Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement
No.1 119/2013-P&PW(E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare
Lok Nayak Bhavan, Khan Market
,
,
New Delhi-l 10003,
Dated the 16.9.2015
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Verification of qualifying service after 18 years service and 5 years before retirement.
2. Rule 32 of the CCS (Pension) rules, which existed prior to December,
2012 provided for issuing of a certificate in Form 24 by the Head of
Office in consultation with by the Account Officer regarding completion
of qualifying service of 25 years. These rules have been amended
subsequently and as per the existing provisions, a certificate regarding
qualifying service is required to be issued by the HOO after completion
of 18 years of service and again 5 years before the date of retirement
of an employee. Rule further provide that verification done under
that rule shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except
when necessitated by a subsequent change in the rules and orders
governing the conditions under which the service qualifies for pension.
3. It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying
service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required
under the rules. All Ministries/Departments etc. are therefore requested
to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and PAOs
for strict compliance. Non-compliance of this statutory requirements may
be viewed seriously.
4. In order to review status regarding compliance of these rules, all
Ministries/Departments are requested that the information may be
collected from all establishments /office under them and the same may be
compiled and sent to this Department by 15th October, 2015 in the
enclosed proforma.
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( Sujasha Choudhury)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Source: Pensioners Portal
[http://ccis.nic.in/WriteReadData/CircularPortal/D3/D03ppw/ppw_170915.pdf]
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