No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)
Bharat Sarkar/Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
Bharat Sarkar/Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training
New Delhi, the 25th April, 2015
Office Memorandum
Subject: Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants
under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 —extension of last date
for filing of revised returns by public servants who have filed property
returns under the existing service rules – regarding
The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’s D.O.
letter of even number dated 29th December, 2014 regarding the furnishing of
information relating to assets and liabilities by public servants under section
44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 and forwarding therewith copies of
the Central Government’s notifications dated 26th December, 2014 containing —
(a) amendment to the Lokpal & Lokayuktas (Removal of
Difficulties) Order, 2014, for the purpose of extending the time limit for
carrying out necessary changes in the relevant rules relating to different
services from “three hundred and sixty days” to “eighteen months”, from the
date on which the Act came into force, i.e., 16th January, 2014; and
(b)the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual
Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in
Filing Returns) Amendment Rules, 2014, extending the time limit for filing of
revised returns by all public servants from 31st December, 2014 to 30th April,
2015.
2. In this regard, the undersigned is directed to convey that the
last date for filing of revised returns by public servants under the rules
indicated in para 1 (b) above has now been further extended from 30th April,
2015 to 15th October, 2015. Formal amendments to the Public Servants (Furnishing
of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for
Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Rules, 2014 and to the Lokpal &
Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014 are being notified separately.
They will also be uploaded on the website of this Department, i.e.,
http://persmin.nic.in/DOPT.asp.
3. All Ministries/Departments and cadre authorities are requested
to kindly issue orders towards ensuring compliance with the revised Rules by
all officers and staff in the respective Ministry/Department/
Organisations/PSUs under their control, within the revised time-limit mentioned
therein.
Sd/-
(Jishnu Barua)
Joint Secretary to e Govt. of India
Tele: 23093591
(Jishnu Barua)
Joint Secretary to e Govt. of India
Tele: 23093591
