Terminal Benefits available to Family of a Deceased Government Servant and Process |
Following benefits are granted to family on death of a Government servants during service:
(A) For Government employees covered under CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972:
(i) Family Pension
(ii) Death Gratuity,
(iii) Accumulation under General Provident Fund
(iv) Leave encashment
(v) CGEGIS
(vi) CGHS or FMA
(B) For Government employees covered under NPS:
(i) Benefit from accumulated pension wealth under NPS or family pension under CCS(Pension) Rules, 1972 as per option or default option,
(ii) Death Gratuity,
(iii) Leave Encashment,
(iv) CGEGIS
(v) CGHS
Necessary Forms to be filled by claimant for benefits:
(i) Family pension – claim in Form 14 of CCS(Pension) Rules
(ii) Death Gratuity- claim in Form 12 of CCS(Pension) Rules
(iii) Leave Encashment, CGEGIS, GPF- No form or application is required
(iv) CGHS- Form prescribed by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Family pension and death gratuity for Central Government employees is processed through BHAVISHYA software. Other benefits are granted by HOO to the eligible member(s) through issue of sanction.
For Family pension (In-service death of Government Employee) and Death gratuity following documents are required:
(A) For Family Pension:
i. Death certificate of Government Employee
ii. PAN number of Claimant (Photocopy)
iii. Details of single holder Bank Account of claimant
iv. Address Proof
v. Passport size photo (two)
vi. Two specimen signatures of claimant
vii. Details of height and personal identification
viii. Contact details (Mobile No. and Email (if any))
(B) For Death Gratuity:
i. Death Certificate of Government Employee,
ii. Bank account details of nominee(s),
iii. PAN number of Claimant (Photocopy),
iv. Separate claim for each nominee
(C) For other benefits (Leave encashment, CGEGIS, GPF)
i. Death certificate,
ii. Bank accounts details of claimant
Leave encashment and GPF benefits can be Immediately Sanctioned on receipt of above documents from the claimant.
Process for claim for grant of family pension and death gratuity:
- Under the BHAVISHYA software, it is the responsibility of the Head of Office to process the grant of family pension and death gratuity to eligible member / nominee.
- Head of Office will obtain information from eligible member in form 14 and form 12 or in person and fill details in the BHAVISHYA through his login and password. He will upload all necessary documents in the software including photo, signature, certificates etc.
- Head of Office forward the same through the system (BHAVISHYA) to Pay and Account Office.
- HOO will forward physical signed documents along with enclosures to PAO.
- PAO would process the same and forward it to CPAO for issue of SSA. PAO will pay the death gratuity and also send a signed copy of PPO to CPAO.
- CPAO would send information to Bank for payment of family pension.
Sanction of Provisional Family Pension by Head of Office: ( clarification issued vide DoPPW OM No. 1/11/2020-P&PW (E) Dated 29.7.2020
It has been decided to relax the provisions of rule 80-A of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 to the extent that if a claim for family pension in Form 14 along with death certificate and bank account details of the claimant has been received and the Head of Office is satisfied about the bonafide of that claim, he shall sanction provisional family pension immediately. The Head of Office shall not wait for forwarding of the family pension case (including Form-14, Form-18 and other relevant documents mentioned in Rule 80) to Pay & Accounts Office before sanctioning the provisional family pension.
The amount of provisional family pension shall not exceed the maximum family pension as admissible under Rule 54 of CCS Pension Rules, 1972.
The Pay & Accounts Office shall release the provisional family pension on the basis of sanction order issued by the Head of Office without insisting for any other documents including service book. The provisional family pension shall be paid in the same manner as Pay and Allowances of the establishment are paid.
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Provisional Family Pension on death during Service: HoD can sanction the amount immediately, Govt. has relaxed the Rule 80-A.: DoPPW OM Dt 29th July, 2020
No. 1/11/2020-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi,
Dated 29th July, 2020
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Relaxation of Rule 80-A for payment of provisional Family Pension on death of a Government Servant during service.
The undersigned is directed to say that in accordance with Rule 80-A of the CCS (Pension) Rules 1972, on death of a Government servant during service, Head of Office shall sanction and draw provisional family pension and death gratuity in favour of claimant or claimants, after the family pension case, including Form 18 and other documents referred to in Rule 80, has been forwarded by the Head of Office to the Pay & Accounts Office. It has been brought to the notice of this Department that the process of forwarding the family pension case to Pay & Accounts Office along with requisite documents itself takes a long time. It is also understood that, in a large number of cases, provisional family pension and gratuity are not being sanctioned on death of a Government servant. The delay in finalization of family pension and gratuity results in hardship to the family of the deceased Government servant.
