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

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Departments in respect of Gazetted Officers shall be personally
held responsible for any omissions in the verification of services
or any other entries in the Service Register for the entire period of
service of a Government servant.
(l) (i) In the case of Government employees/Local body employees
already retired from service prior to 5.5.76, who are initially
appointed or are absorbed after attainment of maximum age prescribed
for initial appointment, it was ordered that the age rule
may be presumed to be relaxed.
[G.O.Ms.No.184, F&P (FW.Pen.I) Dept., dt. 5.5.1976]
(ii) The orders issued in G.O.Ms.No.184, Fin & Plg (FW.Pen.I) Department.,
dt. 5.5.1976, are extended to all cases to avoid hardship
caused due to delay in settlement of pension cases. It is also
clarified that the age at appointment can be delinked from the
finalisation of pension.
[Circular Memo No.9056-E/267/A2/Pen-I/91, dt. 10.1.92 Fin & Plg (FW.Pen.I)
Department]
(m) In the case of Class-IV employees, and other low paid employees
like Police Constable, Head Constables, Excise Constables
and Forest Guards, etc., detailed verification of service particulars
to arrive at the qualifying service of retiring employees of these
categories is not necessary. The entries in the Service Book as
they are should be accepted without any further scrutiny. The date
of birth, the date of appointment and the date of retirement as entered
in the service book should be accepted and the qualifying
service worked out on that basis excluding :
(i) period specifically entered in the service book as non-qualifying,
(ii) interruptions in service which are automatically condoned,
(iii) suspensions adjudged as penalty; and
(iv) extra-ordinary leave in excess of 3 years granted on other than
medical certificate, for prosecuting higher scientific and technical
studies and due to his inability to join or rejoin duty on account of
civil commotion.
Where there is no entry as to whether a particular period of suspension
or extra-ordinary leave counts for pension or not, that period will auto-