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Government asks departments to verify employees service 5 years before retirement
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
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DELHI: All central government departments have been asked to verify services of
employees working under them mandatorily five years before retirement in order
to check delay in processing pension cases.
It has been observed that processing of pension cases of the employees retiring from government service quite often gets delayed on account of issues relating to verification of service from time to time by authorities, the Personnel Ministry said in a directive.
It has been observed that processing of pension cases of the employees retiring from government service quite often gets delayed on account of issues relating to verification of service from time to time by authorities, the Personnel Ministry said in a directive.
Existing rules provided for issuing of a
certificate regarding qualifying service after completion of 18 years of
service of an employee and again five years before the date of his or her
retirement.
The rules further provide that verification done under it shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except when necessitated by a subsequent change in the rules and orders governing the conditions under which the service qualifies for pension, the Ministry said.
"It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required under the rules. All ministries, departments etc. are therefore requested to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and Pay and Accounts Officers for strict compliance.
"Non-compliance of this statutory requirements may be viewed seriously," it said.
A report has also been sought from all the ministries on the status of service verification of employees already done or pending by October 15, the order said.
There are about 50 lakh central government employees and 56 lakh pensioners.
The rules further provide that verification done under it shall be treated as final and shall not be reopened except when necessitated by a subsequent change in the rules and orders governing the conditions under which the service qualifies for pension, the Ministry said.
"It has been noticed that the certificates regarding qualifying service are not invariably issued to the government servant as required under the rules. All ministries, departments etc. are therefore requested to bring these provisions to the notice of Heads of Offices and Pay and Accounts Officers for strict compliance.
"Non-compliance of this statutory requirements may be viewed seriously," it said.
A report has also been sought from all the ministries on the status of service verification of employees already done or pending by October 15, the order said.
There are about 50 lakh central government employees and 56 lakh pensioners.
It is time for Indian bureaucrats to remember school. Or rather, that cold and terrible sweat before exam results.
The performance of those who have either completed 30 years in service or reach 50 years of age, whichever comes earlier, will be reviewed, according to a recent Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) order. Those who get negative reviews will be given a three-month notice to retire.
The DoPT, headed by PM Narendra Modi, has decided to let go of non-performing officers and those with suspect integrity by giving them compulsory premature retirement.
Whenever the services of a public servant are no longer useful to the general administration, the officer can be compulsorily retired for the sake of public interest, said the DoPT circular. For better administration, it is necessary to chop off the dead wood.
The relationship of the NDA government with its employees has seen ups and downs. This is not the first time that the government has sighted rules to ensure transparency. Earlier, the government had amended the All India Service (conduct) Rules, 1968, to include a 19-point guideline for bureaucrats which mandates that they maintain 'political neutrality' and 'take decisions solely in public interest', among other clauses.
Detailed instructions have been issued for reviewing the quarterly performance of officers. The DoPT cited various Supreme Court observations for assessment of such cases. On integrity, the circular quoted the SC: "The officer would live by reputation built around him. In an appropriate case, there may not be sufficient evidence to take punitive disciplinary action of removal from service. But his conduct and reputation is such that his continuance would be a menace to public service and injurious to public interest."
Sighting FR 56(j), the rule pertaining to compulsory retirement, the order has asked every department to set up a two-member review committee which will screen officers and employees based on the internal feedback and yearly appraisal reports.
For Group A officers, secretaries of departments would head review committees. The Chief Vigilance Officer (CVO) of departments will mark cases where the record reflected adversely on the integrity of the gazetted officer. The CVOs are an extension of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC ). The Government of India has about 45 laky employees.
Service record
For reviews, the entire service record will be considered, DoPT said. An officer could also be appraised on the basis of how she dealt with files or by delving into other documents and reports prepared and submitted by her. The instructions from Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha also underlined the need for rotating officers working in sensitive and nonsensitive posts.
Our government has always believed in transparency. The PM has assured minimum government and maximum governance. This circular is a step in that direction, minister for department of personnel and training Jitendra Singh said. "It is a welcome step, this will help cleanse the system and ensure that those who have been misusing the system. It is necessary for the government to ensure periodic reviews," said BJP MP and former home secretary RK Singh.
"It is a welcome step by the government. Now the deserving and hard-working will get a chance to get ahead rather than those serving political masters. It will give us an incentive to perform and even go against politicians if the latter want to pressurise us to do something wrong," said a senior Haryana IAS officer posted in Rohtak, requesting anonymity.
But the review needs to be done regularly, say after every ten years. At 50 years, if some officer is let go for wrong conduct, it is hardly a punishment as he or she has had the best of time.
Retirement age of central and state government employees in india
Retirement age 60 yrs
- All central Government employees
- In all Union Territories
- Bengal
- Tripura
- Karnatakam
- Assam
- Bihar
- Madhya pradesh
- Andhra Pradesh
- Meghalaya
- Chattisgarh
- Gujrath
- Hariyana
- Himachal Pradesh
- Nagaland
- Punjab
- Sikkim
- Uttaraghand
- Uttar Pradesh
- .......
Retirement Age 58 Years
- Tamil Nadu
- Arunachal Pradesh
- Goa
- Kashmir
- Maharashtra
- Manippur
- Missoram
- Odisha
Retirement age 56 Years
- Kerala
- Jharkhand
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
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Retirement age of Central Government employees may be increased from existing 60 to 62 .
Latest News on Babus Retirement Age Increase
The top two officials in the state administration of Andhra Pradesh, chief secretary, Mr S.V. Prasad, and the director-general of police, Mr K. Aravinda Rao, will benefit from the Centre’s decision to set the retirement age for civil servants at 62 years from the present 60 years. Mr Aravinda Rao was due to retire in June and the chief secretary in September.
Sources told this newspaper that the Cabinet subcommittee of the Union government gave its nod for enhancing the retirement age, and orders amending the service rules are expected much before the retirement of the two officials. The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, was keen to enhance the retirement age of bureaucrats.
Sources said that though the proposal is ready for implementation, there will be a few months’ delay because the government wants to make Mr Pulok Chatterjee the new Cabinet secretary at the Centre and prefers to wait for bureaucrats senior to him to retire before it makes the announcement.
Mr Chatterjee had earlier worked with the UPA chairperson, Mrs Sonia Gandhi, and is considered a natural choice to take over from the incumbent Mr K.M. Chandrasekhar. “There are a few bureaucrats senior to Mr Chatterjee and the Centre will wait for their retirement in April,” explained a senior official.
Source: Deccan Chronicle
