Para 14.8 — MSO (A&E)
Original Rule Text
14.8 The production of Last Pay Certificate need not be insisted upon for the purpose of making or authorising payment of anticipatory pension , anticipatory gratuity (including death/retirement gratuity) and commuted value based on
anticipatory pension. When a Government servant has retired from service a gazetted notification (if he was a Gazetted Officer) or a formal order (if he was non-gazetted officer) notifying/intimating the fact of his retirement from the specified date may, however, be awaited. 14.9 The production of the Last Pay Certificate is not necessary in the case of family pension granted under the Extra Ordinary Pension Rules and the liberalised Pension Rules also. 14.10 Except in cases for which other special arrangements may be sanctioned, periodical personal payments which do not come under the category of Pay and Allowances should be made only upon Pension Payment Orders issued from the Office of Accountant General in forms 71 and 72. 14.11 In the case of pensions sanctioned for a limited period, the cases for dates of monthly payment in both portions of the pension payments order from the date the pension is to be discontinued should be cancelled in red ink at the time the pension payment order is issued or reissued by the office of the Accountant General. 14.12 Accountants General should arrange for the speedy disposal of the applications for pension and for gratuities, which are invariably to be treated as urgent. A register of applications for pension should be kept in each (A&E) Office showing date of receipt and of final disposal of each.
Note:- In order to prevent the possibility of double claims, in the case of a nongazetted
Government Servant a note should be made in the Service Book by the Accountant General’s office (Pension verification Section) to the effect that a pension of a certain amount was admitted on a certain date. In case of a Gazetted Government Servant, the pension verification section should transmit this information to the Gazetted Entitlement Section or in case where the officer was serving in another Accounts circle immediately before retirement, to such Accounts Officer. The particulars should be noted in the Gazetted Entitlement Register.
What This Means
The Last Pay Certificate is not required before paying anticipatory pension, anticipatory gratuity (including death/retirement gratuity), or commuted pension value based on anticipatory pension. However, before making these payments, the office should wait for the gazette notification (for gazetted officers) or formal retirement order (for non-gazetted officers) confirming retirement. Paras 14.9 through 14.12 further clarify that LPC is also not needed for family pension under extraordinary/liberalised rules, that periodical personal payments require PPOs in Forms 71/72, that limited-period pensions must have future dates cancelled in red ink, and that pension applications must be treated as urgent with a tracking register.
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Key Points
- 1LPC not needed for anticipatory pension, anticipatory gratuity, or commuted value based on anticipatory pension
- 2Retirement notification/order must be awaited before payment
- 3LPC also not needed for family pension under Extra Ordinary or Liberalised Pension Rules
- 4Limited-period pensions: future payment dates must be cancelled in red ink at PPO issuance
- 5Pension applications are always treated as urgent; a register tracks receipt and disposal dates
Practical Example
A gazetted officer retires on March 31. By April 5, the gazette notification is published but the LPC is still being processed by the DDO. The AG's office goes ahead and releases anticipatory pension and gratuity without waiting for the LPC, since the gazette notification confirms retirement. Once the LPC arrives later, it is filed with the pension case and final pension is settled.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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