GOVT OF TAMILNADU - INSTRUCTIONS TO PENSIONERS

Announcement and forms  

1. Announcement :
Pensioners have to appear before the Pension Pay Officer/ 
Treasury Officer for mustering from 1st April 2013 to 30th June 2013
 on all Government working days. Pensioners who are unable to
 appear for mustering may produce Life Certificate in the format 
prescribed below.

2. Forms :
i) Pensioner’s Life Certificate
ii) Family Pensioner’s Non Marriage/ Non – Remarriage/  Non employment Certificate

3. Press Release of Pension Pay Office, Chennai

            As per the Treasury Rules, the pensioner
 drawing pension has to appear before the Pension Pay Officer, 
Chennai for mustering once in every year during April, May and 
June on all working days.  Pensioners are required to bring 
Pension Payment Order, Bank Pass Book, one Passport size
 Photograph  and PAN Card. Family pensioners have to produce
 non-remarriage certificate.

            If the pensioners are unable to appear for mustering,
 they may obtain Life Certificate in the prescribed format
 from any one of the following officials and furnish it to the 
Pension Pay Office, Chennai-6:

1. Bank Branch Manager where 
2. the Pensioner’s Account is maintained
3. Gazetted Officers of the State or Central Government
4.  Tahsildar / Deputy Tahsildar / Revenue Inspector

           The form for the Life Certificate and 
non-remarriage certificate may be downloaded from 
 www.tn.gov.in/karuvoolam/.Pensioners have to furnish copies 
of first page of Pension Payment Order, one passport size photograph
 and Bank Pass Book along with the Life Certificate.  Family pensioners
 have to send non re-marriage certificate.  Pensioners staying abroad
 have to furnish Life Certificate signed by a Magistrate, a Notary, a Banker
 or a diplomatic representative of India to the Pension Pay Officer, Chennai-6.
  Pensioners liable for Income-Tax are required to send tentative Income Tax 
statement for the financial year to the Pension Pay Officer.  As the 
Pension payment is automated, pensioners are requested to furnish 
their present residential address/ Telephone No / Mobile number,
 e-mail ID and PAN Card number for filing income tax returns
 and sending alert messages on pension payment.

     
If the pensioners fail to appear for annual mustering or to 
furnish Life Certificate during April, May and June the 
payment of pension shall be stopped from the month of August.

Note:  Annual mustering for the pensioners drawing 
pension under Public Sector Banks Scheme is being
 carried out in the respective banks during November
 and December. Hence such pensioners are requested
 not to approach the Pension Pay Office for Annual 
mustering which is, presently underway with effect 
from 1.4.2013.