RBE No. 59/2016: Date of Birth – Revision of PPO
No.F(E)III/2008/PN1/12, dated 07.06.2016
Sub: Instructions regarding date of birth/ age of family pensioners.
1. A copy of Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DOP&PW)’s O.M. No.1/23/2012-P&PW(E), dated 27th September, 2012 on the above subject is enclosed for information and compliance. These instructions shall apply mutatis mutandis on the Railways also.
2. A concordance of DOP&PW’s instructions referred to in the enclosed O.M. and Railway Board’s corresponding instructions is given below:
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S.No. |
DOP&PW’s instructions |
Railway Board’s corresponding instructions |
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1 |
OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 21.05.2009 |
Letter of even number dated 26.05.2009 (RBE No. 91/2009) |
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2 |
OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 11.08.2009 |
Letter of even number dated 19.08.2009 (RBE No. 146/2009) |
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3 |
OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 25.06.2010 |
Letter of even number dated 07.07.2010 (RBE No. 97/2010) |
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4 |
OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 28.09.2010 |
Letter of even number dated 11.10.2010 (RBE No. 150/2010) |
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5 |
OM No.1/19/11-P&PW(E), dated 03.08.2011 |
Letter of even number dated 19.09.2011 (RBE No. 125/2011) |
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6 |
OM No. 1/23/2012-P&PW(E), dated 13.09.2012 |
Letter of even number dated 13.10.2015 (RBE No. 127/2011) |
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. & Pensions
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
No.1/23/2012-P&PW(E), dated 27th September, 2012
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Sub: Instructions regarding date of birth/ age of family pensioners.
1. This Department has issued instructions vide OM No.38/37/08-P&PW(A), dated 21.05.2009, 11.08.2009, 25.06.2010 & 28.09.2010, OM No.1/19/11-P&PW(E), dated 03.08.2011 and OM No.1/23/2012-P&PW(E), dated 13.09.2012 for consideration of date of birth/ age for grant of additional pension/ family pension to old pensioners/ family pensioners. Certain documents i.e. PAN Card, Matriculation certificate, Passport, CGHS Card, Driving Licence, Voter’s ID Card and Aadhaar Number issued by UIDAI have been allowed to be accepted in this regard.
2. For revision of an old PPO, date of birth of family pensioner is a mandatory field in the software. Some queries have been received in this Department regarding clarification whether these instructions are applicable for accepting date of birth/ age of the spouse at the time of revision of PPOs.
3. It is hereby clarified that the above instructions are applicable at the time of issue/ revision of a PPO for a family pensioner irrespective of the age of the family pensioners at that time. It is further clarified that in case the exact date of birth is not available in the PPO/ office records, the age of the family pensioner as on 1st January may be taken same as what she/he had completed in the previous year. For example, if a family pensioner completes the age of 54 years in 2012, her/his age as on 1st January, 2013 may be taken as 54 years and PPO may be revised accordingly.
Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 59/2016
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No.