Rule 81 - Pension Start Date

Rule 81)

(d) Date from which provisional pension under Rule 62 being paid, if any. Date upto which provisional pension is sanctioned by HOO Amount of provisional pension being paid (per month)

12.

(a) Amount of retirement gratuity (Rule 45)

(b) Amount of Provisional gratuity paid under Rule 62, if any

13. Details of Government dues recoverable out of gratuity

(a) Licence fee for Government accommodation [see sub-rules (2), (3) & (4) of Rule 68]

(b) Dues referred to in Rule 69

(c) Amount indicated by Directorate of Estates to be withheld under sub-Rule (5) of Rule 68 14. Amount and Period of family pension : Amount

(a) Enhanced rate [Rule 50(2)(a)(iii)]

(b) Ordinary rate [Rule 50(2)(a)(i)]

Note: In the event of death of pensioner, the family pension at enhanced rate shall be payable for a period of seven years, or for a period up to the date on which the retired deceased Government servant would have attained the age of 67 years had he survived, whichever is less. 15. Name of the family member

(s) to whom family pension is to be authorized in Pension Payment Order a. Name of the Spouse b. Percentage of family pension to be paid to spouse, if the family pension is to be shared with other members of the family (e.g. children from a wife who is not alive or children from a divorced wife)

c. Names and relationship of other family members, referred to in

(b) above. 1. 2. 3. d. Name of family member to be coauthorised (i.e. disabled child/dependant parent/disabled sibling)

[ II 3(i)] 193 16. Whether Fixed Medical Allowance is admissible Yes No

17. Commutation of pension :-

(a) Percentage of pension commuted

(b) Amount of monthly pension commuted

(c) Commuted value of pension

(d) Amount of residuary pension after deducting commuted portion Post-retirement address of the retiree

e-mail ID, if any Mobile number *Providing Aadhaar No. is voluntary. However, if it is provided consent to link it to Bank Account for authentication of identity from UIDAI for pension related purpose only, is presumed.

Note: Commuted part of pension will be restored after 15 years from the date of retirement or payment of commuted value of pension, whichever is later.

FORM 7- CHECK LIST FOR HEAD OF OFFICE FOR TIMELY PROCESSING OF RETIREMENT DUES

1. Whether retiring Government servant is an allottee of Government accommodation

2. The date on which action initiated to obtain the 'No demand certificate from the Directorate of Estates as provided in Rule 55.

3. Date of receipt of 'No Demand Certificate' from Directorate of Estates 4. Date on which intimation regarding any recovery/withholding of amount from gratuity received from Directorate of Estates

5. If retiring Government servant is not an allottee of Government office(DD/MM/YYYY)

6. Date on which a certificate regarding the length of qualifying service and the emoluments/average emoluments proposed to be reckoned for retirement gratuity and pension was provided to the Government servant. (DD/MM/YYYY)

7. Whether any objection received from the Government servant on the above certificate

8. Whether the objection has been resolved to the satisfaction of Government servant

9. Whether nominations made in common nomination forms for

(i) Death gratuity/retirement gratuity (ii)Payment under Central Government Employees' Group Insurance Scheme

(iii) Amount of General Provident Fund, if applicable (iv)Arrears of pension (v)Commuted value of pension (if applicable)

10.(i)Has the retiring Government servant worked in any of the organisations mentioned in subrule 4 of Rule 7 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021 (ii)If yes, whether an undertaking in Format 1 has been obtained along with Form 6 and placed on record

11. tallying with service records Yes No 12. Disbursement of commuted value of pension PAO Disbursing Authority

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Date of receipt of pension papers by the Accounts Officer from Head of Office(DD/MM/YYYY) Entitlements admitted - A. Length of qualifying service B. Pension -

(i) Class of pension

(ii) Amount of monthly pension

(iii) Date from which provisional pension under Rule 62 being paid by Head of Office, if any. (iv)Amount of Provisional Pension being paid

(v) Date up to which provisional pension to be continued

(vi) Date from which regular pension is to commence

Note 1 : The date from which the final pension shall be commenced by the Pension Disbursing Authority shall be at least two months after the date of issue of the PPO, taking into consideration the time likely to be taken by CPAO and CPPC to process the pension case. Pay & Accounts Office shall record a note in this regard in the PPO while authorizing the final pension.

Note 2: The payment of provisional pension shall, accordingly, continue from the office till the date mentioned in the PPO for commencement of final pension by the PDA.

