FINANCE DEPARTMENT

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

The 4th April 2025

SUBJECT—Prescription of a Common Pension Form for submission and processing through Online

Mode (HRMS) in case of Government servants retiring on superannuation.

No. 10983—FIN-CS3-RULE-0001/2024-F.—According to the provisions contained in

Chapter-VIII of the OCS (Pension) Rules,1992 a retiring Government servant has to submit pension

particulars in Form-E to the Head of Office at least one year before the date of retirement.

Subsequently, the Head of Office and the Pension Sanctioning Authority shall process the same

within the stipulated timeline and sanction final pension for authorisation by the Pension Issuing

Authority [ Principal Accountant General (A & E), Odisha ] in Form-F along with Form-E and other

documents. Finally, the office of the Principal Accountant General (A & E), Odisha shall check all

requisites, assess the amount of Pension and gratuity and issue the Pension Payment Order not

later than one month in advance of the date of retirement of the Government servant.

Online pension module has been developed in IFMS since 2017 vide Finance Department

OM No. 32888, dated the 13th November 2017 to facilitate the retiring/ retired employees for

submission of their Pension Application and processing thereafter at the level of Pension Sanctioning

Authority and Pension Issuing Authority aligning with the procedures and forms perscribed in Chapter-

VIII of the OCS (Pension) Rules, 1992. Currently, IFMS has been integrated with HRMS for mandatory

attachment of e-service book and capturing of employees’ information relating to family details,

nominee details, service details etc.

Now, a simplified Common Pension Form OCS Pension FORM-E-1 (Annexure-A) has

been developed for submission of particulars by the retiring/ retired Government servant online

through HRMS in the manner stipulated at Annexure-B.

By order of the Governor

SASWAT MISHRA

Principal Secretary to Government

The Odisha

G a z e t t e

EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

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