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

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after obtaining from the Government servant in writing, a declaration,
that he had, in fact rendered that period of service. He should,
at the foot of the statement, make and subscribe to a declaration as
to the truth of that statement and should in support of such
declaration, produce all documentary evidence and furnish all information
which is in his power to produce or furnish.
(h) In cases where the service register itself is lost or is not traceable,
once the date of appointment is established with reference to
direct independent evidence, an affidavit given by the employee in
respect of his service duly supported by collateral evidence of
contemporary employees shall be accepted.
[G.O.Ms.No.224, Fin & Plg (FW:Pen.I) Dept., dt 28.8.1982]
(i) Heads of Offices in respect of non-gazetted officers and Heads of
Departments in respect of Gazetted Officers shall be personally
held responsible for any omission in the verification of
service or any other entries in the Service register for the entire
period of service of a Government servant.
(j) In the case of sanction of family pension to the families of Government
employees who died on or after reorganisation of the States,
in whose cases records were lost due to floods or otherwise, it
would be sufficient, if an applicant produces collateral evidence
about the deceased employee’s service or if the number of the
P.P.O. of the deceased pensioner is mentioned in the application.
In such cases, family pension has to be sanctioned from the date
of issue of the order based on the affidavit filed by a contemporary
or co-pensioner before the Notary Public. If the number of
P.P.O. is indicated in the application, it can be taken, after due verification
of P.P.O. that the claim is bonafide one. However, if no
particulars are available either in the application of the applicant
or with the concerned department for verification,
the claim may be rejected straightaway.
These instructions are applicable in case of pensioners and family
pensioners and employees who retired/ died before 1964 and also in case of
employees whose service records are destroyed not on account of their fault,
but on account of floods, fire etc., even subsequent to 1964.
[Circular Memo.No.02663-A1/37/A/Pen.I, dt. 22.3.1994 of Finance & Planning
(FW:Pen.I) Department]
(k) Heads of Offices in respect of non-gazetted officers and Heads of