Clarification regarding formats to be used for filing property returns Assets and Liabilities by CG Employees
G.I., Dept. of Pers. & Trg. O.M.No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV-B, dated 18.3.2015
Subject : Declaration of Assets and
Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and
Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Clarification regarding formats to be used for
filing returns under the Act.
The undersigned is directed to refer to
this Department’s DO letter of even No. dated 29th December, 2014 and
the O.M. of even No. dated it January, 2015 regarding furnishing of
information relating to assets and liabilities by public servants under
section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, forwarding therewith
copies of the Central Government’s notifications dated 26th December,
2014 containing —
(a) Amendment to the Lokpal &
Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014, for the purpose of
extending the time limit for carrying out necessary changes in the
relevant rules relating to different services from “three hundred and
sixty days” to “eighteen months” , from the date on which the Act came
into force, i.e., 16 th January, 2014; and
(b) The Public Servants (Furnishing of
Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits
for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2014,
extending the time limit for filing of revised returns (pl see proviso
under sub- rule 2 of rule 3 of the principal rules) by all public
servants from 31st December 2014 to 30th April, 2015.
2. In this regard, it is clarified that:-
(i) The first return (as on l at August, 2014) under the Lokpal Act should be filed on or before the 30th April, 2015;
(ii) The next annual return under the
the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 for the year ending 3lst March, 2015
should be filed on or before 31 st July, 2015; and
(iii) The annual return for subsequent years as on 31st March every year should be filed on or before 31 6t July of that year.
3. The following Assets & Liabilities Return forms (both in English and Hindi) are enclosed herewith as indicated below:
A.
Declaration to be filed with Return of Assets and Liabilities on First
Appointment or as on the 31st March, 20…….. (Under Sec 44 of the Lokpal
and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.) [Appendix-I of the notification dated
14.07.2014].
B.
(a) FORM No. I – Details of Public Servant, his/ her spouse and
dependent children[Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014].
(b) Modified FORM No. II – Statement of
movable property on first appointment or as on the 31st March,
20…[Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014 as modified vide
notification dated 26.12.2014].
(c) FORM NO. III – Statement of
immovable property on first appointment or as on the 31st March, 20….
(e.g. Lands, House, Shops, Other Buildings, etc.) [Held by Public
Servant, his/her spouse and dependent children] [Appendix-II of the
notification dated 14.07.2014].
(d) Modified FORM No. IV – Statement of
Debts and Other Liabilities on first appointment or as on 31st March,
20…. [Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014 as modified vide
notification dated 26.12.2014].
4. It is requested to ensure that all
officers and staff in your Ministry/ Department/ organizations file the
said declarations/returns within the prescribed time-limits, in the
aforementioned forms.
Source: www.persmin.gov.in
