revised returns for the year 2014 (as on 01.08.2014) and the returns for the year 2015 (as on 31.03.2015) by Public servants under the rules indicated in para 1 (b) above has now been further extended from 15th October, 2015 to 15th April, 2016. Formal amendments to the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 and to the Lokpal & Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 are being notified separately. They will also be uploaded on the ebsite of this Department, i.e., htt://persmin.nic.in/Dopt.asp.

3. All Ministries/Departments and cadre authorities are requested to kindly issue orders towards ensuring compliance with the revised Rules by all officers and staff in the respective Mnistry/Department/Organisation/PSUs under their control, within the revised time -limit mentioned therein.

Sd/-

(Jishnu Barua)

Joint Secretary to the Govt. of India

Source: www.persmin.gov.in

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Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013

No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)

Bharat Sarkar/Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

Department of Personnel and Training

New Delhi, the 13th January, 2015

Office Memorandum

Subject: Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – extension of last date for filing of revised returns by public servants who have filed property returns under the existing service rules – Clarification on filing of property returns in accordance with existing service rules for different categories of public servants -Reg.

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