7th Pay Commission Pension Rules for Central Government Employees death before filing pension paper: What happens to the pension of a retired Central Government Employee if he/she dies before filing pension papers? As per Rule 59 of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rule, 1972, there is a definite timeline for preparatory work for processing of pension case of a retiring Government servant.
The rules say that a retiring Government servant has to submit pension papers six months before the date of superannuation. However, in many instances, a government servant have been found to have died after retirement without having submitted the pension papers. This makes it difficult to sanction family pension to the eligible member of the family of the deceased retired Government servant.
The government advises employees to strictly adhere to the timeline for submission and processing of pension papers.
As per the CCS Pension Rules, the claim of a Government servant for pension accrues as soon as he retires from Government service. Similarly, the claim of the family for family pension accrues on death of a Government servant during service or after retirement.
Central Government Employees death before filing pension paper: 7th Pay Commission Pension claim process
In order to avoid any hardship to the family of a retired Government servant, the Central Government this year provided a clarification on the procedure that may be adopted for processing of the sanction of pension in respect of deceased retired Government servant and for sanction of family pension to his/her family.
The spouse of the deceased retired Government servant or, in the absence of the spouse, a member of his/her family eligible for family pension, may submit the claim in Form 14 (Application for family pension on death of a Government servant/pensioner/family pensioner) along with Form 3 (Details of family), to the Head of Office.
The Head of Office will process the case in Form 7 (Form for assessing pension, family pension and gratuity), and send Form 7, Form 3, Form 14, Form 20 (Sanction for family pension on death of a pensioner/family pensioner) and a forwarding letter in Form 8 to the PAO for authorization of pension and family pension in respect of the deceased retired Government servant.
The PAO will authorize the pension (in respect of the deceased retired Government servant) and family pension to the spouse/eligible family member. Only on PPO wll be issued by the PAO authorizing pension and pemily pension in part-II of the PPO. Part-III of the PPO, which is applicable in case of death of a Government servant while in service, would not be relevant in such cases.4. The payment of arrears of pension for the perod from the date following the date of retirement up to date of death will be made by the PAO to the family pensioner.
The PPO will thereafter be sent to the Pension Distributing Authority through the Central Pension Accunting Office (CPAO) for payment of family pension.
While forwarding the pension papers to the PAO, the Head Office will make an indication in the Check List of Form 7 to the effect that the case pertains to a retired Government Servant, who died without submitting the pension papers.
Central Government Employees’ salary and pension are in accordance with the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. Several state government shave also implemented 7th pay commission recommendations.
