Government of West BengalFinance Department

Pension BranchBlock-IV, 2nd floor, Writers' Buildings,

Kolkata-700 001.

Memo No.256 -F(Pen)/lP-1(16)/11 Dated, Kolkata, the 29th May, 2019.

MEMORANDUM

Subject: Grant of ex-gratia.payment to the State Government Pensioners for the year 2018 - 2019.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that in order to providesome relief to the State Government Pensioners during the ensuing festivals, the Governorhas been pleased to decide that all State Government Pensioners including the holders ofprovisional pension who retired prior to 30.9.2018 and also the pensioners who retired or diedafter 30.9.2018 but prior to 01.09.2019 and whose basic pension plus Dearness relief onpension as on 31st March, 2019 did not exceed Rs.26,OOO/-(Rupees twenty six thousand) onlyand are not eligible for ad-hoc bonus shall be paid an ex-gratia grant of Rs.2, 100/- (RupeesTwo Thousand One Hundred) only in lump per head.

2. The charge is debitable to the head "2071- Pensions and other retirement Benefits-01Civil- 800-other Expenditure-NP-001-fund required for meeting other expenditure-V-04-Pension /Gratuities" during the current financial year.

3. The ex-gratia grant sanctioned herein will also be admissible to :-i) The holders of family pension, ex-gratia family pension and adhoc familypension ;ii) Pensioners (including widow pension holders) who draw their pensionsanctioned under French Pension Rules;iii) Holders of extra-ordinary pension; andiv) Holders of ex-gratia pension.

The benefit will also be admissible to the pensioners of the undivided Government ofBengal and the pensioners of the erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) Government whomigrated to West Bengal and are receiving pension under "Provisional Payment of PensionScheme".

4. The ex-gratia grant sanctioned herein will not be admissible to the special categoriesof pensioners, such as :-

i) Pensioners who have migrated from Pakistan;ii) Political Pensioners;iiij=Special Pensioners;iv) War Risk Pensioners;v) Pensioners governed by the All India Services Rules.

5. The benefit will also not be admissible to those who are entitled to ad-hocbonus sanctioned by the State Government and those who are employed/re-employed underany Public Undertakings/Statutory Bodies under the Government and are in receipt of bonusor ex-gratiapayment in lieu there of during the current financial year.

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6. State Government pensioners who draw their pension through Public Sector Banks willget this ex-gratia grant through their respective Bank Accounts. The Principal AccountantGeneral (A&E), West Bengal will issue an authority-for this purpose to all such Banks underthe Kolkata Payment Scheme immediately on receipt of this order so that the pensioners maydraw the ex-gratia grant immediately to make their commitments for their festival. TheTreasury/Sub- Treasury Office will take appropriate steps for issue of cheque to the respectivepaying branches of the Banks and Post Offices, so that the pensioners receiving pensionthrough Banks and Money Order get the payment of ex-gratia immediately to meet theircommitments for their festival. No authority of the Principal Accountant General (A&E),West Bengal will be required for this purpose.

7. Subject to para 6 above, this order will also be applicable to those who are eligiblefor this ex-gratia grant but whose pension/family pension has not yet been sanctioned. In theircases and in the case of persons who are drawing provisional pension, this amount of ex-gratia will be drawn by the authority competent to draw provisional pension in the samemanner as the amount of provisional pension is drawn by him. In their cases, the facts ofpayment of ex-gratia grant should be intimated to the Principal Accountant General (A&E),West Bengal at the time of forwarding their pension papers for final sanction of pension.

This benefit of ex-gratia grant of Rs.2, 100/- per head as has been sanctioned in thismemorandum for the State Government Pensioners will also be allowed to the teaching andnon-teaching Pensioners of State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions andPensioners of Panchayats, the Pensioners of Municipal Corporations/Municipalities/LocalBodies and other Organisations for whom pension is authorised either by the AccountantGeneral, West Bengal or the DPPG, West Bengal. In such cases the respective AdministrativeDepartment may sanction the benefit of ex-gratia payment @ Rs.2,l 00/- per head this year to

. the pensioners concerned under their control without making any further reference to PensionBranch of this Department.

