Simplification of pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces Personnel along with pension papers: PCDA(P) Circular No.546

Simplification of pension payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces Personnel along with pension papers

OFFICE OF THE PR.CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)

DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211 014

Dated:-10.09.2015

Sub: Simplification of pension
payment procedure-submission of certificates by retiring Armed Forces
Personnel along with pension papers.

A Copy of Government of India, Ministry of Defence letter No.3(01)/2015-D(Pen/Pol) dated 25th Aug 2015 on the above subject is forwarded herewith for information and necessary action, which is self-explanatory.

2. As per provisions contained in above Government letter dated 25th Aug 2015,
it has been found that the first payment of pension after retirement
gets delayed mainly due to two reasons i.e. (i) due to delay in receipt
of intimation by the pensioner that pension papers have reached the PDAs
and (ii) due to delay on the part of the pensioner in approaching the
bank for submission of undertaking/non-re-employment/re-employment
certificate. In order to simplify the pension payment procedure, it has
been decided that required undertaking/status of
non-reemployment/re-employment after retirement may be obtained by the
Services HQrs/Record Offices from the retiring Armed Forces Officer and
Personnel along with other documents before his retirement.

3. The undertaking/certificate shall be
forwarded to the pension disbursing agencies along with Pension Payment
Order by the Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned in the case of
Commissioned Officers and Record Offices concerned in the case of PBORs
following the usual procedure. In case of pensioner drawing pension from
agencies other OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS
(PENSIONS) DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD- 211014 than bank viz Defence
Pension Disbursing Office/Treasury Office etc. a copy of cancelled
cheque obtained from retiring personnel shall also be forwarded by the
Record Office along with pension payment order to the pension disbursing
agencies to ensure payment of pension into the pensioners’ account.

4. In view of the above, all PDAs are
hereby authorized to credit the Pensionary Awards notified in favour of
the pensioner into his/her bank account as and when due if said
undertaking/ certificate is received along with the pension documents.
The pensioner would no longer be required to visit the pension
disbursing agency to activate the first payment of pension. The
pensioners will be required to be called to the paying
Bank Branches/DPDOs only if the undertaking/documents submitted by
Service HQrs in the case of ICOs (through PSA)/Record Office in the case
of PBORs were incomplete. Submission of Certificates prescribed for
continuation of monthly pension/payment of dearness relief, shall be
followed as hitherto fore.

5. Further, Aadhaar Card number based
biometric verification system for pensioners as an additional option for
submission of life certificate by the pensioners has been introduced by
the Government since Nov 2014. All the pension disbursing agencies are
hereby requested to accept e-life certificate of the pensioners as
annual life certificate which pensioner can submit online to his pension
disbursing agency by registering themselves on www.jeevanpraman.gov.in

This circular has been uploaded on this office website www.pcdapension.nic.in.

Sd/-
(G.K.Baranwal)
Deputy controller (Pensions)