There has been a significant change in the rules of the government after the central employees got dearness allowance. If the employees do not comply, receiving pension or gratuity may be hard.
The government will have ordered that should an employee be sloppy toward work, the pension and gratuity to him will be stopped after retirement. This shall include rules for Central employees, and in the future it might be that State Governments invoke as well.
Notification was issued
A recently issued notification of the Central Government under the Central Civil Services Rule 2021 would signify that the Central Government had recently brought a change in the CCS Rules 2021 in the sixth volume containing the recently inserted willful clause in Rule 8 that now stands a new allotment. This will be stated in the notification that order will apply to any employee who commits any serious crime or negligence in any sense during his service period as in and when he may hold office of central employment, their gratuity and pension shall be stopped on his retirement.
It is said in the communication that the Centre had informed all the concerned bodies about the new rule, also stressing that, after receipt of information on found guilty employees, action leading to cessation of pension and gratuity has to be started, which means the rule this time is that the government is very strict.
These people will take action
The Presidents who are part of the appointing authority of the retired employee have been given the rights to stop the payment of gratuity or pension, and other similar officials too, have the same authority; however, they will use the provisions as laid down in the Regulation.
- An officer can control the process of stopping gratuity or pension for a guilty employee after retirement from the post of Secretary to the concerned ministry or department towards which the person was appointed at the time of retirement.
- The incumbent CAG may stop payment of pension or gratuity to such employee on his retirement from the department of audit and accounts.
Know how the actions will be initiated
Under these orders, if any departmental or judicial action is taken against such employees during their period of hired service, it will be incumbent to furnish requisite information regarding one’s actions to the competent authority.
- The same rule will, however, apply to an employee when re-employed after retirement. Where an employee has retired from service as an account officer, then even the CAG has been given powers for the stoppage of pension and gratuity after retirement of the guilty.
- If at all a retired employee is later found guilty, then it could be recovered in part or in full from his pension or gratuity after it has been paid to him. It will depend upon the damage to the department.
- The upper authority can stop the said employee’s pension or gratuity forever or for a while if he wants to.
Suggestion will have to be taken before the final order
Also, according to this rule, it shall be necessary to take the suggestion from the Union Public Service Commission before giving any final order in this regard. Besides, it has been made clearer that the minimum such monthly amount of last-Rs 9000 pension cannot reduce any extra information on payments by the succeeding governments already prescribed under rule 44-an important assurance of minimum living facilities to pensioners.
