{ "id": 14623, "slug": "andhra-pradesh-municipalities-pension-cum-gratuity-fund-rules-1969", "title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Pension-cum-Gratuity Fund) Rules, 1969", "short_title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Pension-cum-Gratuity Fund) Rules, 1969", "act_number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O. Ms. No. 799, ", "act_year": 1969, "act_type": "STATE", "location": "Andhra Pradesh", "law_status": "unknown", "enactment_date": null, "description": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Pension-cum-Gratuity Fund) Rules, 1969", "preamble": "", "section_label": "Section", "sections": [ { "number": "1", "title": "1. Name", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 0 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Service of Appointment.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 1 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Date of death.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 2 }, { "number": "36", "title": "36. General Instruction.", "chapter": null, "content": "Register of Pension Payment Orders\nRegister of Pension Payment Orders\n37.\n38.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 3 }, { "number": "39", "title": "39. Gratuities.", "chapter": null, "content": "Annexure-I\nAnnexure-I\n( See Instruction I)\nAppeared in person on ......................................................\nName of pensioner. - Pensioner's Half\nHead of charge:— Superannuation Allowances & Pensions.\nHead of charge:—\nClass of pension and date of order sanction it\nDate or approximate date of birth\nSection\nResidence showing village and taluk\nAmount of monthly pension\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\nOffice of the No. the 19\nOffice of the\nNo.\nthe\n19\nUntil further notice, and on the expiration of every month, please pay to...............the sum of Rupees....................(less income tax) being the amount of................Pension, as............upon the production of this order and a receipt according to usual form. The payment should commence from......................\n(Signature)\n(Designation)\nThe Secretary, Municipal Council,\nNote. - (1) No pension shall be liable to seizure, attachment or sequestration by process of any Court in India at the instance of a creditor for any demand against the pensioner (Section II. Act XXIII of 1971).\nNote.\n(2) Payment under this order is to be made only to the pensioner in person with the following exceptions, namely:—\n(a) to person specially exempted.\n(b) to females unaccustomed to appear in public and to persons unable to appear on account illness or bodily infirmity, Payment in both classes (a) and (b) is made on production of a life certificate signed by a responsible officer of Government, or other well-known and trustworthy person.\n(c) to any person sending a life certificate signed by some person exercising the powers of a Magistrate of any class under the Criminal Procedure Code, or by any Registrar or Sub-Registrar under the Indian Registration Act, or by any Pensioned Officer, who before retirement, exceed the powers of a Magistrate or by any Gazetted Officer.\n(d) in all cases referred to in Clauses (a), (b) and (c), the secretary must at least once in a year, require proof independent of that furnished by the life certificate of the continued existence of the pensioner.\n(3) On the decease of the pensioner, this order should be immediately returned by his family to the Secretary, Municipal Council with a report of the date of his decease.\nReverse of Pensioner's Half Amount of pension\n\t\t\t\tRs............................................[in words] Every separate payment is to be recorded below\n\t\t\t\tby the Secretary\nReverse of Pensioner's Half\nEvery separate payment is to be recorded below\n\t\t\t\tby the Secretary\nMonth for which pension is due\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\nRemarks\nDate of payment\nSecretary's initials\nDate of payment\nSecretary's initials\nDate of payment\nSecretary's initials\nDate of payment\nSecretary's initials\nDate of payment\nSecretary's initials\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\nMarch\nApril\nBlank Space For Folding\nMay\nJune\nJuly\nAugust\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\nDecember\nJanuary\nFebruary\nBlank Space\n\t\t\t\tFor Folding\nBlank Space\n\t\t\t\tFor Folding\nMonth for which pension is due\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\nRemarks\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\nMarch\nApril\nMay\nJune\nJuly\nAugust\nBlank Space for Folding\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\nDecember\nJanuary\nFebruary\nReverse of Disburser's Half\nReverse of Disburser's Half\nAmount of pension\n\t\t\t\tRs......................................[in words]\nThis document is to be retained by the\n\t\t\t\tSecretary so long as the authority remains in force in such\n\t\t\t\tmanner that pensioner shall have no access to it. Every separate\n\t\t\t\tpayment is to be recorded below.\nThis document is to be retained by the\n\t\t\t\tSecretary so long as the authority remains in force in such\n\t\t\t\tmanner that pensioner shall have no access to it. Every separate\n\t\t\t\tpayment is to be recorded below.\nMonth for which pension is due\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\nRemarks\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\nMarch\nApril\nMay\nJune\nJuly\nAugust\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\nDecember\nJanuary\nFebruary\nMonth for which\n\t\t\t\tpension is due\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\n19\nRemarks\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\nDate of payment\nCommissioner's initial\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\n(9)\n(10)\n(11)\n(12)\nMarch\nApril\nMay\nJune\nJuly\nAugust\nSeptember\nOctober\nNovember\nDecember\nJanuary\nFebruary\nDisburser's Half\nDisburser's Half\nPlace for signature of Pensioner on\n\t\t\t\tthe........................................................first\n\t\t\t\tpayment made hereon.