AP GO MS No 47 Payment of Gratuity and Family Pension to CPS Employees - Guidelines

Pensions – Contributory Pension Scheme (NPS) –Payment of Gratuity to the employees covered by CPS and invalidation pension & family pension at the option of the employee/ family members in case of premature exit due invalidation/death of the Comprehensive guidelines - issued. ap-go-ms-no-47-payment-of-gratuity-and-pension-cps-employees-guidelines

AP Govt Guidelines to Pay Gratuity & Pension to CPS Employees

Government introduced the Contributory Pension Scheme with effect from 01.09.2004 to all its employees who were recruited on or  after  01.09.2004 vide  G.O.  first read above.   In the said G.O.  orders were  issued stating that  the A.P.  Revised Pension Rules,
are  not  applicable   to  the   employees  covered  by  the  Contributory  Pension   Scheme.  The
Government of India has allowed certain additional benefits on provisional basis vide O.M  third read above, subject to the condition that the funds accumulated in  NPS account should   be adjusted against the payments made under CCS Pension Rules,1972, until further orders. These benefits are:

1. Invalid Pension and Retirement Gratuity, in case of retirement from Government service on invalidation not attributable to Government duty;
2. Family pension (including enhanced family pension) and Death gratuity, in case of death in service not attributable to Government duty;
3. Disability pension and Retirement gratuity, in case of discharge from Government service due to disease or injury attributable to Government duty; and
4. Extra-ordinary family pension and Death gratuity, in case of death in  service attributable to Government duty.

2. In the reference fourth read above, instructions were issued extending the aforementioned benefit provisionally to the employees of State Government covered by Contributory Pension Scheme (NPS) in toto, duly applying similar provisions of the A.P. Revised Pension Rules, 1980 with a condition to adjust the payments/relief made to the employees against the amount accumulated funds in CPS account, pending finalisation of the guidelines.   However,  while issuing order vide G.O. fifth read above, adopting exit policy   and interim guidelines, the orders issued in the  reference  fourth read above were  withdrawn, as a result of which the benefits of Retirement/Death gratuity and Family pension, extended     as additional relief by the G.O.I. vide OM third above to its employees are not admissible  to  the similarly placed persons in the State Government service or their legal heirs.

3. Orders were issued vide ninth read above allowing Retirement gratuity and Death gratuity to the employees covered by CPS(NPS). Vide G.O tenth read above, orders were  issued allowing option of invalidation pension and family pension to the  employees covered  by CPS(NPS) and their family members in case of premature exit due to invalidation/death  duly restoring the  provisions of G.O fifth read above on   the condition that the benefit shall   be extended only after remitting the accumulated pension wealth in their CPS account to the Government account.
4. Government hereby issue the following guidelines for effective implementation of the orders issued vide G.Os ninth and tenth read above:
a. The Accountant General (A&E), Andhra Pradesh shall be the competent authority  to issue authorisations for Death Cum Retirement Gratuity and invalidation pension/family pension to the state government employees covered by CPS (NPS) and their family members. In respect  of  Class-IV and other low paid employees  the Audit Officers of the Local fund Audit Department in each District and in the case of Headquarters the Audit Officer working in the Office of the Director of Local Fund Audit, Vijayawada shall be the competent authority.
b. Those who opt for the benefit of invalidation pension/family pension, shall remit back the accumulated Pension Wealth in the CPS account into the Government account under the following head of account:


Major Head : 0071- Contributions and Recoveries towards Pension and other Retirement benefits
Sub Major Head : 01 – Civil
(Contd....)

Minor Head : 101 – Subscriptions and Contributions
Sub-head  :  06  –  Refund  of  Accumulated  Pension  Wealth  in  lieu  of  Family Pension sanctioned to CPS (NPS) employees (to be opened)

5. Accordingly, the Pension Sanctioning Authorities  shall  forward  the  proposals  in terms of orders issued in ninth and tenth read above to the Principal Accountant General (A&E), A.P. and Audit Officers in the Local Fund Audit Department as the case may be.

6. The Director of Treasuries and Accounts shall make necessary arrangements for adjustment and remit back the accumulated pension wealth in the CPS account into the Government account keeping in view of the procedure envisaged by the  PFRDA  in  their  letter No. PFRDA/16/14/02/0002/2017-REG-EXIT, dt. 15.01.2018 read with PFRDA letter No.CRA/SNPSL/SG/2016/62, dt. 09.06.2016 duly furnishing the required information in Annexure-I&II while collecting the necessary documents for sanction/release  of  family pension and ensure that funds/accumulated wealth of CPS (NPS) is transferred to the Nodal Office’s bank account for remitting into Government account as mentioned  at  para  4(b)  above as per para 11& 12 of G.O.Ms No.121, Finance (HR.V) Department, dt. 18.07.2017.

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