Nomination by pensioners under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983 for payment of life-time arrears: DoP&PW OM dated 31 March 2022
No. 1/2(40)/2022-P&PW (E)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
3" Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi,
Dated March 31, 2022
To The CMDs of Pension Disbursing Banks,
CPPCs of Pension Disbursing Banks
Subject: Nomination by pensioners under the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination)
Rules, 1983 for payment of life-time arrears.
I am directed to say that in accordance with the Payment of Arrears of Pension
(Nomination) Rules, 1983 notified on 10.09.1983 (Annexure-1), pensioners who retired
before the notification of the Rules were required to submit nomination to the respective
Pension Disbursing Authority. Every employee who retired or will retire after the
notification of the Rules, was/is required to submit the nomination, in triplicate, in Form
"A" to the Head of Office or the Department from where he retired/ is retiring. The Head of
Office is required to return a duly attested duplicate copy of the nomination in Form "A" to
the pensioner. The triplicate copy of the nomination is to be passed on to the Pension
Disbursing Authority along with the Pension Payment Order, through the PAO/CPAO.
2. The pensioner can, subsequently, modify the nomination (if nominee pre-deceases
the pensioner, or otherwise) by submitting Form "A" in triplicate to the Pension Disbursing
Authority. The Pension Disbursing Authority is required to return to the pensioner the duly
attested duplicate copy of the nomination within thirty days of the receipt of nomination. The
triplicate copy is to be sent to the Accounts Officer of the Department from where the
pensioner had retired while the original copy of the nomination shall be recorded with the
PDA. If any arrears of pension accrue after the death of a pensioner, such arrears of pension
are paid to the person in whose favour a nomination under the Payment of Arrears of Pension
(Nomination) Rules, 1983 exists.
3. Representations have been received in this Department from some pensioners/pensioners’
associations that, quite often, when pensioners submit their nominations to the Pension
Disbursing Authority (PDA), there is reluctance on the part of the bank staff to accept these
nominations as they are not quite conversant with the above rules. Further, in case a
nomination is accepted by the bank, the pensioner is not aware of its safe custody and its
retrieval when needed because he is not sure whether the nomination has been fed into the
system of the Bank.
4. The matter has been examined in this Department. The procedure for submission and
acknowledgement of nominations for life-time arrears of pension is well defined in the
Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983. All retiring Government
employees are mandatorily required to submit the nomination for arrears of pension in Form
A while filling up the pension papers. This nomination is then forwarded to the Pension
Disbursing Authority along with the PPO.
5. In most cases, the problem of non-availability of nomination may be due to improper
handling of the nominations by the Banks, as the Banks may not be keeping a proper record
of the nominations. The problem may also arise if the nomination submitted at the time of
retirement becomes invalid on account of the nominee predeceasing the pensioner or for
some other reason and the pensioner fails to submit a fresh nomination to the Bank in Form A
or the staff in the Bank Branches does not accept the nomination due to ignorance.
6. In view of the above, all Ministries/Departments, Accounts Offices/CPAO and
Pension Disbursing Authorities/Banks are enjoined upon to strictly follow the procedure for
handling of the nominations of the pensioners submitted under the Payment of Arrears of
Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983. In short, the following actions are required to be taken by
Ministries/Departments, Accounts Offices/CPAO and Pension Disbursing Authorities/Banks
in this regard:
Actions by Ministries/Departments and attached/subordinate offices thereunder
i. Obtain nomination in Form A from the retiring employees, in triplicate. The Head of
Office or Department must return the duly attested duplicate copy of the nomination
to the retiring employee, as acknowledgement, within 30 days of the receipt of
nomination from the retiring employee.
ii. Affix the acceptance of nomination in the triplicate copy of the nomination form and
forward it to the Accounts Officer, along with the pension papers/pension case, for
onward transmission to the CPAO/Pension Disbursing Authority along with the
Pension Payment Order.
Action by the Accounts Officers:
i. Forward the triplicate copy of the nomination form, duly accepted by the Head of
Office, along with the Pension Payment Order, to the Central Pension Accounting
Office for onward transmission to the Pension Disbursing Authority along with the
Pension Payment Order/Special Seal Authority.
Action by the Central Pension Accounting Office:
i Forward the triplicate copy of the nomination form, duly accepted by the Head of
Office, along with the Pension Payment Order to the Pension Disbursing
Authority/Bank along with the Pension Payment Order/Special Seal Authority.
Actions by the Pension Disbursing Authority/Bank:
i. Retain the triplicate copy of the nomination of the pensioner, as received from
Accounts Officer/CPAO, for record.
ii. Keep a proper record in their system in respect of the nominations received from the
Accounts offices/CPAO.
iii. Review the availability of nomination under the Payment of Arrears of Pension
(Nomination) Rules, 1983 in respect of all pensioners. In case, nomination in respect
of any pensioner is not available in the record of the PDA/Bank, the concerned
pensioner may be advised by the PDA/Bank to submit the same in Form A forthwith
iv. Accept any modification of existing nomination/fresh nomination from the pensioner
in Form A (in triplicate) of the Payment of Arrears of Pension (Nomination) Rules,
1983 and return to the pensioner the duly attested duplicate copy of the nomination
within thirty days of the receipt of nomination.
v. Send the triplicate copy of the nomination to the CPAO/Accounts Officer of the
Department from where the pensioner had retired and retain the original copy of the
nomination for record.
vi. Instruct the staff dealing with pensioners to accept any fresh nomination or
modification in the existing nomination submitted by the pensioners in Form A.
vii. Keep a proper record in their system in respect of the fresh nominations/modifications
received from the pensioners.
viii. Indicate the status of availability of nomination under the Payment of Arrears of
Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983 in Pension Seva Portals or any other similar portal
maintained by them.
ix. Indicate the status of availability of nomination under the Payment of Arrears of
Pension (Nomination) Rules, 1983 in the monthly pension slips issued by them to the
pensioners.
7. The above instructions may be circulated widely for strict compliance by all
concerned.
8. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
(Sanjoy Shankar)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
Ph-24635979
Copy to:- 1. All Ministries/Departments
2. CGA/CPAO
3. C&AG/AGs
4. NIC for uploading on Department’s Website
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