Want to Change Spouse Name or Surname after Retirement? Here’s What You Need to Know About DoPPW’s Latest Guidelines Dated 24.10.2024

Department of Pension has issued instructions to Change Spouse Name or Surname after Retirement. According to the OM dated 24.10.2024, the following advice has been provided for change of name of spouse

DoPPW’s Instructions to Change Spouse Name or Surname

• The CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 and CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 do not prescribe a specific procedure for the change of name or surname in the Pension Payment Order (PPO) of government employees or their spouses after retirement.
• The PPO is issued based on the employee’s service record/service book, which is maintained under the responsibility of the Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT).
• This issue was discussed in an inter-ministerial review meeting concerning pending grievances in the Centralized Pension Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPENGRAMS), chaired by Director (PW) from the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare.
• During this meeting, the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) was informed that they could follow DoPT’s Office Memorandum (OM) No. 190016/187-Estt. dated March 12, 1987 [ Read this OM], for changing the name of family pensioners.
• If MoSPI identifies any discrepancies in the documents submitted by the family pensioner requesting a name change in the PPO, they should directly address these with the applicant to confirm that all requirements under the DoPT OM No. 190016/187-Est. dated March 12, 1987 are met.

Change of name of spouse- Advice of Department of Pension

11/15/2022-P&PW(H)-8363 (1)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare

3rd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-110 003
Date: 24-10-2024

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: Change of name of spouse- Advice of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s OM No. 3(2)/2022- P&PW(H)-7942 dated 6-10-2022 regarding change of name of spouse (Copy attached). The advice contained in the above-mentioned OM dated 06-10-2022 are as under:

(i) There is no separate procedure prescribed in the CCS (Pension) Rules, 2021 or CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 for change of name/surname in the PPO of Government employees or spouse after retirement. The PPO is issued on the basis of service record/service book of the employee and the maintenance of service book is concerned with DoPT.

(ii) Further, this matter was discussed in the inter-ministerial Review meeting of pending grievances in CPENGRAMS, held under the chairmanship of Director(PW), Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare. Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation were informed that they may follow DoPT’s OM No. 190016/187-Estt. dated 12th March, 1987 for change of name of family pensioner also. In case the Ministry of Statistics &e Programme Implementation feels that there is some discrepancy in the documents submitted by the complainant family pensioner in support of her application for change of name in the PPO, they may sort it out with her directly and ensure that the request for change of name fulfils the conditions of DoPT’s OM No. 190016/187-Est. dated 12th March, 1987.

2.All Ministries/Departments are requested that the above provisions may be brought to the notice of the personnel dealing with the pensionary benefits in the Ministry/Department and attached/subordinate offices thereunder for compliance.

(Subhash Chander)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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