\nHead of charge superannuation Allowance and\n\t\t\t\tpension\nClass of pension and date of order sanctioning it\nPersonal identification\nHeight (Metres)\nDate or Approximate date of birth\nSection\nResidence showing village and taluk\nAmount of monthly pension\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\nOffice of the No. Sir, Until further notice and on the expiration of every month, pay\n\t\t\t\tto.......................................the sum of\n\t\t\t\tRupees....................................(less income tax\n\t\t\t\tbeing)...............................amount\n\t\t\t\tof............................... pension as ...........upon the\n\t\t\t\tproduction of the counterpart hereof, taken from the claimant a\n\t\t\t\treceipt for the amount according to usual form. The payment\n\t\t\t\tshould commence from................................19 (Signature) (Designation)\nOffice of the\nNo.\nSir,\nUntil further notice and on the expiration of every month, pay\n\t\t\t\tto.......................................the sum of\n\t\t\t\tRupees....................................(less income tax\n\t\t\t\tbeing)...............................amount\n\t\t\t\tof............................... pension as ...........upon the\n\t\t\t\tproduction of the counterpart hereof, taken from the claimant a\n\t\t\t\treceipt for the amount according to usual form. The payment\n\t\t\t\tshould commence from................................19\n(Signature)\n(Designation)\nNote. - Payment under this order is to be made only to the pensioner in person, with the following exceptions:\nNote.\n(a) to persons specially exempted by the Government;\n(b) to females unaccustomed to appear in public;\n(c) to persons unable to appear on account of illness or bodily infirmity.\nPayment in both Clauses (a) and (b) is made on production of a life certificate signed by a responsible officer of Government, or other well known and*trustworthy persons.\n(d) to any person sending a life certificate signed by some person exercising the powers of a magistrate of any class under the Criminal Procedure Code, or by any Registrar or Sub-Registrar under the Indian Registration Act, 1908, or by any pensioned officer who before retirement exercised the powers of a Magistrate, or by any Gazetted Officer of Government.\nThumb\n1st finger\n2nd finger\n3rd finger\nLittle or 4th finger\nSignature.\nAnnexure - II\nAnnexure - II\nPensioner's Bill\nPensioner's Bill\n[ See Instruction 14(a)]\nCertificate of Non-Employment\nCertificate of Non-Employment\nNote. - The term \"local fund\" means in this certificate any of the Municipal and Gram Panchayat Fund, Education Fund, Port and Marine fund, etc., mentioned in instruction 2 in Chapter IV in Part III of Andhra Pradesh Treasury code Vol. I and also any ‘Local Fund* under the control of the Government of India. '\nNote.\nLife Certificate\nLife Certificate\nStation :\nSignature\nDated :.......19.......\nDesignation\nPay Rs.\nContents received.\nSecretary\nSignature of the Messenger.\nDirections\nDirections\n(2) A Pensioner who has been exempted from personal appearance by the Government or a competent authority to which they have delegated the power of granting such exemption, or who is female not accustomed to appear in public or who produces satisfactory evidence that he (or she) is unable to appear at the Municipal Office because of bodily illness or infirmity need not take payment in personal if he (or she) produces a Life Certificate signed by some person exercising the powers of Magistrate under the Criminal Procedure Code (Act of 1974), or by any Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under Registration Act, 1908 (Act XVI of 1908) or by any pensioned officer who before retirement exercised the powers of a magistrate or by any Gazetted Officer or by a Munsiff or by a Police Officer not below the rank of Sub Inspector in-charge of Police Station. The Secretary may accept for this purpose a Life Certificate signed by a Sub-Postmaster's on a pay not less than Rs. 50 (Rupees fifty only a month or a village headman or a Sarpanch of a Gram Panchayat or a President of a Panchayat Samithi or a Chairman of a Municipal Council (instruction 15 (1)).\nNote. - In the case of a female pensioner who is exempted from personal appearance at the Municipal Office, the Life Certificate should be attested on each occasion, as an additional precaution by two or more respectable persons of the Pensioner's town or village.\nNote.\nAnnexure - III\nAnnexure - III\n( See Instruction 18)\nInstructions for the payment of Pension to Leper Pensioners through the Agency of Executive Authority of a Gram Panchayat\nInstructions for the payment of Pension to Leper Pensioners through the Agency of Executive Authority of a Gram Panchayat", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 4 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. A register of payment of pension of leper pensioner through Executive Authority of gram panchayats should be maintained in the Municipal Office in the Form appended. Acknowledgements for the money paid and the bill handed over to the executive Authority should be obtained in the column provided in the register for the purpose. The Executive Authority should, on receipt of the money pay it promptly to the pensioner in the presence of two responsible villagers and sign a certificate of payment ", "chapter": null, "content": "Place :\nSigned\nDate :\nSignature of Executive Authority.\n1.\n2.", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 5 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. When the pension bill is received back after disbursement, the Secretary should record the fact of payment in both halves of the pension payment order under his initials. Necessary entries should also be made in the register of payment pensions.