Revision of pension of pre-2016
pensioners/family pensioners for the ranks of Commissioned officer:
Implementation of Government's decision on the recommendations of the
7th Central Pay Commission Concordance tables
Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Allahabad
Circular No. 32
Date: 09.11.2018
To,
1. O/o the PCDA(O)
Golibar Maidan
Pune-411001 | 2. The PCDA( Navy)
No. 1 Cooperage Road,
Mumbai -400039 | 3. The Jt. CDA (AF)
Subroto Park
Delhi Cantt. 110010 |
4. Naval Pension Office
Sion Trombay Road
Mankhurd Mumbai-400088 | 5. Naval Pay Office
Shahid Bhagat Singh Marg
Mumbai-400023 | 6. Air Force Central Accounts Office
Subroto Park
Delhi Cantt. 110010 |
Subject:-
Revision of pension of pre-2016 pensioners/family pensioners for the
ranks of Commissioned officer: Implementation of Government's decision
on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission Concordance
tables-regarding.
Reference:-(i) This office letter No.G-1/M/01/ICOs/7th CPC/Vol-II dated 29.09.2017 addressed to PCDA(O) Pune.
(ii) This office letter No. G-1/M/01/ICOs/7th CPC/Vol-III dated
30.11.2017 addressed to Naval Pension office and Air Force Central
Accounts office amongst other
(iii) GoI, MoD letter No. 17(1)/2017(02)/D(Pen/Pol) dated 17.10.2018.
1.
Please refer to this office letters cited above issued for revision of
pension/ family pension in respect of pre-01.01.2016
retired/discharged/invalided out/died Armed Forces officers. Consequent
upon issuance of the concordance table vide GoI, MoD letter No.
17(1)/2017(02)/D(Pension/Policy) dated 17.10.2018, revision of pension
under notional pay fixation method is to be carried out by the PSAs
concerned by issuing Corr. PPO.
2. These concordance tables have
been prepared to facilitate fixation of notional pay of Pre‐2016
pensioners/ family pensioners by the PCDA(O) Pune/ NPO, Mumbai / AFCAO
New Delhi in case of commissioned officers of Army / Navy /Air Force
respectively. Due care has been taken to prepare these concordance
tables based on the fitment tables for fixation of pay from 3rd to 4th,
4th to 5th, 5th to 6th and 6th to 7th Pay Commission. In case of any
inconsistency in the concordance tables vis‐a‐vis the relevant rules /
instructions, the notional pay and pension/ family pension of pre‐2016
pensioners / family pensioners may be fixed in accordance with the rules
/ instructions applicable for fixation of pay in the intervening Pay
Commission periods.
3. The pension / family pension of pre-2016
Armed Forces pensioners / family pensioners may be revised using the
appropriate concordance table in accordance with the instructions
contained in this Ministry's above quoted letter dated 05/09/2017.
4.
To enable PSAs to implement the MOD letter dated 05.09.2017 para-18 of
the ibid letter clearly specifies that it shall be the responsibility of
the PCDA(O) Pune/AFCAO New Delhi/ NPO Mumbai in case of Commissioned
Officers of Army / Air Force / Navy to initiate cases for revision of
pension/ family pension of Pre-01-01-2016 pensioners/ family pensioners
with effect from 01.01.2016 in accordance with these orders for issue of
revised Pension Payment Order (PPO) for every pensioner / family
pensioner. The Pension Sanctioning Authority would impress upon the
PCDA(O) Pune / AFCAO New Delhi/ NPO, Mumbai for fixation of pay on
notional basis based on extant orders and will issue revised Pension
Payment Order at the earliest.
5. Suo-moto Revision:
This
office has carried out an analysis to assess number of cases of Pre-16
pensioners where revision is involved. As per Sanction Database, an
estimated 52,000 cases of Commissioned Officers requires revision of
pension/family pension. To carry out revision through normal
conventional method of calling for LPC-CUM‐Data Sheet with vetting of
Pay details by Pay Accounting Office concerned would be time consuming.
Therefore, it has been proposed to carry out suo-moto revision subject
to the approval of Ministry of Defence, wherever feasible based on PDA
details and Pay details (and other info like Rank and QS) wherever
available in master data base and based on notional Pay fixation as per
Concordance table for 7th CPC issued vide GOI. MOD letter dated
17/10/2018.
