PENSION TO FAMILY:CIRCULAR NO.145

No. AT/Tech/012-VIII
O/o the Pr. C.D.A. (P),
Allahabad

Date: 29.04.2010

Sub:- Nomination facility to pensioners/family pensioners for drawing life
time arrears of pension/family pension under payment of arrears of
(Nomination), Rules 1983,clarification thereof.

Govt of India, Deptt. of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare OM No.43/4/95-
P&95-P&PW (G) dated 30.10.1995 (copy enclosed) provides that “in the
event of death of a family pensioner, the right to receive any arrears of
family pension would automatically pass on to the eligible members of a
family next in line in accordance with Rule 54 of CCS (Pension) Rules 1972.
The requirement of succession certificate for payment of any arrear should
be required only in cases, where there is no eligible family member as
defined in Rule 54, after the death of a family pensioner”
2. However, no such similar provisions were in existence for Defence
pensioners. Accordingly the matter was referred to Ministry of Defence for
extending the above said provisions to Defence pensioners also.
3. Ministry of Defence, vide their letter No.1(16)/2009-D(Pen/Policy)
dated 15.03.2010( copy enclosed) have now decided that provisions of Govt
of India, Deptt. of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare OM No.43/4/95-P&95-
P&PW (G) dated 30.10.1995 will apply mutatis-mutandis to the Armed forces
Personnel.
4. In view of the above, it is requested that all pension paying
branches/treasuries/DPDOs/PAOs under your jurisdiction may be instructed
to keep in mind the above provisions while regulating the life time arrears of
pension/family pension.

(D.C.HANSDA)
Dy.CDA (P)

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