ANDHRA PRADESH REVISED PENSION RULES, 1980 (As ... - APHB

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Executive Instructions
(i) Settlement of Pensionary benefits in the case of employees
retired while under suspension:-
A Government servant who attains the age of superannuation while
under suspension should be allowed to retire on the due date of
superannuation. But pensionary benefits can not be settled until the conclusion
of the enquiry or disposal of charges.
[G.O. Ms. No.64, Finance and Planning (FW-Pen.I) Dept., dated 1-3-
1979 and UO Note No.235/Ser.C/83-1, dated 26-2-1983 of General
Administration Department, communicated with Endt. No.7431/215/Adm.II/
83, dated 7-3-1983 of Finance and Planning (FW-Admn.II) Department.]
(ii) Procedure for the sanction of Provisional Pension:-
(a) In case where charges are pending, the department shall send
pension papers to the Accountant General with such mention and with a
request for only indicating the quantum of pension that would be admissible,
with the same not to be released till further orders. The Accountant General
may, then, verify the pensionary benefits admissible and indicate the pension,
whereupon, the Head of the Department may intimate the quantum of
provisional pension it recommends for payment so that Government may
consider sanction of Provisional Pension. On its sanction, the Accountant
General shall arrange for issue of Provisional Pension Payment Orders.
[G.M. No.021383/961/PSC.I/83-1, dated 8-6-1983 of Finance and
Planning (FW-PSC.I) Department.)
(b) Pension sanctioning authorities are competent to sanction provisional
pension to the non-gazetted officers. It shall be sanctioned by the Government
in the case of Gazetted Officers. Only provisional pension is payable in cases
where departmental/judicial proceedings are pending. No gratuity is payable
until the conclusion of such proceedings. While forwarding the pension papers
in such cases, it should be mentioned in the forwarding letter that
departmental/judicial proceedings are pending and that only provisional pension
has to be released. Sanction order of the competent authority for provisional
pension should also be sent alongwith the proposals for the release of
provisional pension.
If the above instructions are not followed and if the fact of pendency of
departmental/judicial proceedings is not mentioned in the sanction order and
in the forwarding letter, the Accountant General will be at liberty to release full