As per 10th PRC 2015 - Procedure for claiming for family pension to the widowed /divorced daughters.

GOVERNMENT OF TELANGANA

ABSTRACT

PENSIONS – Recommendations of the Tenth of Pay Revision

Commission 2015 - Procedure for claiming family pension after the

demise of the spouse -Orders - Issued.

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FINANCE (HRM.V) DEPARTMENT

G.O.MS.No. 122 Dated: 21-09-2016

Read the following:-

1. G.O.Ms.No.95 G.A.(Spl.A) Department, dated.28.02.2013

2. G.O.Ms.No.33 Finance (HRM.V) Department dated.07.04.2015

O R D E R:

                              In the Government Order read above, orders were issued

constituting Tenth Pay Revision Commission appointing Sri Pradeep Kumar

Agarwal, IAS (Retd.) as Pay Revision Commissioner laying down the

terms of reference of the Commission.

2. The Tenth Pay Revision Commission submitted its report to the

Government on 29.05.2014 and recommended, inter alia, for payment of

family pension straight away after demise of service pensioner and also

for change of procedure for sanction and payment of family pension to the

widowed /divorced daughters.

3. After careful consideration of the Report, the Government after

careful consideration of the matter, hereby decided to amend the

Telangana Revised Pension Rules, 1980 suitably,

4. Accordingly, the following notification will be published in an

extraordinary issue of the Telangana Gazette.

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of

the Constitution of India, the Governor of Telangana hereby makes the

following amendment to the Telangana Revised Pension Rules, 1980

issued in G.O.(P) No. 88, Finance & Planning Department, dt. 26-03-1980

as subsequently amended from time to time.

AMENDMENT

In Appendix-I Rule 6 (b) of TSRP Rules, 1980 following shall be

added as.

(c) After the demise of the service pensioner, the pension disbursing

officers can straightaway start paying family pension to the family

pension beneficiaries to whom authorization was already issued by the

A.G.,. This may be done immediately on receipt of simple application

from the family pension beneficiary duly enclosing the death

certificate of the pensioner. In cases, where such family pension

beneficiary either predeceases the pensioner or in cases when he/she

becomes ineligible for family pension either due to death or due to

other conditions imposed in the rules, the family pension is payable

to the remaining family pension beneficiaries, if they are otherwise

eligible as per rules & their pension authorisation was not already made

for this purpose, the authorization of Accountant General/Divisional

Account Officer/State Audit is necessary authorizing the payment

of Family Pension to that beneficiary. The other eligible Family

Pension Beneficiary has to submit an application form together with the

descriptive rolls, in quadruplicate, and death certificate in case of

death, to the A.G./DAO of state Audit, through the Pension

sanctioning authority, for issuing fresh authorization to the Pension

Disbursing Officer.

The pensioner can nominate his family members during his life time,

for receiving the benefits under Revises Pension Rules 1980.

(i) All the family members including Category-I and Category-II,

at the time of submitting pension papers.

(ii) If any family member becomes eligible subsequently due to

fulfilling the other conditions as per rules, then the pensioner

may submit such nomination along with necessary supporting

documents to pension sanctioning authority.

(d) In cases of the existing pensioners, the family pensioners under

category-II become eligible/the widowed/divorced daughters need not

submit fresh proposal for the sanction and payment of family pension to

the pension issuing authorities, Provided the pensioner in his pension

proposal had already furnished the details of category – II persons. The

Pension sanctioning authorities shall send the proposals to AG for

authorisation of the pension automatically on receipt of simple application,

duly verifying the original pension papers or service book or list of family

members submitted by pensioner at the time of his initial sanction of

pension, subject to furnishing the certificates of (i) Continued Status of

divorced/widowed (ii) Income and (iii) Death of Service/Family Pensioner.

In case such details are not submitted by the pensioner at the time of

retirement, then category – II persons should submit fresh proposal as &

when they become eligible to draw such family pension and the existing

procedure of obtaining authorization from AG shall be applicable.

6. The G.O is available on Internet and can be accessed at the address

http://goir.telangana.gov.in.

[BY ORDER AND IN THE NAME OF THE GOVERNOR OF TELANGANA]

K.RAMAKRISHNA RAO

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

To

All Departments of Secretariat Telangana.

All Heads of Departments Telangana.

The Director of Treasuries and Accounts, Telangana, Hyderabad.

The Director of State Audit, Telangana, Hyderabad.

The Director of Works and Projects, Telangana, Hyderabad.

The Pay and Accounts Officer, Telangana, Hyderabad.

The Joint Director, Pension Payment Office, Telangana, Hyderabad

The Principal Accountant General, Telangana, Hyderabad.

All the District Collectors.

All the District Judges.

All the District Treasury Officers.

All the Chief Executive Officers of Zilla Praja Parishads.

All the District Panchayat Officers.

All the District Educational Officers.

The Commissioners of Municipal Corporation, Greater Hyderabad,

Nizamabad and Karimnagar.

The Registrar, Acharya Jayashanker Agricultural University: Telangana,

Hyderabad, Dr.B.R.Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad, Jawaharlal

Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, Kakatiya University, Warangal,

Osmania University, Hyderabad, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University,

Hyderabad, International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad,

National Institute of Technology, Warangal, NTR University of Health

Sciences, Vijayawada, Telangana University, Nizamabad, Nizam Institute of

Medical Sciences, Hyderabad.

The Chairman, Tribunal for Disciplinary Proceedings, Hyderabad.

The Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Telangana, Housing Board,

Hyderabad.

All the Commissioners/Special Officers of Municipalities/Municipal

Corporations.

The Registrar of all the Universities.

The Joint Director (Works & Accounts) N.S. Project, Secretariat Buildings,

Hyderabad.

The Secretary Tungabhadra Project, Via. Hospet, Ballary District.

The Joint Director (Works & Accounts) N.S. Right Canals, Vijayapuri North,

Nalgonda District.

The Joint Director (Works & Accounts) N.S. Left Canals, Tekulapally,

Khammam District.

The Joint Director (Works & Accounts), Sriramsagar Project, Nizamabad

District.

All the Secretaries, Agricultural Market Committees through Commissioner

& Director of Agriculture Marketing(30 copies).

The Resident Commissioner, Telangana Bhavan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-

110 001.

The Pay & Accounts Officer, Government of Telangana, New Delhi -110 001

All the Pensioners Associations.