Pensioners Portal Order 2013: Withholding of 10% gratuity from the retiring Government servants - clarification regarding.

No.20/16/1998-P&PW (F)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003
Dated the 11th July, 2013.

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: Withholding of 10% gratuity from the retiring Government servants - clarification regarding.

   The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated the 19th February 2013 on the above cited subject and to say that this Department is still receiving representations from individuals and Pensioners Associations that Government Departments have been withholding 10% of the amount of gratuity from retirees even when they had not been provided any Government accommodation. This is in contravention of existing instructions.

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Grant of Family Pension and Gratuity to the eligible member of the family of any employee/pensioner.

   Family pension is payable to the family of a Government employee or pensioner after his death. Difficulties in payment arise when a Government Servant or pensioner goes missing. Clarificatory instructions have recently been issued by the Central Government for payment of benefits in such cases.

   According to these instructions, the family must lodge a report with the concerned police station and obtain a report from the police, that the employee or pensioner or family pensioner has not been traced despite all efforts made by them.

   The report may be a First Information Report or any other report such as a Daily Diary or General Diary Entry.

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PENSIONERS PORTAL ORDER 2013: Grant of family pension and gratuity to the eligible member of the family of an employee/pensioner/family pensioner reported missing - consolidated instructions - regarding.

F.No.l/17/2011-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare

Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi
Dated: 24th June, 2013

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub:- Grant of family pension and gratuity to the eligible member of the family of an employee/pensioner/family pensioner reported missing - consolidated instructions - regarding.

   The provisions regarding grant of gratuity and family pension to the members of families of the deceased Government servants/pensioners who were appointed on or before 31st December, 2003 and who are/were born on pensionable establishments are contained in Rules 50-54 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972. The instructions regarding grant of family pension and gratuity under these rules to the eligible member of the family of an employee reported missing had been issued vide this Department's earlier office memorandum No. l/17/86-P&PW, dated 29th August, 1986. Clarifications/amendments in this regard were issued vide OM No. 1/17/86-P&PW, dated 25th January, 1991 and 18th February, 1993 and OM No. 1/28/04-P&PW(E) dated 31st March, 2009 and 2nd July, 2010, O.M. of even number, dated 14th September, 2011 and OM No. l/17/2010-P&PW(E), dated 2nd January, 2012.

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Payment of arrears to Post-2006 retirees on account of pension/Family Pension/Gratuity and Leave Encashment.

No. Fin (Pen) A (3)-1/09 Part-I
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Finance (Pension) Department

Dated: 26th March, 2012. Shimla-171002

Office Memorandum

Subject: - Payment of arrears to Post-2006 retirees on account of pension/Family Pension/Gratuity and Leave Encashment.

   In continuation to this Department’s O.M. No. Fin(Pen)A(3)-1/09-Part - I dated 14th February, 2012 on the subject cited above, the undersigned is directed to say that the Governor, Himachal Pradesh, is pleased to order the payment of entire balance amount of arrears (25%) of each element of pension / family pension / gratuity and leave encashment during the month of April, 2012.

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Payment of arrear to Post-2006 retirees on account of Pension/Family Pension/Gratuity and Leave Encashment.

No. Fin (Pen) A (3)-1/09- Part-I

Government of Himachal Pradesh

Finance (Pension) Department

Dated: Shimla-171002, 17th August, 2011

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Payment of arrear to Post-2006 retirees on account of Pension/Family Pension/Gratuity and Leave Encashment.

   In continuation to this Department's Office Memorandum of even number dated the 29th March, 2010. 2nd November 2010 and 10th March, 2011 on the subject cited above, the undersigned is directed to say that the Governor, Himachal Pradesh, is pleased to order the payment of addinonal 10% of each element of pension / family pension / gratuity and leave encashment arrears to those Government servants who had retired on or after 1.1.2006. Thus. the total cumulative arrears released so far after taking into account the present release, shall amount to 50% of the total arrears accrued to the Post-2006 Pensioners/ Family Pensioners.

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