Insisting of a certificate by all the T.Os from the DDOs regarding the no employees who have completed 25 years of service in their office at the time of submission of Nov 22 pay bills instructions

Insisting of a certificate by all the T.Os from the DDOs regarding the no employees who have completed 25 years of service in their office at the time of submission of Nov 22 pay bills instructions

Memo no.D2/1894442/2022  Dt.15/11/2022 

 Sub: P.S.- T & A Dept.- Pensions- Insisting of a certificate by all the T.Os from the DDOs regarding the no employees who have completed 25 years of service in their office at the time of submission of Nov 22 pay bills-Req- Reg

Attention of all the DT & AOs in the state is invited to the subject cited. They are informed that it has come to the notice of the undersigned that the 1st payment of pensions are being delayed in the state due to non submission of pension proposals by the pension sanctioning authorities to the pension authorizing authorities and these is because non updating of service register of the employees.

In this connection, it is informed that , As per the provisions contained in 4(b) of Appendix 1 in APRPR, 1980 i.e., “Every Head of Office shall as soon as the Government employee (Other than Class-IV & other low paid employees) completes 25 years of service, forward the Service Book to the Accountant General, Andhra Pradesh, for verification of the service particulars and have a certificate recorded in the Service Book to the effect that the service upto the specified date (date should be specified by the Accountant General) has been accepted in audit for purpose of Pension”. “In the case of Class-IV and other low paid employees, the verification shall be done by the Head of the Office / Head of the Department since the verification of pension in these cases had been taken out of the purview of the Accountant General”.

In view of the above, all the DTAOs are requested to issue instructions to all the Treasury officers to obtain a certificate from the DDOs regarding the number of employees who have completed 25 years of service in their office at the time of submission of November 2022 pay bills at the first instance, so as to address to their HODs for issuing of instructions to their PSAs for forwarding the S.Bs to the A.G for verification of their service as per the orders contained in A.P.R.P Rules 1980 so as to avoid delay in sanction of pension and to receive pension in the succeeding month of their retirement.