If you have only one year left for retirement, then do this work or else you will face problem in pension and gratuity

Government employee retirement: If you are a government employee and you have only one year left for your retirement, then this news may be useful for you. The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW) has given several updates regarding the timelines for completion of various activities on retirement of a government employee and the timely disbursement of pension benefits and gratuity. There are several rules regarding pension and gratuity for retiring government employees. You will have to give all this information one year before retirement. Let us tell you about it

Sanction of Government Accommodation (Rule 55)

Employees living in government accommodation have to give complete information about the status of their accommodation at least one year before retirement. These details are then sent to the Directorate of Estates for issuing a No Demand Certificate (NDC).
This certificate must be obtained eight months before retirement. This step ensures that any dues related to government accommodation are paid before retirement.

Estimated retirement age of a Government servant

According to the office memorandum dated October 25, 2024, “Full information about government accommodation should be obtained from the government servant at least one year before the likely date of retirement And these details should be sent to the Directorate of Estates for issuing ‘No Demand Certificate’ in respect of the period prior to the eighth month of the retirement of the Government servant.

Verification and Correction of Service Records (Rule 56 and 57)

A comprehensive review of the service records of the retiring employee shall be carried out one year before retirement.

Presentation of Pension Case (Rule 59 and 60)

HoD has to send the complete pension case along with a covering letter in Format 10 to the Pay and Accounting Office. This should be done within two months from the date of receipt of pension form from the retired employee.

Issuance of Pension Payment Order (PPO)

On receipt of the pension case, the Accounts Officer will follow the procedure to carry out the necessary verification and scrutiny. The CPA will issue and forward a copy of the pension payment order to the pension disbursement authority within twenty-one days from the date of receipt of the pension payment order.