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 6 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. The amount handed over to the Executive Authority etc., for disbursement should be debited to \"Suspense Payments\" and that suspense items should be cleared on receipt of the pension voucher with the certificates of payment.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 7 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. The ordinary procedure for the payment of pensions should be followed in all other respects.", "chapter": null, "content": "Form\nForm\nRegister of Payments of Pensions to Leper Pensioners Through the Gram Panchayat\nRegister of Payments of Pensions to Leper Pensioners Through the Gram Panchayat\nDuring the month of................. 19.......", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 8 }, { "number": "1", "title": "1. Serial Number :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 9 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Name of pensioner and number of Pension\n\t\t\t\tpayment order :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 10 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Month for which pension is claimed:", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 11 }, { "number": "4", "title": "4. Amount :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 12 }, { "number": "5", "title": "5. Name of the village where the pensioner\n\t\t\t\tresides :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 13 }, { "number": "6", "title": "6. Names and designation of person to whom the\n\t\t\t\tmoney is handed over", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 14 }, { "number": "7", "title": "7. Date on which the money is paid to the person\n\t\t\t\tmentioned in column (6):", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 15 }, { "number": "8", "title": "8. Acknowledgement of the person mentioned in\n\t\t\t\tcolumn (6) (Signature or thumb impression) in token of the\n\t\t\t\treceipt of the money and bill :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 16 }, { "number": "9", "title": "9. Date on which the Executive Authority's\n\t\t\t\tcertificate of payment of pension was received :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 17 }, { "number": "10", "title": "10. If unpaid, the date on which the money was\n\t\t\t\treturned :", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 18 }, { "number": "11", "title": "11. Remarks:", "chapter": null, "content": "Annexure - IV\nAnnexure - IV\n( See Instruction 24 (a))\nRegister of Pensions Payable by Money Order\nRegister of Pensions Payable by Money Order\nSI. No.\nNumber of pension payment Order\nName of Pensioner\nFull Address\nMonthly amount of pension\nMoney order commission\nNet amount to be remitted\nRemarks\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\n(7)\n(8)\nAnnexure-V\nAnnexure-V\nSchedule of Pensions paid by Money Orders\nSchedule of Pensions paid by Money Orders\n[ See Instruction 24(b)]\nNo. of Pension Payment Order\nName\nAmount\nPeriod of claim\nRate of pension\nRemarks\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\n(5)\n(6)\nRs.     P.\nTotal in words :", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 19 }, { "number": "1", "title": "1. Certified that I have satisfied myself that all payments noted above have actually been remitted by money order.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 20 }, { "number": "2", "title": "2. Certified that I have satisfied myself that all pensions included in the schedule for the previous month have been paid to the proper persons and that I have obtained money order receipts in support of all the payments included in the schedule and filed them in my office.", "chapter": null, "content": "", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 21 }, { "number": "3", "title": "3. Certified that I have obtained from each pensioner a declaration that he has not received any remuneration for serving in any capacity either under the Government or under a Local Fund during the past six months (This certificate should be given in the schedules for January and July only).", "chapter": null, "content": "Secretary.\nPay Rs........................... (Rupees .......................................... ).\nSecretary.\nAnnexure - VI\nAnnexure - VI\nCall Form\n[ See instruction 26 (1)]\nCall for the Personal Appearance of a Pensioner\nCall for the Personal Appearance of a Pensioner\nNo..............................\nDate :.......... the.......19.......\nOffice of the ....................\nPlease note that, in accordance with the prescribed rules for the identification of pensioner, it will be necessary for you to attend personally at this office when presenting the next pension Bill.\nSignature of the Secretary.\nAnnexure - VII\nAnnexure - VII\nRegister of Pension Payment Orders\nRegister of Pension Payment Orders\n[ See Instruction 37 (1)]\nNumber of pension payment order\nName of pensioner\nMonthly amount\nRemarks\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\n(4)\nRs.     P.\nRules Relating to the Power of Government to Relax Rules and Regulations in Individual Cases\nRules Relating to the Power of Government to Relax Rules and Regulations in Individual Cases", "footnote": "", "is_definition": false, "sort_order": 22 } ], "metadata": { "Act ID": "Last Updated 18th October, 2019 [ap634]", "Act Number": "Published vide Notification No. G.O. Ms. No. 799, Municipal Administration, 17th October, 1969", "Enactment Date": "", "Act Year": "1969", "Short Title": "Andhra Pradesh Municipalities (Pension-cum-Gratuity Fund) Rules, 1969", "Type": "STATE", "Location": "Andhra Pradesh" }, "updated_at": "2026-09-29 21:55:18" }