Saturday, November 8, 2014

Rendering of Life Certificate by ESM Pensioners : Gentle reminder during the month of November


Dear Veteran Brothers, 
                                                                                                                                                                                 You are required to render a life certificate to the bank from where you are drawing your pension. Submission of this Certificate is essential for the bank to continue with disbursal of your pension.

Click here for life_certificate For ESM.

        This certificate can be submitted in any branch of the bank, but please retain receipt of submitting the certificate.

Officers Authorised to sign Life Cerificates : Life certificates issued/signed by one or other of the following authorities/persons can be accepted:-

                       

·    A serving or pensioned person exercising the powers of a Magistrate under the criminal procedure code (Act-V of 1898).
·        A registrar or sub-registrar appointed under the Indian Registration Act 1908 (XVI of 1908).
·        A Gazetted Officer.
·        A Munsif.
·        A police officer not below the rank of Sub-Inspector in charge of Police station.
·        Master, a Departmental Sub-Post Master or an Inspector of Post Office.
·    Officers of the Reserve Bank of India and other PSBs in respect of pensioners drawing pension from Banks.
·    The head of the village Panchayat, Gram Panchayat or Head of an executive committee of a village.
·       Retired Commissioned Officers of the Armed Forces in respect of pension bill form IAFA-319 of Commissioned Officers, departmental Officers and Warrant Officers.

        Those veterans who are abroad may submit the certificate to the local branch of the bank. The certificate is to be issued by an authorised official of the embassy/High Commission of India/Indian Consulates/Notary Public or an Officer of an Indian Authorised Bank attached to its branch in the country where the pensioner is residing.



Personal appearance is exempted under the following circumstances:- 
·        Pensioners desiring to draw his/her pension through authorised agent, have to execute Indemnity Bond, and to submit life certificate once in a year.
·        Pensioners of rank (high status) may be privately identified by PDA and he is not required to appear at a public office.
·        Pensioners exempted by Local Govt. for personal appearance, have to produce life certificate in 6 months.
·        Pensioners unable to appear in person due to bodily illness or infirmity, have to submit life certificates in 6 months.
·        Severely wounded and infirm pensioners, on production of life certificate.
·        Female pensioners who are not accustomed to appear in public, have to produce life certificate and non-re-marriage certificate.
·        Children owing to illness and very young children have to produce life certificate signed by the official of the Revenue department.
·        Armed forces pensioners (ORs) re-employed in various institutions such as Railways, Mills or private firms of Standing, etc. are to produce life certificate and authority for payment through a representative.
·        Armed forces pensioners (except mentioned above) are to produce life certificate.
·        Gorkha pensioners living in Nepal or a pensioner in Bhutan and is physically unable to draw pension in person, payment may be made through a Pension Disbursing Authority in India or Indian Embassy, Nepal to a representative who produces the pensioner’s pension certificate and life certificate on IAFA-409.
·        Armed forces Pensioners residing in Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli districts are required to make one journey with his representative to the Pension Disbursing Authority and state personally to him that he desires his pension to be paid in future through the representative. The PDA will record the identification mark of the representative who will be permitted to draw the pension on production of pensioner’s certificate and life certificate signed by either two male armed force pensioners or by a pensioned Officer.
·        Pensioners drawing pension through Money order.
·        If you are unfortunately a wheel chair bound pensioner, then you can speak to your branch manager to send someone to your home and get your Life Certificate signed by you.
(Please click for the complete list Exemption from Personal Appearance for LTA)
(SOURCE – DESA BLOG)






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