Revision
of 7th Pay Commission Pension on Notional Pay or factor 2.57 whichever is
beneficial – CPAO Instructions for implementing the decision of Govt to revise
Pension Payment Orders of Central Government Pensioners
CPAO/IT&Tech/Revision(7th
CPC)/19.Vol-III/2016-17/37
Dated:25/05/2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Implementation of Revision of
Pension of Pre-1.1.2016 Pensioners/Family Pensioners in pursuance to DP&PW
OM 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) dated 12th May 2017 and Ministry Of Finance (Deptt.of
Expenditure) OM No.1(13)/EV/2017 dated 23rd May, 2017.
1. Reference is invited to DP&PW OM No.38/37/2016-P&PW(A) dated 12/05/2017
regarding revision of pension of Pre-2016 retirees under 7th CPC. As per Para 4
of this OM, it has been decided that the revised pension/family pension w.e.f.
01.01.2016 in respect of all Central Civil Pensioners/Family Pensioners,
including CAPF’s who retired/died prior to 01.01.2016, may be revised by
notionally fixing their pay in the pay matrix recommended by the 7th CPC in the
level corresponding to the pay in the pay scale/pay band and grade pay at which
they retired/died. This will be done by notional pay fixation under each
intervening Pay Commission based on the Formula for revision of pay. While
fixing pay on notional basis, the pay fixation formula e approved by the
Government and other relevant instructions on the subject in force at the
relevant time shall be strictly followed. 50% of the notional pay as on
01.01.2016 shall be the revised pension and 30% of this notional pay shall be
the revised family pension w.e.f. 1.1.2016 as per the first Formulation. In the
case of family pensioners who were entitled to family pension at enhanced rate,
the revised family pension shall be 50% of the notional pay as on 01.01.2016
and shall be payable till the period up to which family pension at enhanced
rate is admissible as per rules.
2. As per Para 18 of this OM, the
Pension Sanctioning Authority would impress upon the concerned Head of Office
(HOO) for fixation of pay on notional basis and issue revised authority at the
earliest. The revised authority will be issued under the existing PPO number
and would travel to the Pension Disbursing Authority through the same channel
through which the original PPO had travelled.
3. Reference is also invited to
Ministry of Finance (Deptt. of Expenditure) OM No.1(13)/EV /2017 dated 23rd
May, 2017 mentioning procedural points of action to be taken by concerned
agencies including Pension Accounting Authorities & PAOs.
4. To facilitate early revision of
pension and monitoring timely progress in this regard as required by aforesaid
OM, course of actions are brought out below:
i.List of all the live cases
available in CPAO along with details of last pay [wherever available] due for
pension revision under 7th CPC will be provided to the Pay and Account 0fficers
(PAOsJ in their logins under CPAO website www.cpao.nic.in by 31st May, 2017 to
provide the details to concerned Head of Offices within 3 days and coordinate
with them for getting the revised pension cases at the earliest. PAOs/HOOs may
also check their records to verify actual number ofcases.
ii.In the meanwhile, since all the
service records/details of the pensioners are available with the respective
HOOs from where they retired/died, HOOs are required to check their records and
start revising the pension in terms of Para 4 of the aforementioned OM of the
DP&PW forrhwith. Pr. CCAs/CCAs /CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs may monitor
number of such cases received at PAOs and submit a report to CPAO by 31st
May,2017.
iii. For the expeditious revisions
of these pension cases, CPAO has developed an e-revision utility which has
facility of sending online revision authorities from PAOs to CPAO under the
digital signatures of PAOs. PAOs are required to revise pension cases through
e-revision utility. Since under this utility, revision authorities would be
sent under the digital signatures, pension processing PAOs are urgently
required to arrange digital signatures and their registration on PFMs, if not
done so far. In unavoidable circumstances to avoid delay, PAOs may process the
pension cases manually as hitherto and send the paper based revision
authorities to CPAO in the format given at Annexure.
iv. The list as mentioned at (i)
above will also be provided under the logins/dashboard of chief controller of
accounts and joint secretary (Admn)/Adma in charge of the
Ministries/Departments on CPAO website. Joint Secretary (Admn)/Admn in charge
may also distribute the list of pension cases to the HOOs falling under their
administrative control and monitor the progress of Pension revisions at HOOs
level. similarly, Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs may keep a watch
on the progress of the revision of cases received from HOOs to PAOs.
v. To facilitate effective
monitoring of progress of revision at each level i.e. CCA/JS(Admn)/PAO,
relevant progress reports would be available on CPAO website under
logins/dashboards of respective authorities. On the basis of these reports,
periodical review meetings may be held at the Ministry/Deptt./Organization
level.
vi. In those cases, where 2.57
multiplication method of pension fixation is beneficial under DP&PW OM
No.38/37/2016-P&PW (A) (ii) dated 4/08/2016, revised pension authority
under 2.57 multiplication methods will also require to be issued by HOOs/PAOs
for updation of records at CPAO & Banks as well as for information of
pensioners by CPAO. However, HOOs/PAOs while revising the pension may
prioritize the cases which are beneficial to the pensioners under pay fixation
method. To cover large number of cases, in less time
Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs & JS(Admn) of Ministries/Deptts./Organization
may identify the cases where revisions may be effected easily without involving
multiple steps e.g.revisions of pension of those pensioners who retired/died
during the period from 1.1.2006 to 31.12.2015 and whose pension is already
fixed under 6th CPC.
vii.
Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs may nominate a Nodal Person/Key
Resource Person (KRP) to coordinate with CPAO regarding any issues related with
pension revisions and use of e-Revision utility. In case of any difficulty in
the use of e-Revision utility Sh.Davinder Kumar, Technical Director, NIC, CPAO
may be contacted on Telephone No.011-26715338
and email-kumardavinder@nic.in. If required, officials of
Ministries/Departments/PAOs may also visit CPAO on every Wednesday to resolve
their issues related with pension revisions.
In view of the above,
Pr.CCAs/CCAs/CAs/AGs/Administrators of UTs are requested to follow the above
guidelines and issue necessary instructions to their PAOs for early revision of
Pre-2016 pension cases under 7th CPC. They are further requested to Coordinate
with their JS(Admn)/Admn in charge/HODs for timely submission of revised
pension cases by the HOOs to PAOs and monitor the progress in this regard.
This issues with the approval of
controller General of Accounts.
sd/-
(Subhash Chandra)
Controller of Accounts
(Subhash Chandra)
Controller of Accounts
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