Rule 30 — RPR

30. Payment of pension claims.–(1) In so far as civil Ministries or Departments concerned, pensioners are not required to visit Pension Disbursing bank branch in person for credit of his or her first pension provided the requisite undertaking with regard to recovery of overpayment from pensioner shall be forwarded to the concerned bank through CPAO along with Pension Payment Order.

(2) The provisional pension shall be preferred by the Head of Office in which the Government servant was employed immediately before retirement in the same manner in which pay and allowances are disbursed by him.

Note: Pensioners of defence services shall present their claims in special forms as specified by the departmental regulations.

(3) A pensioner specially exempted by the orders of competent authority from personal appearance, a female pensioner not accustomed to appear in public, or a pensioner who is unable to appear due to bodily illness or infirmity, may receive pension upon the production of a life certificate signed by a responsible Government officer or by some other well-known and trustworthy person as specified by the Government.

(4) A pensioner or family pensioner may provide Digital Life Certificate online through Aadhaar based biometric authentication system (Jeevan Praman).

(5) The additional quantum of pension or family pension shall be payable as specified in other Pension Rules or Acts and Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) may not insist for any request or application from pensioners or family pensioners in order to pay additional pension to them.

(6) A pensioner not resident in India may draw his pension in India through an authorised bank. (7) When a pensioner is a minor or is for any reason incapable of managing his own affairs and has no regularly appointed manager or guardian, the District Magistrate or District Commissioner may, on an application made by or on behalf of the pensioner, and subject to such conditions as he may impose, declare any suitable person to be the manager or guardian for the purpose of receiving, on behalf of the pensioner, the pension due to him and payments of pension may be made to such manager or guardian in the same way as to pensioner himself, provided that sufficient proofs are forthcoming at the time of each payment of the pensioner being alive and eligible to receive the pension for the period covered by the payment.

(8) Such declaration may at any time be revoked or altered at the discretion of the District Magistrate or District Commissioner.

(9) The powers of the District Magistrate or District Commissioner in regard to payment of the arrears will be exercised by the Chief Controller or Controller of Accounts of the Ministry or Department who acts as Head of the accounting organisation, in case where the pensions are paid by a PAO of the Ministry or Department or Union territory Administration with separate accounts organisation.

(10) The payment of pensions in rupees authorised by foreign Governments for payment in India shall be regulated by such general or special instructions as may be issued by the Government in this behalf.