Modification in Life Certificate of Pensioners – Acknowledgement to be issued
Finance Ministry advises Banks to issue duly signed acknowledgement to the pensioners while submitting Life Certificate
Department of Expenditure has advised Banks to issue the
acknowledgement at the time of submission of Life Certificates by the
Pensioners in the prescribed format given below.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TAIKOOT-II, BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE,
NEW DELHl-110066
PHONES: 26174596, 26174456, 26174438
CPAO/IT &Tech/Scheme Booklet/2015-16/1666
16.10.2015
Office Memorandum
Subject:-Modification in the format of Life Certificate -Issue of Acknowledgement to pensioners.
Attention is invited to this office OM No.CPAO/Tech/Simplification/2012-13/325 dated-18.02.2013 directing the banks
to allow pensioners/family pensioners to submit the life
certificates as well as other certificates to any branch of the bank
through which their pension are being disbursed. In this context,
several instances of stoppage of
payment of pensions have been reported citing non-receipt of life
certificate even though the pensioners had submitted their life
certificates to the bank, due to misplacement of the life certificate at
the bank branches concerned. Instances
of some pension paying banks not accepting life certificates given to
them by pensioners and directing pensioners to submit the life
certificate to CPPC have also been reported causing great inconvenience
to pensioners, which results in either stoppage of payment of pension or
delay in payment of pension.
In this context, to alleviate the hardship faced by the pensioners, RBI has also instructed all the Agency Banks handling government pension payment, vide Notification No. RBT/2014-15/ 587 DGBA. GAD No. H-5013/ 45.01.001/2014-15 dated-07.05.2015 that on receipt of life certificate submitted in physical form,
banks to issue duly signed acknowledgement to the pensioners and to
enter the same in their CBS immediately and issue a system generated
receipt to serve the twin purpose of acknowledgement to the pensioners
as well as real- time updation of records.
To facilitate the bank authorities, CPAO has prescribed a modified
format of life certificate providing therewith acknowledgement of the
receipt of the life certificate vide Correction Slip No.24 to the Scheme
for Payment of Pensions to Central Government Civil Pensioners by
Authorized Banks. The acknowledgement is a part of the format of Life
Certificate, which can be detached and given to the pensioner by the
receiving bank. The format (Annexure) has been circulated to all
concerned and the same has been made available on CPAO’s website
‘www.cpao.nic.in’ at the link
“For Banks”–> Guidelines for Master data.
The Chairmen/Chief Executive Directors of Authorised Banks are requested to ensure that their paying branches follow the above instructions scrupulously without fail.
This issues with the approval of Competent Authority
(Vijay Singh)
Sr. Accounts Officer (IT & Tech)
ANNEXURE-XVIl
(See para 15.1page11 of
CPAO’s Scheme Booklet)
Part-A (Every year)
LIFE CERTIFICATE
(To be submitted by Pensioner once a year in November)
Certified that I have seen the pensioner Shri/Smt./Ms._______(Name of Pensioner)
holder of Pension Payment Order No.________ and that he/she is alive on this date.
1. Present address of the pensioner/family pensioner.
2. Telephone/Mobile number (if any).
3. E-mail Address (if any).
Name
Place:
Date:
Designation of Authorised Officer
Seal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Life Certificate of Pensioner /Family Pensioner of Shri/Smt/Ms.__
(Name of Pensioner) holder of Pension Payment Order No.____ has been
received.
Date :-
Signature .
Name·····················
Stamp of the receiving Bank branch
