DSC 2003 Teachers Old Pension Scheme proposals forwarded from CSE to Edn Secretary Lr 115

DSC 2003 Teachers Old Pension Scheme proposals forwarded from CSE to Edn Secretary Lr 115. Lr.No. 115/Pension-1/2016, Dated:21/09/2020 . School Education - CPS - Request to adopt & implement the orders of Sub: the Department of Pension & PW, Govt of India dt. 17.02.2020 for Govt employees/ DSC 2003 teachers - Information- Submitted - Regarding.

DSC 2003 Teachers Old Pension Scheme proposals forwarded from CSE to Edn Secretary Lr 115

 Ref:

• 1.G.O. Ms. No. 653 Finance (Pension-1) Department Dt:22.09.2004.
• 2. G.O.Ms.No. 654 Finance (Pension-1) Department Dt: 22.09.2004.
• 3.G.O. Ms. No.655 Finance (Pension-1) Department Dt: 22.09.2004.
• 4.Office Memorandum No. 57/04/2019-P&PW (B) Dt: 17.02.2020 of Department of Pension and PW, GOI.
• 5. Govt. Memo.No.1116868/Services-II/A.I/2020-1,dt.15-03-2020.
• 6. Representation Dt. 24.05.2020 of the RUPPAP, Markapuram, Prakasam District with endt.Rc.No.5137/NIN/EDN/2020, Dt.28.05.2020 of the Hon'ble Minister for Education, Government of A.P, Secretariat, Velagapudi.
• 7.CMP.No.1925/Addl.Cs to CM/2020, Dt. 18.06.2020 of the Additional Chief Secretary to CM, O/o Chief Ministers Office, Govt. of AP, Velagapudi.
• 8. Representation Dt. 18.02.2020 of the A.P.Teachers Federation, Vijayawada.

ORDER:

• I invite the kind attention of the Government to the references cited, and wish to inform that, Consequent on introduction of National Pension Scheme (NPS) vide Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) Notification No. 5/7/2003-ECB &PR Dated: 22.12.2003, all Central Government Servants appointed on or after 01.01.2004 to the posts in the Central Government Service (except armed forces are mandatorily covered under the said scheme. The Govt. of A.P. have adopted and introduced the said new Contributory Pension Scheme based on Defined Contribution for all the employees who are recruited on or after 01.09.2004.
• I wish to further inform that, the Govt. of India in their Office Memorandum No. 57/04/2019-P&PW(B), Dt: 17.02.2020 stated that, GOI have issued guidelines for extending the benefit of the pension scheme under Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972 on the ground that the appointment was delayed on account of administrative reasons or lapse. As such, they have offered one time- option for covering under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 to all cases where results for recruitment were declared before 01.01.2004 against the vacancies occurring on or before 31.12.2003.
• I also wish to inform that, various Teachers Service Associations have represented in this regard with a request to implement the old Pension Scheme to DSC 2003 batch teachers, whose selection process was completed before the implementation of Contributory Pension Scheme by the State Government of AP i.e. 01.09.2004 and joined duty after 01.09.2004 due to various administrative reasons.
• Based on the said representations received from various Teachers Service Associations and keeping in view of the relaxations issued by the GOI, the Department has obtained the information from all the DEOs in the state pertaining to the selection of DSC2003 teachers and the details are as follows:

In view of the position explained above, I enclose the data received from the DEOs in the state pertaining to DSC-2003 recruitment and request the Govt. to issue suitable orders in the matter.