6. Initiation for remaining cases where suo moto is not feasible
In
remaining cases where Pay Details (and other related fields like Rank
and QS) and current PDA details are not available with this office, in
such cases this office will not be able to revise the pension and issue
the revised PPO on suo‐moto basis. In these cases, claims / inputs will
be required from concerned Record keeping and Pay Accounting office viz.
PCDA(O) Pune/ NPO, Mumbai / AFCAO New Delhi in case of commissioned
officers of Army / Navy /Air Force respectively to authenticate the
pensioner details. Similarly, in case of Post-96 retired Majors and
equivalent granted Pay of Lt. Col. and equivalent notional pay in
concordance table has not been provided. In such type of cases the
notional pay will be fixed by concerned Pay accounts office. Therefore,
to carryout effective, paperless and speedy revision, an Utility
software has been developed by PCDA(P) office to be hosted on CGDA WAN
to make available all the data of Pre-2016 Commissioned Officers
pensioners/family pensioners for access, modification, initiation (if
not found available in database of PCDA(P) on search) and for fixation
of 7th CPC pay details by respective Pay Accounting Office in line with
MOD letter dated 05/09/2017 (Para 18). Due care has been taken to
account for all the cases of live pensioners. However still if any case
is missing, the same may be initiated through this utility by PAO and
forwarded online through utility.
In case of revision of
Pre-01.01.2016 Family Pension /Disability cases or fresh initiation,
copy of concerned PPO may also to be uploaded by PAO concerned for ready
reference while submitting the revision claim through utility provided
7. Paperless Revision and issue of e-PPO
As
the Data can be accessed, initiated, approved and completed through the
utility software provided by this office on WAN and controlled through
allotted login / password, which is menu based and user friendly.
Collection of data will be realized through an interface accessible
through CGDA WAN and completed data will be processed by PCDA(P)
Allahabad and e‐PPOs will be generated in cases received. The working
methodology of utility software and the User Manual is attached for
guidance.
8. Issue and Transmission of e-PPO
The
revised corrigendum PPO will be issued by PSAs in e-PPO mode with new
12 digit PPO No. and 4 digit suffix code alongwith old PPO number. The
e-PPO consisting of .pdf and .xml files will be digitally signed and
will be transmitted directly to the PDAs through SFTP connectivity as is
already being done for new pensioners (no confirmation from
PCDA(O)/AFCAO, New Delhi/NPO Mumbai is required by PDA). E-PPOs will
also be uploaded on CGDA WAN for PCDA(O)/ AFCAO, New Delhi /NPO Mumbai
to download a copy for record purpose as well as for providing a copy to
the pensioner/family pensioner concerned. Any irregularity if noticed
may be pointed out to this office for further necessary action.
9. Allotment of login ID and password to Administrator PAO:
To
access the utility programme, PAO will be issued login ID and password.
Accordingly every PAO has to nominate one Officer of their office as
ADMIN (Administrator) to whom login credentials i.e. password will be
provided by PCDA(P). The ADMIN of PAO may further allot login user id
and password to the required number of users to act as Initiator and
Approver in their office at their end through 'User Management' of
utility software on WAN. For this purpose a Proforma for allotment of
login ID and password to the Admin of PAO concerned is enclosed as per
Annexure-A which may be filled and submitted to this office under the
signature of PAO In charge concerned on the e‐mail address
pcdapedp.dad@nic.in of this office as well as invariably through the
hard copy duly signed by OI/C of the PAO concerned to Shri Himanshu
Tripathi, IDAS Group Officer, EDP Centre, PCDA(P) Allahabad‐211014 for
further necessary action within a month of issue of this letter /
Circular.
10. Allotment of login ID and password to other users of PAO (other than administrator)
The
Administrator of PAO will further allot login user ID and password to
the required number of users as Initiator and Approver of their office
at their end through 'User Management' of utility software on WAN.
Facility has been provided in the utility software that all user can
change their password after allotment or as and when they requires.
Encl: As above
No. No. G-1/M/01/ICOs/7th CPC/ Vol.-III
Dated: 09.11.2018
(Himanshu Tripathi)
ACDA (P)
