CHAPTER 1 - Border Roads Organisation

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Voluntary Retirement
INSTRUCTIONS : VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT/SUSPENSION
1. Instructions on voluntary retirement scheme on completion of 20 years service have been
issued vide Govt of India, Min of Home Affairs (Deptt of Pers & AR) No. 25013/7/77-ESTT(A)
dated 26 Aug 77.
2. To streamline the administrative procedure for implementing scheme of voluntary
retirement the necessity of issuing instructions was felt by GREF Records.
3. It has been brought out in Govt orders, the pre-requisite for voluntary retirement after 20
years service is the establishing of the fact of one‟s having actually put in 20 years qualifying
service.
4. Once the Govt employee desires to go on retirement after completion of 20 years
qualifying service under the voluntary retirement scheme, the following action will be
administered :-
(a) Govt servant desirous of going on pension after completion of 20 years service
will submit his request in writing to OC unit.
(b) The unit will bring the unit set of sevice docus upto-date and forward to AO (P)
for the purpose of verifying the fact that the individual has completed 20 years of
qualifying service for pension.
(c) On receipt of confirmation for eligibility of pension from the AOs under
voluntary retirement scheme, an application for voluntary retirement as per Appendix
„Q‟ duly filled with relevant details and signed by the individual will be submitted to the
appointing authority.
(d) On receipt of the application, the OC unit will initiate measures to verify
viz/disciplinary clearance of the applicant.
(e) OC unit will then submit the case to the appointing authority through normal
channel in letter (format attached as Appendix „R‟).
(f) It must be ensured that the application is dealt as “First Sight Dak” so that the
sanction is accorded well within the notice period.
(g) On receipt of Appendix „R‟ by the Competent Appointing Authority, the order
regarding retirement from service under voluntary retirement scheme will be issued.
(h) Sanction form appended with GREF ROI No. 8/73 need not be prepared in case
of voluntary retirement.
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