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

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(iii) Copies of orders of stoppage/cut in pension may also be sent to
the concerned Treasury Officer/Pension Payment Officer for withholding
the payment of Pensionary benefits pending receipt of formal
instructions from the Accountant General, Andhra Pradesh.
(iv) All the correspondence relating to pension may be marked to Accountant
General (A&E)
[Circular memo No.33764-A/55/PSC/93, dt. 15.10.1993 of Finance &
Planning (FW.Pen.I) Department]
Note : See also executive instruction No. (ii) under rule 9 and executive
instruction No (iv) under rule 52.
13. Action by the Pension Issuing Authority
(a) After the receipt of the pension papers from the Pension Sanctioning
Authority, the Pension issuing authority (i.e., the Accountant
General, Andhra Pradesh/Local Fund Authorities) will
take action to authorise the pensionary benefits sufficiently early
so that the retiring Government servant will be able to get the Pensionary
benefits immediately after actual retirement.
(b) When once Part-II-(B) of the pension form was signed and sent,
the pension issuing authority has got authority to release the full
pensionary benefits unless he hears from the Pension sanctioning
authority either to withhold the pension in full or to effect any cut in
the pension before the employee actually retired.
(c) All the Pension sanctioning authorities should note that, if they
wish to get the service pension or gratuity of a retiring employee
withheld or to be released after imposing a cut, they should necessarily
inform the Pension Issuing Authority about it before the employee
actually retires, as otherwise, the Pension Issuing Authority
will release full service Pension and Gratuity admissible under the
rules without waiting for any further specific sanction or issue of
a certificate by the Pension Sanctioning Authority. The Pension
Issuing Authority need not wait for the receipt of Last Pay Certificate.
On the other hand, if there are no major recoveries or if the
Last Pay Certificate is not received, the Pension Issuing Authority
will withhold 10% of Retirement Gratuity or Rs.1000/, whichever
is less. Even this withheld amount can be released by the
Pension Issuing Authority automatically on the expiry of 3 months
after retirement without any reference to the Pension Sanctioning
Authorities, if nothing is heard from Pension Sanctioning