IMPORTANT

No. LW/SS/AT/71/Pension
Pension Cell
O/O the PCDA ( O ) Pune
Date : 15-2-2010
To
The Director General
Adjutant Generals Branch
IHQ of Ministry of Defense (Army)
Sena Bhawan, DHQ Post Office
New Delhi 110010
Sub : Speedy Settlement of pension/pensionary benefits.
Ref : Army Headquarters Brochure on Terminal Benefits
to retiring officers and their families.
--------------------------------As you are well aware that this office is committed to make accurate and
timely payment of pay and allowances to the Commissioned Officers of the Indian Army
while in service. We also are responsible to make the payment of terminal benefits in
time to the Officers proceeding on retirement/release. In addition, this office act as an
agency in forwarding the pension documents to the PCDA (P) Allahabad.
2) Of late it is noticed that all the documents related to the retirement
benefits/ terminal benefits which are being dealt with by the different sections of this
office, are received from the unit under one covering memo. For all the documents
mentioned at Sl No I, II, and III below, separate envelopes should be prepared and
forwarded to this office in ONE COVER duly marked on the top of the cover
Pension papers addressed to the SENIOR ACCOUNTS OFFICER, SS LEDGER
WING SECTION, PCDA (O) PUNE. You are requested to disseminate the above
information to all the units/ formations and a copy thereof may be endorsed to this office
and necessary amendment may please be printed/published to Brochure
I) The list of the papers which should be marked to Pension Cell (all in
duplicate.)
a) Application for retiring pension/retiring gratuity and retirement gratuityAppx A
(para 6 of your Brochure)
b) Application for commutation of pension. (Appx A Annexure I) (para 5 of Brochure)
c)Form of declaration for commutation of anticipatory/provisional pension.
(Appx A- Annexure II) ( para 5 of the Brochure)

d) Two copies of Joint Photographs with spouse duly attested by another commissioned
officer- (refer instruction No 8 to Appx A for filing retiring pension application.)
e) Descriptive Roll of the spouse in duplicate (specimen enclosed for incorporating in the
Brochure).
f) Release Medical Examination Report for the purpose of commutation of pension which
is not finding a place in the present Brochure.
g) Nomination of Life Time Arrears for pension through AGs Branch.
II)

Documents which should be marked to concerned Ledger wing sections

a) AGIF Claim. Appx F (refer to para 27 of the Brochure)

b) Part II office order showing year wise break up of the leave accumulated for leave
encashment payment.
c) Information to be furnished by the officer 8 months prior to his retirement (Appx A
Annexure V of the Brochure)
III) Papers to be marked for DSOP Fund Group, Archives section.
a) Application for final settlement of DSOP Fund (Appx B) (para 15 of the Brochure)
a) Contingent Bill for payment of DSOP Fund signed by the officer and countersigned
by the O.C. of the last unit mentioning therein the date of retirement, CDA A/C Number
and bankers duly affixing the revenue stamp.

Sd/(T.S.Venkateshan)
D.C.D.A.