NPS-CPS-family members in case of died while in service without having PRAN No - authorization of Family Pension
Attention of all the District Treasury and Accounts officers of District Treasuries in the State; and the Assistant Treasury Officer, Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Treasury, Amaravati @ Ibrahimpatnam is invited to the subject cited wherein the Government vide reference 5th cited have given clarification, for e x t e n d i n g t h e p e n s i o n a r y benefits to the family members of the Government employees expired while in service without having PRAN No’s as stated below.
(a). The employee expired while in service, without PRAN Number having CPS contribution: The cases need to be considered forfamily pension on par with the employees those who are having PRAN No. and opted for family pension. As the contributed amount was not sent to NPSTRUST, there is no need to remit the accumulated contributions to Government Account by the family members as per the procedure stated in reference 1st cited.
(b) The Employees expired while in service with out PRAN Number without CPS contribution: The cases need to be considered for family pension on par with the employees those who are having PRAN No. and opted for family pension. However as the CPS contributions are not recovered, the amount equal to the employee contributions only for the period from the date of entering into service to the date of death shall be remitted to Government Account by the family members in lieu of enjoying family pension".
Therefore, the Drawing and Disbursing Officer at last working station of the employee shall prepare a statement showing the details of deductions to be made in the Annexures enclosed.
If CPS deductions are at single station, then the DDO has to furnish information in Annexure-I on consultation with Treasury Officer and the employee contribution amount so arrived shall be remitted to the Government Account under the HoA: 0071-01-101-00-06-000- 000VN by the pension sanctioning authority duly following the instructions issued in the circular mentioned at reference 3rd cited.
And in case the CPS deductions are to be recovered from more than one place, then each Drawing and Disbursing Officer of previous stations including last station DDO has to furnish details of deductions in Annexure-I to the DDO of the last working station duly countersigned by the respective Treasury Officer / PAO concerned . Then the DDO of last working station has to furnish the details in Annexure-II on consultation with Treasury Officer and the employee contribution amount so arrived shall be remitted to the Government Account under the HoA: 0071-01- 101-00-06-000-000VN by the pension sanctioning authority duly following the instructions issued in the circular mentioned at reference 3rd cited.
Further, the Government has also given clarification for the cases of serving CPS employees whose whereabouts are not known as below:
The same procedure shall be followed in case of serving employees under the fold of CPS, as is being allowed to the OPS employees "whose whereabouts are not known as per 14 (B) of Appendix-I of the AP Revised Pension Rules-1980’’ as per G.O.Ms.No.241, Fin.&Plg. (FW:Pen-I) Dept., dated 10-09-1987 read with G.O.Ms.No.41, Fin.& Plg. (FW:Pen-I) Dept., dated 08-02-1994.
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