The payment of ex-gratia as sanctioned herein above should be made before thefestival of Id-ul-Fitre of 2019 for the Muslim Pensioners / Family Pensioners and other thanMuslim Pensioners / Family Pensioners the benefits should be disbursed in between 23rd

September, 2019 to 1st October, 2019.

t;d;-Assistant Secretary to the

Government of West Bengal,Finance Department.

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Memo No.2S6/1(300)-F(Pen)/1 P-l(16)/11 Dated, Kolkata, the 29th May, 2019

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:I. The Accountant General (A&E), West Bengal, Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-700 00 I.

2. The Manager, Reserve Bank of India (Public Ales Deptt)., IS, N.S. Road, Kolkata-I.3. The Manager, Reserve Bank of India (Public A/cs Deptt., Deptt. ofGovt. & Bank Accounts, Co-7,

Bandra Kurla Complex, 3rd Floor, Bandra(East), Mumbai-S I.

4. The Accounts Officer, West Bengal Secretariat, Nabanna, 32S, S. C. Road, Shibpur, Howrah-711 102.S. The Accountant General(Audit), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata- 700 001.6. The Deputy Accountant General (Pension), W.B., Treasury Buildings, Kolkata-I.

7. The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Offi ce., 8 1/2/2, Phears Lane,Kolkata-700 012.8. The Pay & Accounts Officer, Kolkata Pay & Accounts Office-H. P-I, Hyde Lane, Kolkata-700 073.

9. Directorate of Treasuries & Accounts, 4, Lyons Range, Kolkata-700 001.10. Sri Sumit Mitra, Network Administrator, Finance Department for uploading this order in the Finance

Department's Website.

The Accountant General(A&E):(i) Uttar Pradesh, Allahabad-211001, (ii) Bihar, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna-800001, (iii)Orissa,

Bhubaneswar,-7SI 00 I, (iv) Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior-474 002, (v) Assam, Bhanagagarh, Gauhati-78I 0 IS,(vi) Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad-S00463, (vii)Kerala, Trivandrum-69S039, (viii) Tamil Nadu, Chennai-6000 16,(ix) Rajasthan, Jaipur-30200 I, (x) Punjab, Chandigarh-1600 17, (xi) Maharashtra, Mumbai-400020, (xii) Gujrat,Ahmedabad-380 001. (xiii) Karnataka, Bangalore-S60 001, (xix) Hariyana, Chandigarh-160 017,(xv) Tripura,Agartala-799 001, (xvi) Nagaland, Kohima-79700 I ,(xvii) Manipur, lmphal-79S00 I (xviii) Meghalaya, Shilong-79300 I, (xix) Jammu & Kashmir, S!"inagar-19000 L (X>;:) Uttaranchal, Dehradun-24800 I, (xxi) Chhatisgarh,Raipur-843326, (xxii) Jharkhand, Ranchi-84300 I.19. The Senior Deputy Accountant General (A&E)

(i) Sikkim, Gangtak-737001, (ii) Himachal Pradesh & Chandigarh, Simla-171003.

The Pay & Accounts Officer:(i) Goa, P.O. Panaj i-403 00), (ii) Pondicherry, P·.O. Pondicherry-60S 00 I, (iii) Andaman & N icobarIslands, Port Blair-744 101.

The Director of Accounts, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Nahar Lagun-791 I 10.

The Director of Audit, Central Revenue-II, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-II 000 I.

The Controller of Accounts (Pension), Delhi Administration, Mori Gate, Delhi-7.The Assistant Military Attache (Pension), Embassy of India, Military Pension Branch, Kathmandu,Nepal-I.Pensioners' Association:

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16. The Principal, Industrial Training Institute .

17. The Superintending Engineer/The Executive Engineer. .

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Government of West Bengal,Finance Department.