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

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10. Payment of Pension to Pensioners who could not appear
in person due to old age or infirmity or in consequences of
some physical disability :
a. Where owing to old age or infirmity or in consequence of some
physical disability, it is not possible for a pensioner to present
in person to the Treasury Officer, a declaration electing to
have. His pension paid by Money Order (or through bank) the
Treasury Officer may accept, instead, a written declaration
signed by the pensioner and duly verified under his seal by a
Gazetted Officer, a Magistrate, a Justice of Peace, a Tahsildar,
a Deputy Tahsildar, a Mandal Development Officer, a Police
officer not below the rank of sub-inspector incharge of a Police
station or any Government Officer of equivalent rank having
his head quarters at the place where the pensioner is living
for the time being. The Officer verifying the declaration shall
specify the circumstances in which he holds that it is not possible
for the pensioner to present the declaration in person to
the Treasury Officer.
(S.R.77 (9) of T.R.16 of A.P. Treasury Code - Vol.I)
b. Should the pensioner by physically in capable of signing the
declaration, the Treasury Officer may authorise payment to
the pensioner on production of a certificate from the Civil Surgeon
of the district or a registered medical practitioner to the
effect that the pensioner is alive but is unable to sign the required
declaration. In such a case, the pension may be paid to
the heir, not being a minor, who would receive the payment
of arrears of pension in the event of the pensioner’s death,
provided it is certified by the Collector that the person claiming
to be the heir is in fact, the heir and continues to be the heir
throughout the period for which he draws the pension.
(S.R.77 (10) of T.R.16 of A.P. Treasury Code - Vol.I)
c. A woman who is exempt from personal appearance under
S.R.66 (a) of T.R.16, because she is not accustomed to appear
in public should affix an impression of her left thumb on
each bill in the presence of the person who signs the life certificate
and the latter should attest it. An illiterate pensioner
should similarly affix an impression of his/her left thumb failing
which the impression of the toe on each bill in the presence of
the person who signs the life certificate, or when he/she
attends at the paying office in person to receive payment, be-