GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA
No. FD(Spl) 63 CPP 83 Karnataka Government Secretariat,
Vidhana Soudha
Bangalore, dated: 1st August, 1984
CIRCULAR
Sub: Survivorship certificate issued by the Revenue Authorities for purpose of
Family Pension.
According to the existing procedure, application for grant of family pension under the "Karnataka Government Servants' (family pension) Rules, 1964" should be accompanied by a Survivorship certificate issued by the Tahsildar. It is observed that generally there is dealy in he issue of the certificate by the revenue authorities. Consequently, settlement of family pension is also delayed causing hardship to the families of the deceased Government Servants.
Under Rule 12(a) of K.G.S. (F.P.) Rules, 1964 all Non-Gazetted Government servants shall furnish to the Heads of their office within one month from the date of their entry into service details of their 'Family' as defined in Rule 7 of the said Rules. This statement shall be contersigned by the Head of the office and pasted to the Service Book of the Official. Head of the office is required to keep this statement upto date by making additions/ deletions in it, as soon as the informatioon is received from the Government servant. Thus, the particulars of the Family members of the deceased Government servants should be available in the Service Book. The order in which the Family pension should be paid to the members of the family of the deceased Government servant is laid down in Rule 8 of the said Rules. The Head of the office should up date this information as on the date of death by making local enquiries. Therefore, the Head of the office will have the required material to verify and satisfy himself about the right and title of the claimant.
After due consideration it has been decided that in cases where the Heads of Office are able to decide that the claimant is entitled to the Family Pension under the Rules on the basis of the information available with him, as up dated from the local enquiries, the survivorship certificate from the Revenue authorities need not be insisted upon. The Accountant General shall authorise the family pension to the member of the family certified by the Head of the Office as the person entitled as per the Rules.
In cases of dispute and where the particulars available are not sufficient to decide about entitlement of the claimant, a survivorship certificate should be produced by the family of the deceased Government servant.
The Accountant General shall also not insist on the production of the death certificate in cases where the fact of death is recorded and certified in the Service Book of the deceased official by the Head of the office.
VATSALA WATSA
Joint Secretary to Government,
Finance Department.
