New Retirement Rules : Government Servants Must Submit Form 6-A with Up to Date Family Details 6 Months Before Retirement – Don’t Miss It

The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare has issued a Gazette Notification regarding amendments in Retirement Rules. According to the new guidelines, government servants are required to submit Form 6-A, which includes up-to-date family details, six months before their retirement.

This update ensures that all necessary information is accurately recorded and available for the processing of retirement benefits.

Amendment in Retirement Rules – Submit Form 6-A with Up to Date Family Details 6 Months Before Retirement

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare)
NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 16th July, 2024

G.S.R. 410(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309, and clause (5) of article 148 of the Constitution and after consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor- General of India in relation to persons serving in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, namely: –

1. Short title and commencement.-(1) These rules may be called the Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2024.
(2) They shall come into force after one hundred twenty days from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

In the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 2021, (hereinafter called the said rules), in rule 50, in sub-rule (15), for clause (e), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“(e) The Government servant shall submit the up to date details of the family again in Form 6-A at the time of retirement from Government service.”.

3. In the said rules, in rule 53,-

(a) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“(1) Unless otherwise exempted by a general or special order of the Government, the pension case of a Government servant shall be processed through online mode (Bhavishya/e-HRMS) and the retiring officials, who are on e-HRMS, shall submit Form 6-A through e-HRMS (only superannuation cases). Retiring Government servants, who are not on e-HRMS and for cases other than superannuation (i.e. Voluntary retirement, Premature retirement, Permanent absorption in State Government/Public Sector Undertaking/Autonomous Body, Invalidation, Compulsory retirement and Dismissal/Removal from service), shall submit Form 6-A through Bhavishya.”;

(b) in sub-rule (2), in clauses (a) and (b), for “Bhavishya”, the following shall be substituted, namely:-

“online mode (Bhavishya/e-HRMS)”.

4. In the said rules, in rule 57, –

(a) in sub-rule (1), in clause (c) for sub-clause (iii), the following sub-clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“(iii) advise the retiring Government servant to submit Form 6-A”;

(b) in sub-rule (2), for clause (a), the following clauses hall be substituted, namely:-

“(a) The Government servant shall submit duly completed Form 6-A to the Head of the Office, not later than six months prior to his date of retirement.”;

(c) in sub-rule (3), in clauses (a) and (b), for “Form 4 and Form 6”, shall respectively be substituted “Form 6-A”;

(d) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that where the said form is submitted by the spouse or any other member of the family, the Government servant shall not be entitled to the benefit of commutation of a percentage of pension until he himself subsequently applies for such commutation in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981.”

5. In the said rules, in rule 58, –

(a) for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:-

“(1) A Government servant, who is retiring or has retired for reasons other than superannuation, shall submit Form 6-A to the Head of Office, immediately after the competent authority has approved such retirement or the retirement has become effective, as the case may be.”;

(b) in sub-rule (2), in clauses (a) and (b), for “Form 4 and Form 6”, “Form 6-A” shall respectively be substituted.

(c) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that where the said form is submitted by the spouse or any other member of the family, the Government servant shall not be entitled to the benefit of commutation of pension until he himself subsequently applies for such commutation in accordance with the Central Civil Services (Commutation of Pension) Rules, 1981.”

6. In the said rules, in rule 59, –

(a) in sub-rule (1), for “Form 4 and Form 6”, “Form 6-A” shall respectively be substituted;

(b) in sub-rule (2), for “rule 58 have”, “rule 58 has” shall be substituted.

7. In the said rules, in rule 60, –

(a) in sub-rule (1), in clause (i), for “copies of Form 4, Form 6 and an undertaking to the Bank in Format 9”, “Form 6-A” shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-rule (3), for “a copy of each of the Forms”, “copies of Form and Format” shall be
substituted;

(c) in sub-rule (4), for “Form 4 and Form 6”, “Form 6-A” shall be substituted.

8. In the said rules, in rule 62, in sub-rule (6), in clause (a) for “Form 4 and Form 6”, “Form 6-A” shall be substituted.
9. In the said rules, in rule 63, in sub-rule (4), in clauses (a) and (b), for “Format 9”, “Form 6-A” shall be substituted.
10. In the said rules, in rule 80, in sub-rule (5),

(i) for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that if there is no member of the family eligible to receive family pension on death of Government servant, a member of the family in whose favour a nomination was made by the Government servant for payment of gratuity, shall be allowed to submit Form 6-A in place of Form 10 and the said member of the family shall indicate, the details of his or her Bank Account in Form 6-A.”;

(ii) for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“(c) The Head of Office shall send Form 4, Form 10, Format 9 and Format 13 (if applicable) or Form 6-A, as the case may be, with Form 7 and a forwarding letter in Format 10, to the Accounts Officer for authorisation of pension, retirement gratuity and family pension, if applicable.”;

11. In the said rules, in Form 4, in para 1, for “along with Form 6”, “in Form 6-A” shall be substituted.
12. In the said rules, for “Form 6”, “Form 6-A” shall be substituted.
13. In the said rules, in Form 7, under the sub-heading “ FORM – 7 CHECK LIST FOR HEAD OF OFFICE FOR TIMELY PROCESSING OF RETIREMENT DUES”, item 9 and item 10 shall be omitted.
14. In the said rules, in Format 10, under the sub-heading “Enclosures”,-

(a) for item 2, the following item clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“2. Form 6-A or Form 10”

(b) for item 3, the following item clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“3. In case of Form 10, details of family in Form 4 and undertaking to the Bank in Format 9”

(c) for item 4, the following item clause shall be substituted, namely:-

“4. Form 7 or Form 11 duly completed, along with enclosures and checklists.”

[F. No. 55/13/2023-P&PW(C)]
DHRUBAJYOTI SENGUPTA, Jt. Secy

New FORM 6-A to update Family Details before Retirement : Download Form 6-A

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 868 (E), dated the 20th December, 2021 and were subsequently amended vide number G.S.R. 770 (E), dated the 7th October, 2022.

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