Clarifications
regarding new procedure prescribed for settlement of deceased claim cases vide
SB Order 25/2010.
SB
ORDER NO. 02/2011
No.113-07/2008-SB
Government
of India
Ministry
of Communications & IT
Department
of Posts
Dak
Bhawan, Sansad Marg,
New
Delhi-110001, Dated: 08..02.2011
To
All Heads
of Circles/Regions
Addl.
Director General, APS, New Delhi.
Subject:- Clarifications regarding new procedure prescribed for settlement of
deceased claim cases vide SB Order 25/2010.
deceased claim cases vide SB Order 25/2010.
Sir /
Madam,
The
undersigned is directed to say that PTC Mysore has sought clarifications on some
points mentioned in the new procedure circulated for settlement of deceased
claim cases vide SB Order No. 25/2010. Points raised and clarifications are
given below:-
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Sl. No.
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Points
raised
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Clarification
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1
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What value of Stamp
paper will be used for obtaining Affidavit, Letter of Indemnity, Disclaimer
certificate of Affidavit.?
Whether ‘Notary Public’
and ‘Oath Commissioner’ are one and the same?
If
not, where the oath Commissioner is available?
Whether the claim
application forms and annexures will be supplied by department viz PSD? If so,
what will be the number of forms?
It
is suggested that all claim forms prescribed for SB and SC should be assigned
different numbers.
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The value of stamps on
Affidavit differs from State to State as it comes under the State Stamp Act.
Circles can circulate the value of stamps as per their State Stamp
Act.
Notary Public and Oath
Commissioner are different and are available in every court complex.
The form
prescribed are to be supplied by the
Department and
for numbers allotted are given
below:-
1) Form for claim
of balance in the Savings Bank Account of deceased depositor-
SB-30
2) Claim
application form for settlement of Savings Certificates of the deceased holder
where nomination is registered-NC-14.
3) Claim
application form for settlement of Savings Certificates of the deceased holder
where claim is preferred on legal evidence of
heirship.NC-15.
4) Claim
application form for settlement of Savings Certificates of the deceased holder
where no nomination is registered or no legal evidence is
produced.NC-16.
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2
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Whether payment of claim
can be made by automatic transfer to POSB account of the claimant? It is
suggested to make provision
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All payments have to be
made by crossed cheque only.
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3
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For Savings Certificate
the limit prescribed for Time Scale SPM is mentioned as Rs.500/- which was
earlier Rs.1000/-. Whether this is a typographical error or this limit has been
reduced?
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It
was a typographical error. It may be read as Rs.1000/-.
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4
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For savings account
having nomination or legal evidence, limit for only T/S SPM has been mentioned.
It is presumed that LSG/HSG SPMs also can sanction such claim up to the limit
prescribed for them in case of no nomination.
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In
case nomination is registered or legal evidence is produced there is restriction
of amount to be sanctioned by T/S SPM or Selection Grade SPM up to the limit
they are empowered to sanction claim in case of no nomination. In Note 1 below
Rule 87(2) after the words Time Scale SPM words “or Selection Grade SPM may be
inserted which was missed during typing. This will clear the
confusion
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5
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Sanction limit of LSG
SPM has been
shown as Rs.5000/-
whereas it was Rs.2000/- prior to 1.1.2011. Whether it is a typographical error
or the power has been enhanced?
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This was also a
typographical error. This may be read as Rs.2000/-.
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6
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Clarification regarding
Sanction of claim in favour of Succession Certificate holder where nomination is
registered.
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The Sanctioning
authority has to give precedence to nominee over all other persons seeking
claims. Only in those cases where the nominee has not claimed the amount and
someone produces Succession Certificate or Probate of Will or Letter of
Administration, the claim should be settled in favour of legal heir without
waiting the nominee to prefer the claim.
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7
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In
rural areas, Xerox machines are not available. As the claim application shall be
treated as voucher, for keeping the claim application as office copy, whether
claim application are to be obtained in duplicate.
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This matter can be
sorted out at local level and wherever necessary, the claim application can be
taken in duplicate.
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The mode of dispatch of
sanction memo is not mentioned.
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The need to dispatch the
sanction will arise only if the claim is received by post. In such cases the
sanction memo may be dispatched by service Insured Post.
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9
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In
the claim application for Savings Account, provision of signatures of only
Sr.PM/PM/SPM is provided whereas some cases require sanction of DPS/Regional
PMG/CPMG.
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Where none out of
Sr.PM/PM/SPM are sanctioning authority, the sanctioning authority will issue
formal sanction memo of the claim and return the whole case to concerned Sr
PM/PM/SPM for payment. The concerned Sr.PM/PM/SPM will mention the particulars
of sanction memo on the claim application and sign at the place marked for them
to authorize the payment.
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10
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In
the format of application form for savings account, the wording , “To the Sr.
Postmaster/Postmaster/Sub Postmaster………(Name of PO) printed twice which may be a
typographical error. It should be confirmed.
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This was a typographical
mistake.
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2. The
points raised and clarifications given may kindly be circulated to all post
offices for guidance and necessary information.
3. This
issues with the approval of DDG(FS).
Yours
faithfully,
(Kawal Jit
Singh)
Assistant
Director (SB