Rule 80 — CCS

80. Authorisation of payment by Accounts Officer.- (1) On receipt of the sanction under rule 79 regarding the payment of family pension or of residuary gratuity or of both, the Accounts Officer shall authorise the payment of the same within one month from the date of receipt of the sanction:

Provided that if the payment of gratuity is delayed and the delay is attributable to administrative lapses or reasons, interest shall be payable for the period of delay beyond a period of three months from the date of submission of claim and responsibility shall be fixed for such delayed payment of gratuity, in accordance with rule 65.

Provided further that, in the case of a missing pensioner or family pensioner, the Accounts Officer shall indicate in the Pension Payment Order the date up to which the pension or family pension had been paid to the missing pensioner or family pensioner and specify that the payment of family pension (including the arrears of family pension for the period from the date it has become due, up to the date of commencement of payment of family pension) shall not be paid by the Pension Disbursing Authority before the expiry of a period of six months from the date of lodging of report with the concerned Police Station.

(2) The Accounts Officer shall forward a copy of the Pension Payment Order issued under this rule along with the undertaking to the Bank in Format 9 to the Central Pension Accounting Office, within one month of the date of receipt of family pension case from the Head of Office, for issuing a Special Seal of Authority.

(3) The Central Pension Accounting Office shall issue the Special Seal of Authority and forward the same to the Pension Disbursing Authority along with the copy of the Pension Payment Order issued by the Accounts Officer and the undertaking in Format 9 within ten days of the date of receipt of the Pension Payment Order from the Accounts Officer, in accordance with the orders issued by the Controller General of Accounts.

(4) The Pension Disbursing Authority shall take action to disburse the family pension to the family pensioner from the date on which it becomes due, in accordance with the orders issued by the Controller General of Accounts and Central Pension Accounting Office, within fifteen days of the date of receipt of Special Seal of Authority from the Central Pension Accounting Office.

(5)

(a) In the case of a Government servant who has died after retirement and in respect of whom forms referred to in rule 57 or rule 58 were not submitted before his death, the Head of Office shall allow the spouse of the deceased Government servant or, in the absence of the spouse, any other member of the family eligible to receive family pension on death of Government servant to submit the claim in Form 10 along with Form 4 and an undertaking to the Bank in Format 9:

Provided that if there is no member of the family eligible to receive family pension on death of Government servant, a member of the family in whose favour a nomination was made by the Government servant for payment of gratuity, shall be allowed to submit Form 6 in place of Form 10 and the said member of the family shall indicate, the details of his or her Bank Account in Form 6.

(b) The Head of Office shall fill up Form 7 for payment of pension and retirement gratuity in respect of the deceased retired Government servant and he shall also make an indication in Form 7 to the effect that the case pertains to a retired Government servant, who did not submit Form 6 and other documents before his death and if a claim for family pension has been submitted in Form 10, the Head of Office shall also issue a sanction in Format 13 for authorisation of family pension to the eligible member of the family.

(c) The Head of Office shall send Form 4, Form 7, Form 10 or Form 6, as the case may be, Format 9 and Format 13 (if applicable) with a forwarding letter in Format 10 to the Accounts Officer for authorisation of pension, retirement gratuity and family pension, if applicable.

(d) The Accounts Officer shall authorise the pension, retirement gratuity and family pension (if applicable) in PartII of the Pension Payment Order and he shall also authorise the Head of Office to make payment of arrears of pension for the period from the date following the date of retirement up to the date of death to the member of the family who is authorised to receive family pension:

Provided that if there is no member of the family eligible to receive family pension, the arrears of pension shall be paid to the member of the family who has been authorised to receive retirement gratuity.

(e) If a family pension has been authorised to a member of the family, the Accounts Officer shall forward a copy of the Pension Payment Order issued under clause

(d) along with the undertaking to the Bank in Format 9 to the Central Pension Accounting Office, for issuing a Special Seal of Authority and for disbursement of family pension in accordance with sub-rule (2) to sub-rule (4).