Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission – Revision of Pension of Pre 01.01.2006 Armed Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners – Payment of additional pension of 80 years of age and above

OFFICE OF THE PCDA (PENSIONS), DRAUPADI GHAT
ALLAHABAD

Circular No. 441

Dated: -01.10.2010.

Subject:- Implementation of Government’s decision on the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission – Revision of Pension of Pre 01.01.2006 Armed Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners – Payment of additional pension of 80 years of age and above.

Reference:- GOI, MOD letter No. No. 17(4)/2008(1)/D (Pen/Policy) dated

11.11.2008 and this Office Circulars No. 397 dated 18.11.2008

This Office Circular No 417 dated 02.09.2009

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 1.A copy of Government of India, Ministry of Defence letter No.1 (11)/ 2009/ D (Pen /Policy) dated 18.08.2009 regarding methodology to be adopted for payment of additional pension to old pensioners/family pensioners, in cases where the date of birth is not available in the PPO as well as in the office records of Records Offices /Service Hqrs was forwarded for necessary action at your end vide this Office Circular No. 417 dated 2.09.2009 quoted above.


2. The matter is clarified as follows:-

(i) If the exact date of birth is available in the PPO / Office records, the PDA will release enhanced percentage of pension from the 1st day of the month in which his / her date of birth falls. In case only age is mentioned in the PPO /Office records, the additional pension will start from 1st January of the year following the years in which the pensioner/family pensioner has completed the age of 80 years etc. Government letter does not indicate the need to issue Corr PPO, hence no Corr PPOs’ are required to be notified in these cases.


(ii) If the exact date of birth / age is not indicated in the PPO/Office record, but the pensioner submits – PAN card / Matriculation certificate/Pass Port/ECHS Card/Driving License/Election ID Card, then the PDAs will start the additional pension based on the date of birth /age as mentioned in the above 6 (six) documents provisionally for six months and simultaneously send the above documents to the ROs for notifying Corr PPO’s through the PSAs concerned.

(iii) In case the pensioner/family pensioner is unable to submit any of the 06 documents mentioned above, but claims additional pension based on some other documentary evidence, such cases will be submitted by the PDAs to MOD through concerned Record Offices (For PBOR) and through Service Hqrs (For Commissioned Officers).Additional pension will not be released by the PDAs in these cases until the Corr PPO’s are issued by the PSAs as per the decision taken by the MOD in this regard. The decision of the MOD in this regard will be final.


2. The original Discharge Certificate issued by the RO, Descriptive Roll which is in the possession of the PDAs and the original Pension Certificate issued by the PSAs can be treated as office records. All other documents submitted by the pensioners in support of date of birth / age will require notification of Corr PPO’s for payment of additional pension.


3. All the Pension Disbursing Agencies are impressed upon to keep in view the above decisions while disposing of the cases of payment of additional pension/family pension and take suitable action in accordance with the above instructions/guidelines.


4. This circular has been uploaded on PCDA (P) website www.pcdapension.nic.in for disseminated across the defence pensioners and PDAs.

(R K SAROJ)
Dy. C.D.A. (P)
No.Grants/Tech/0165-XX
Dated : 1st October 2010


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