Note 3: The HOO will draw and disburse the difference between the amount of pension finally assessed and the amount of provisional pension. If the amount of pension finally assessed is less than the amount of provisional pension, the difference will be adjusted from the amount of gratuity payable failing which, in instalments from pension payable in future. C. Commutation of pension -

(i) Portion of pension commuted, if any

(ii) Commuted value of portion of pension commuted, if any

(iii) Residuary pension after commutation

(iv) Date from which reduced pension is payable(DD/MM/YYYY)

(v) Date of restoration of commuted portion of pension (subject to the pensioner continuing to live) (DD/MM/YYYY)

D. Retirement Gratuity -

(i) Total amount of gratuity

(ii) Provisional gratuity paid by Head of Office under Rule 62

(iii) Amount to be adjusted towards arrears of licence fee for Government accommodation and licence fee for retention of Government accommodation beyond retirement [Rule 68(1) and 68(4)]

(iv) Amount intimated by Directorate of Estates for being withheld on account of unassessed licence fee (Rule 68(5))

(v) Amount to be adjusted towards Government dues other than those pertaining to Government accommodation (Rule 69)

(vi) Net amount to be released immediately E. Amount and period of Family pension Amount Period

(i) At enhanced rate (ii)At normal rate F. Name of the family member

(s) to whom family pension is to be authorized in Pension Payment Order

(a) Name of the Spouse

[ II 3(i)] 195 (b)Percentage of family pension to be paid to spouse, if the family pension is to be shared with other members of the family (e.g. children from a wife who is not alive or children from a divorced wife)

(c) Names and relationship of other family members, referred to in

(b) above.

(d) Name of family member to be co-authorised (i.e. disabled child/dependant parent/disabled sibling)

G. Head of account to which the amount of pension, retirement/death gratuity and family pension are to be debited

Signature of Accounts Officer PENSION CALCULATION SHEET

1. Name 2. Designation

3. Date of birth 4. Level of pay in the pay matrix 5. Basic pay

6 Date of entry in the Government service(DD/MM/YYYY) 7.Date of retirement (DD/MM/YYYY)

8. Length of qualifying service reckoned for pension/gratuity(as indicated in PPO)

9(a). Emoluments for pension 9(b). Emoluments drawn during the last ten months 9(c). Average emoluments 10. Emoluments or average emoluments, whichever is more beneficial for pension (as indicated in PPO)

11. Pension admissible (if qualifying service is ten years or more) calculations to be shown as follows :- Emoluments or average emoluments/2

12. Emoluments for gratuity (as indicated in PPO)

13. Retirement gratuity admissible: calculation to be shown as follows :- Emoluments/4 x Qualifying Service (In completed six monthly periods, not exceeding 66.)

14. Pay for family pension (as indicated in Pension Payment Order)

15. Family pension admissible (calculation to be shown as follows) :-

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(a) Ordinary family pension : Pay x 30% (subject to prescribed minimum and maximum)

(b) Enhanced family pension: Pay /2 (Subject to prescribed minimum and maximum)

16. Details of Commutation of Pension, If any

(a) The percentage of pension commuted

(b) Amount of monthly pension commuted

(c) Commuted value of pension

(d) Amount of residuary pension after deducting commuted portion

17. Amount of Fixed Medical Allowance, if admissible

Signature of the Head of Office Countersigned by PAO Copy to:-

(Retired/retiring Govt. servant)

Form 7-A [See Rule 63(5) ] Form for Assessing Pension/Family Pension and Gratuity in respect of a Government servant against whom departmental or judicial proceedings were pending at the time of retirement and to whom provisional pension was sanctioned in accordance with Rule 8 PART-I (To be filed by Head of Office) 1. Name of the retiring Government servant

Name of Mother Father

Mother Father *Aadhaar No. (if available) PAN no.

Date of Birth DDMM-YYYY

2. Post held at the time of retirement: -

(a) Name of the office

(b) Post held

(c) Level of pay in the pay matrix

(d) Basic pay

(e) Whether the appointment mentioned above was under Government or outside the Government on foreign service terms

(f) Level of pay /basic pay in the pay matrix of the post in the parent department

Whether declared substantive in any post under the Central Government

3. Date of beginning of service (DD/MM/YYYY) 4. Date of ending of service (DD/MM/YYYY)

5. Cause of ending of service (please tick one)

(a) Superannuation (Rule 33)

(b) Voluntary retirement on being declared surplus (Rule 34)

(c) Voluntary retirement [under Rules 43 and FR 56 (k)]

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(d) Premature retirement at the initiative of the Government [ Rule 42 or FR 56

(j) ]

(e) Permanent absorption in State Government/public sector undertaking/Autonomous Body (Rule 35, 36, 37 or 38)

(f) Invalidation on medical ground (Rule 39)

(g) Compulsory retirement (Rule 40)

(h) Dismissal/ Removal from service (Rules 24 and 41)

6. Details of Service (a)Period of service From To Total duration of service (b)Details of omission, imperfection or deficiencies in the Service Book which have been ignored [under Rule 57]

(c) Period not counted as qualifying service :-

(i) Boy service (2nd proviso to Rule 11)

