AIPRA-CHQ Writes to Postal Department and Pension Department to protect messenger services in Pension and Family Pension!

 AIPRA-CHQ Writes to Postal Department and Pension Department to protect messenger services in Pension and Family Pension!

 AIPRA-CHQ Writes to Postal Department and Pension Department to protect messenger services in Pension and Family Pension!

No.AIPRPA/Pension/Messenger/1 Dated 03.07.2021

To

The Director General

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

 

Sir,

Sub: Abolition of messenger service to draw pension and family pension in violation of Government of India stand by the Department of Posts – Regarding.

Ref: DoP F.S.Division File No.112-03/2019-SB dated 29.06.2021.

This All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association would hasten to bring to your notice and for personal intervention against cancellation of messenger service to draw pension and family pension from POSB Pension Accounts. We wish to point out that the Circular issued by the Directorate FS Division as referred to is violative of Government of India instructions issued by the Department of Expenditure under Ministry of  Finance on 1.12.2009 v-11012/2/3(19)/Bank/RBD/2004/1670. The Department of Expenditure OM had granted the facility for withdrawal of pension by old / sick / disabled / incapacitated persons by endorsing the letter of RBI dated October 14, 2009.

This Association emphasises the point that there is a clear distinction between the pension and family pension amount and other National Small Savings issues. The restriction imposed by the Department of Posts that all types of messenger services are banned cannot be extended to Pension and Family Pension withdrawals also as that would amount to clear violation of existing orders of the Finance Ministry of GOI.

This Association would therefore urge upon your personal intervention to cause to issue corrigendum to the Circular issued by the FS Division of Directorate on 29.06.2021 immediately as in many places already the authorities started to refuse messenger services to old and immobile pensioners and family pensioners. The present illogical position would bring enormous trouble to the sick and aged pensioners and family pensioners.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(K.Ragavendran)

General Secretary

No. AIPRPA/Pension/Messenger/2   Dated 03.07.2021

 

To

The Secretary

Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare

Nirman Bhawan

New Delhi – 110001

 

Sir,

Sub: Abolition of messenger service to draw pension and family pension in violation of Government of India stand by the Department of Posts – Regarding.

Ref: Circular of Department of Posts F.S.Division File No.112-03/2019-SB dated 29.06.2021.

This All India Postal & RMS Pensioners Association would hasten to bring to your notice and for personal intervention against cancellation of messenger service to draw pension and family pension from POSB Pension Accounts. There may not be any distinction between SB Accounts and SB Pension Accounts in the POSB System. But all the conditions applicable to Bank SB Accounts are automatically applicable to Post Office Savings Bank also. It seems that the Postal Department is behaving that the POSB is outside the ambit of Finance Ministry guidelines.

We wish to point out that the Circular issued by the Directorate FS Division as referred to is violative of Government of India instructions issued by the Department of Expenditure under Ministry of  Finance on 1.12.2009 v-11012/2/3(19)/Bank/RBD/2004/1670. The Department of Expenditure OM had granted the facility for withdrawal of pension by old / sick / disabled / incapacitated persons by endorsing the letter of RBI dated October 14, 2009.

This Association emphasises the point that there is a clear distinction between the pension and family pension amount and other National Small Savings issues. The restriction imposed by the Department of Posts that all types of messenger services are banned cannot be extended to Pension and Family Pension withdrawals also as that would amount to clear violation of existing orders of the Finance Ministry of GOI.

This Association would therefore urge upon your personal intervention with the Postal Department to ensure messenger services to old and immobile pensioners and family pensioners using POSB Accounts as the present illogical position would bring enormous trouble to the sick and aged pensioners and family pensioners.

Thanking you,

Yours faithfully,

Sd/-

(K.Ragavendran)

General Secretary