2. The matter has been examined in this Department. In accordance with Rule 54 (2) (ii) of the CCS (Pension) Rules, on death of Government servant during service, the family of a deceased Government Servant becomes entitled to family pension even in cases where a government servant dies before completion of one year of continuous service, provided the deceased government servant concerned, immediately prior to his/ her appointment to the service or post, was examined by appropriate medical authority and declared fit by that authority. Thus family pension is payable to the family of deceased Government servant irrespective of the length of service of the Government servant before his death. Therefore, verification of the entire service is not relevant for determining the amount of family pension. The amount of death gratuity, however, depends on the length of qualifying service of the deceased Government servant. Any Government dues in respect of the deceased Government servant are also required to be recovered from the amount of death gratuity.
3. Keeping in view the position mentioned in para 2 above and in order to avoid any hardship to the family of the deceased Government servant, it has been decided to relax the provisions of rule 80-A of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 to the extent that if a claim for family pension in Form 14 along with death certificate and bank account details of the claimant has been received and the Head of Office is satisfied about the bonafide of that claim, he shall sanction provisional family pension immediately. The Head of Office shall not wait for forwarding of the family pension case (including Form-14, Form-18 and other relevant documents mentioned in Rule 80) to Pay & Accounts Office before sanctioning the provisional family pension.
4. The amount of provisional family pension shall not exceed the maximum family pension as admissible under Rule 54 of CCS Pension Rules, 1972.
5. In Central Armed Police Forces related cases, where death of an employee occurs, initially provisional family pension may be sanctioned without waiting for the final Operation Casualty Report.
6. The Pay & Accounts Office shall release the provisional family pension on the basis of sanction order issued by the Head of Office without insisting for any other documents including service book. The provisional family pension shall be paid in the same manner as Pay and Allowances of the establishment are paid.
7. A format for sanctioning the provisional family pension by the Head of Department is enclosed.
8. There will be no change in regard to the provisions for sanction of provisional gratuity under Rule 80-A. Action for sanction of death gratuity under rule 80-A may be taken by the Head of Office after forwarding Form-18 and other relevant documents to Pay & Accounts Office. In case the amount of provisional family pension is later found to be in excess of the final family pension, the same may be adjusted from the amount of death gratuity, failing which, it may be recovered in installment from the family pension payable in future.
9. The payment of provisional family pension sanctioned as per Para 3 above may initially continue for a period of six months from the date, following the date of death of employee. The period of such provisional family pension sanctioned may be further extended, for not more than six months at a time, on the advice of Pay & Accounts Office and with the approval of Head of Department (HOD).
10. The provisional family pension may continue to be paid for two months succeeding the month in which the Pension Payment Order for final family pension is issued by the Pay & Accounts Office, keeping in view the time likely to be taken by Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) and Central Pension Processing Centre (CPPC) for processing the case. While authorizing final family pension after receipt of complete family pension case, the Pay & Account office shall indicate the date from which the family pension authorized in the Pension Payment Order is to be paid by the Pension Disbursing Authority. Accordingly, the Office of Pay & Account may record a note in the Pension Payment Order, as mentioned below, while authorizing the final family pension:
“Provisional family pension has been/shall be paid for the period from ———– to ————- @ Rs.—————– plus Dearness Relief. The payment of final family pension may be commenced by the bank w.e.f. ————.”
11. The Administrative Divisions of all Ministries/Department and attached/subordinate offices are requested to bring these instructions to the notice of all concerned for compliance.
The issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
(Sanjoy Shankar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India
Ph. 24644632
1. All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India
2. 0/o the Comptroller & Auditor General of India
3. 0/o the Controller General of Accounts, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi.
4. Pensioners’ Associations as per list maintained in the Department
5. All Officers/Desks
6. NIC for Uploading the Office Memorandum on the website
No…………………………………………….
Government of India
Ministry of………………………………….
Department/Office………………………..
Dated the……………………………………
To
Shri/Smt./Kumari……………………………………………………… (Name and address of claimant)
Subject: – Grant of provisional family pension.
Sir/Madam
I am directed to say that Shri/Smt./Kumari………… ……………… …………………………. …………………………………………….(Name and designation) died on……………………………………………………. As per service record you are eligible to receive family pension.
2. In accordance with Rule 80-A of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 read with the O.M. No. 1/11/2020-P&PW (E) dated 29th July, 2020 of Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare, sanction of the competent authority is hereby accorded for payment of an amount of Rs…………../- per month as provisional family pension commencing from…………… (Date following the date of death of Government servant)
* The amount of provisional pension shall be 100% of family pension as assessed based on the pay on the date of death of Government servant.
3. The payment of provisional family pension sanctioned as per Para 3 of the OM No 1/11/2020-P&PW dated 29th July, 2020 may initially continue for a period of six months from the date, following the date of death of employee. The period of such provisional family pension sanctioned may be further extended, for not more than six months at a time, on the advice of Pay & Accounts Office and with the approval of Head of Department (HOD).
4. If the amount of provisional family pension is found to be in excess of the final family pension, it shall be recovered from gratuity instalments from the family pension payable in future.
Yours faithfully,
Head of Department
Copy for information to the Pay and Accounts Officer
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