(ii) Extraordinary leave not counted as qualifying service (Rule 21)

(iii) Periods of suspension not treated as qualifying service (Rule 23)

(iv) Interruptions in service [Rule 27 (1)

(b) and Rule 28 (c)]

(v) Periods of foreign service with United Nation Bodies for which no pension contributions are payable/paid (Rule 29)

(vi) Any other period not treated as qualifying service (give details)

(d) Additions to qualifying service :-

(i) Civil service (Rule19)

(ii) Military service (Rule 20)

(iii) Benefit of service in a State Government/ Autonomous Body (Rule 13/Rule14) Temporary status service (Rule 15)

(e)Net qualifying service(a b c + d)

(f) Qualifying service expressed in terms of completed six monthly periods (Period of three months & above is to be treated as completed six monthly period (Rule 44 and Rule 45)

7. Emoluments :-

(a) Emoluments in terms of Rule 31

(b) Emoluments drawn during ten months preceding retirementFrom (DD/MM/YY YY)

To (DD/MM/YY YY)

Note: If the officer was on foreign service immediately preceding retirement, the notional emoluments which he would have drawn under Government but for being on foreign service may be mentioned in items

(a) and

(b) above (Rule 32)

(c) Average emoluments (Rule 32)

(d) Emoluments or average emoluments (whichever is higher) to be reckoned for pension (Rule 44)

(e)Emoluments reckoned for retirement gratuity (Rule 45)

(f) Pay reckoned for family pension (Rule 50)

8. Proposed Pension Details:-

(a) Amount of pension/service gratuity at full rates (Rule 44)

(b) Amount of retirement gratuity at full rates (Rule 45)

(c) Whether any part of pension or gratuity to be withheld/withdrawn on conclusion of departmental/judicial proceedings under Rule 8

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(d) Percentage of pension to be withheld / withdrawn

(e) Whether pension is to be withheld/withdrawn permanently or for a specified period

(f) Date from which pension is to be withdrawn / withheld

(g) Date up to which pension is to be withdrawn/withheld (if withheld/withdrawn for a specified period)

(h) Amount of pension payable after deduction of the amount withheld / withdrawn

(i) Date from which regular pension is to commence

(j) Percentage of gratuity to be withheld under Rule 8

(k) Amount of gratuity after deduction of amount withheld

(l) Amount of provisional pension which was sanctioned under Rule 8

(m) Date from which provisional pension paid

9. Details of Government dues recoverable out of gratuity

(a) Licence fee for Government accommodation [see sub-rules (2), (3) & (4) of Rule 68]

(b) Dues referred to in Rule 69

(c) Amount indicated by Directorate of Estates to be withheld under sub-Rule (5) of Rule 68

10. Amount and Period of family pension : Amount

(a) Enhanced rate [Rule 50(2)(a)(iii)]

(b) Ordinary rate [Rule 50(2)(a)(i)]

Note: In the event of death of pensioner, the family pension at enhanced rate shall be payable for a period of seven years, or for a period up to the date on which the retired deceased Government servant would have attained the age of 67 years had he survived, whichever is less. 11. Name of the family member

(s) to whom family pension is to be authorized in Pension Payment Order (a)Name of the Spouse

(b) Percentage of family pension to be paid to spouse, if the family pension is to be shared with other members of the family (e.g. children from a wife who is not alive or children from a divorced wife)

(c) Names and relationship of other family members, referred to in

(b) above. 1 2 3

(d) Name of family member to be coauthorised (i.e. disabled child/dependant parent/disabled sibling)

12. Commutation of pension :-

(a) The percentage of pension commuted

(b) Amount of monthly pension commuted

(c) Commuted value of pension

(d) Amount of residuary pension after deducting commuted portion

Post-retirement address of the retiree

e-mail ID, if any Mobile number

Note: Commuted part of pension will be restored after 15 years from the date of payment of commuted value of pension.

[ II 3(i)] 199 PART-II (Account Authorisation (by Accounts Officer)

Date of receipt of pension papers by the Accounts Officer from Head of Office (DD/MM/YYYY) Entitlements admitted - A. Length of qualifying service B. Pension -

(i) Class of pension

(ii) Amount of monthly pension

(iii) Percentage of pension to be withheld / withdrawn under Rule 8

(iv) Amount of pension payable after deduction of the amount withheld / withdrawn

(v) Period for which pension is to be withdrawn / withheld

(vi) Date of commencement

(vii) Amount of provisional pension paid (Statement of provis

What This Means

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Key Points

• 1Regular pension starts the day after retirement.
• 2Family pension starts the day after the government servant/pensioner's death or ineligibility of a family pensioner.
• 3Pension is payable for the entire day of the recipient's death.
• 4All pensions and gratuities are payable in Indian Rupees only within India.
• 5Gratuity is generally paid in a lump sum.

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