AP Pensions Family Pension Widowed /divorced Family Pension Instructions Clarification

AP Pensions-Family Pension -Widowed /divorced Family Pension Instructions Clarification

AP Pensions-Family Pension -Widowed /divorced Family Pension Instructions Clarification attention is invited on the subject and references cited. Government have issued orders duly amending and substituting the Rule 50 (5) & (12) of AP. Revised Pension Rules 1980 by categorizing the eligibility of beneficiaries to receive family pension into Category-I & Category-II in the G.O. 1st cited and procedural guidelines in the G.O 2nd cited respectively. In the G.O. 4th cited, Government have restricted the age limit of 45 years as eligibility, for applying the family pension to the widowed/ divorced daughter under Category-II along with certain terms and conditions

AP Pensions-Family Pension -Widowed /divorced Family Pension Instructions Clarification 

In this regard the 0/o Principal Accountant General in the reference s" cited,requested to clarify certain points regarding the instruction issued in G.O.Ms.No.152 Finance (Pension) Department dt.25/11 /2019. 

After careful examination, Government hereby issued the following clarifications in the matter for drawing family pensions in respect of widow/divorced 

(i) Family pension to the widowed/divorced daughters shall be stopped to those who were authorised family pension after 45 years of their age. However, no recovery to be imposed for the past cases on detection of overpayment, if any. 

(ii) All the cases of family pension authorised to all widowed/divorced daughters are to be reviewed for the parameters of non eligibility (remarriage /starts earning / children become major). Once they become non eligible, Family pension shall be stopped immediately. However, no recovery to be imposed for the past cases on detection of overpayment, if any.

(iii) Once the Family Pension under Category-II become eligible fulfilling-all the criteria, the FP shall be continued till they become non-eligible (remarriage/ starts earning / children become major). Family pension shall not be discontinued merely on account of attaining the age of 45 years. 

(iv) The eligible applicant should apply within a period of one year from the date of death of Family Pensioner in Category-I as per the G.O.Ms.No.152. 

In the absence of date of application in the proposals the date of forwarding the proposals by the pension sanctioning authority be reckoned as date of application. 

The Director of State Audit, A.P., lbrahimpatnam and the Director of Treasuries& Accounts are requested to issue necessary instructions 'under their control to strictly follow the above points while sanctioning and forwarding the Family Pension cases. As deviations are noted in the past, against sanctioned / authorized authority in some cases , in some units, it is to be instructed that if any erroneous sanction/ authorizing were noted at later date, in respect of the above points, the Pension sanctioning / authorizing authority will be held personally responsible and suitable disciplinary action will be initiated against the defaulter.

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