Government of West BengalFinance Department, Pension Branch

Block No. IV, 2nd Floor,Writers' Buildings;

Kolkata - 700 001

No. 563 -F (Pen)/FJIN/F-1P-121/16 Part Date: 30.l0.2017

Subject: Recovery/adjustment of Interim Relief paid to the Pensioners/Family Pensioners, if any,whose pension/family pension is/was determined with respect to the pay of theretired/deceased employee covered under UGC/AICTE scale.

Consequent upon issue of this Deptt. Memo. No. 224- F(Pen) dated 03.06.2016 thePensionerslFamily Pensioners of the State Government and Government Sponsored or aided non-Government educational institutions, local bodies, statutory bodies, boards, corporations,undertakings etc., covered under Finance Department Resolution No. 8071-F(P) dt. 27.l1.2015have been allowed the benefit of Interim relief @ 8% of the Basic Pension with effect from01.07.2016.

2. Now, in view of the fact that the service and pay of the college teachers and others in theUGC/AICTE scale is since not covered under the terms of reference of the Resolution issued videNo. 8070-F(P) dated 27.11.2015, a question has raised whether the Pensioners/Family Pensionersof college who are/were entitled to pension/family pension from the State Government but ondetermination of the pension/family pension with respect to the last-pay of the retired/deceasedemployee in the UGC/ AICTE scale, are entitled to the Interim relief.

3. It is hereby clarified that the benefit of Interim relief contemplated in this Deptt. Memo No.224- F(Pen) dated 03.06.2016 relates to the grant only in respect of the Pensioners/FamilyPensioners whose pension/family pension thus fixed on the basis of the pay and the service arecovered in the terms of reference of the 6th Pay Commission as per the Resolution issued vide No.8070-F(P) dated 27.11.2015. Accordingly, the Pensioners/Family Pensioners of Govt. Colleges &Non-Govt. Colleges covered under the UGC/AICTE scales of pay, i.e. retired teaching staffincluding Librarian, Laboratory Instructors, Physical Instructors, Demonstrators of Govt. & Non-Govt. General Degree Colleges, Engineering Colleges & Polytechnic Colleges and all otherPensioners/Family Pensioners of such category whose service and pay are not covered in theResolution ibid, are not entitled to the grant of Interim Relief under Memo No. 224- F(Pen) dated03.06.2016.

4. Payment of the Interim Relief allowed to the category of Pensioners/Family Pensioners whoare not entitled to such grant as clarified at Para- 3 above, if any, is liable to be recovered/adjustedimmediately from the pension relief, as per rules, in 5 (five) instalments starting from the month ofNovember, 2017.

5. All the Pension Disbursing Authorities may act accordingly.

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Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:

The Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-700 001.This has a reference to his D.O. letter no. Pen.Co-ordn/93/Vol-VI/51 Vol VIII14 dt. 20.04.2017.The Manager, Reserve Bank ofIndia (Public Alcs Deptt)., 15, N.S. Road, Kolkata-l.

The Manager, Reserve Bank ofIndia (Public Alcs Deptt., Deptt. of Govt. & Bank Accounts, G-7,Bandra Kurla Complex, 3rd Floor, Bandra(East), Mumbai- 51.The Accounts Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, Writers' Buildings, Kolkata-700 001.

The Accountant General (Audit), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata- 700 001.

The Deputy Accountant General (Pension), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-l.

The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office, 81/2/2, Phears Lane, Kolkata-12.

The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-II, P-l, Hyde Lane, Kolkata-73.Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, 4, Lyons Range, Kolkata-700 001.

He is requested to circulate/send the order immediately to the official email ID of allT.O.s/A.T.Os for compliance.- .• l'h_~-~~rW.....~""". (B d ) D f I di h' d . h F'.< . _~ _.' .'.. '. r mance u get epartment or up oa mg t IS or er m t e manceDepartment's Website.

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The Superintendent of Police .The Commissioner. .The Sub-Divisional Officer .The .Principal, Industrial Training Institute .The Superintending Engineer/ The Executive Engineer .The Accountant General(A&E):

(i) Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad- 211001 (ii) Bihar, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna- 800001 (iii) Orissa,Bhubaneswar- 751001 (iv) Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior- 474 002 (v) Jharkhand, Ranchi- 843001 (vi)Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad- 500463 (vii)Kerala, Trivandrum- 695039 (viii) Tamil Nadu, Chennai-600016 (ix) Rajasthan, Jaipur- 302001 (x) Punjab, Chandigarh- 160017 (xi) Maharashtra, Mumbai-400020 (xii) Gujarat, Ahmedabad-380001 (xiii) Karnataka, Bengaluru- 560001 (xix) Haryana,Chandigarh- 160017 (xv) Tripura, Agartala- 799001 (xvi) Nagaland, Kohima-797001 (xvii)Manipur, Imphal- 795001 (xviii) Meghalaya, Shilong- 793001 (xix) Chhatisgarh, Raipur- 843326(xx) Uttaranchal, Dehradun- 248001 (xxi) Jammu & Kashmir, Srinagar- 190001 (xxii) Assam,Bhanagagarh, Guwahati- 781015.

The Senior Deputy Accountant General (A&E) (i) Sikkim, Gangtok-737001, (ii) Himachal Pradesh& Chandigarh, Simla-171 003.

The Pay & Accounts Officer:(i) Goa, P.O. Panaji- 403001, (ii) Pondicherry, p.a. Pondicherry- 605001, (iii) Andaman & NicobarIslands, Port Blair- 744101.

The Director of Accounts, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Nahar Lagun-791110.The Director of Audit, Central Revenue- 11, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi- 110001.

The Controller of Accounts (Pension), Delhi Administration, Mori Gate, Delhi- 110007.The Assistant Military Attache (Pension), Embassy of India, Military Pension Branch, Kathmandu,Nepal- 1.

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