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EXTRAORDINARY

Published by Authority

CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 2021 (VAISAKHA 3, 1943 SAKA)

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GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE

(FINANCE BUDGET-II BRANCH)

PRESS COMMUNIQUE

The 23rd April, 2021

No.7/2/2021-2FBII/218.-It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 7.93%

Punjab SDL 2021 issued in terms of the Government of Punjab, Finance Department Notification

No. 7/2/2016-2-FB II/800 dated May 20, 2016 will be repaid at par on May 25, 2021 with interest due up to

and including May 24, 2021. In the event of a holiday being declared on the aforesaid date by any State

Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the loan will be repaid by the paying offices in that

State on the previous working day. No interest will accrue on the loan from and after May 25, 2021.

2.

As per sub- regulation 24 (2) and 24(3) of Government Securities Regulations, 2007 payment of maturity

proceeds to the registered holder of Government Security held in the form of Subsidiary General Ledger or

Constituent Subsidiary General Ledger account or Stock Certificate shall be made by a pay order incorporating

the relevant particulars of his bank account or by credit to the account of the holder in any bank having facility

of receipt of funds through electronic means. For the purpose of making payment in respect of the securities, the

original subscriber or the subsequent holders of such a Government Securities, as the case may be, shall submit

to the Bank or Treasury and Sub-Treasury or branch of State Bank of India where they are enfaced / registered

for payment of interest, as the case may be, the relevant particulars of their bank account.

3.

However, in the absence of relevant particulars of bank account/ mandate for receipt of funds through

electronic means, to facilitate repayment on the due date, holders of 7.93% PUNJAB SDL 2021, should

tender their securities at the Public Debt Office, 20 days in advance. The securities should be tendered for

repayment, duly discharged on the reverse there of as under:-

“Received the Principal due on the Certificate”

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4.

It should be particularly noted that at places where the treasury work is done by a branch of the State

Bank of India, the securities, if they are in the form of Stock Certificates, should be tendered at the branch of the

bank concerned and not at the Treasury or Sub-treasury.

5.

Holders who wish to receive payment at places other than those where the securities have been

enfaced for payment should send them duly discharged to the Public Debt Office concerned by Registered and

Insured Post. The Public Debt Office will make payment by issuing a draft payable at any Treasury / Sub-

Treasury or branch of State Bank of India conducting Government Treasury work in the State of Punjab.

Sd/-

(KAP SINHA) I.A.S.,

Principal Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Department of Finance.

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