PUNJAB GOVT. GAZ. (EXTRA), DECEMBER 12, 2025 (AGHN 21, 1947 SAKA)
9064
EXTRAORDINARY
Published by Authority
CHANDIGARH, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2025 (AGRAHAYANA 21, 1947 SAKA)
( 9064 )
GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
(FINANCE BUDGET-II BRANCH)
PRESS COMMUNIQUE
The 12th December, 2025
No: 7/2/2025-2FB2/840.- It is notified for general information that the outstanding balance of 8.31 %
PUNJAB SDL 2026 issued in terms of the Government of Punjab, Finance Department Notification
No. 7/2/2015-2FBII/32 dated January 08, 2016 will be repaid at par on January 13, 2026 with interest due
up to and including January 12, 2026. 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 January 13, 2026.
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 8.31% PUNJAB SDL 2026, 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”.
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.