Principal Accountant General (A&E), Meghalaya, Shillong

The State of Meghalaya was set up on the 21st day of January, 1972 under the provision of the North Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971 (Central Act 81 of 1971). In view of the provision contained in Section 79 of the Act, all the laws which were in force in the areas comprised in Meghalaya on the date the State of Meghalaya was created continued to be in force therein. In view of clause (g) of Section 2 of the aforesaid Act, the General Provident Fund Rules made under clause (b) of sub-section 241 of the Government of India Act, 1935 also continues to be in force in respect of Meghalaya. The General Provident Fund Act was adapted by the Government of Meghalaya in exercise of powers conferred by Section 79 of the aforesaid Act vide Meghalaya Adaptation Order (No.3) 1973 and consequently the rules framed under the said Act became applicable to Meghalaya.

All Government servants, permanent and temporary, borne in the regular establishment and not paid out of contingencies shall subscribe to the Fund. Temporary Government servants shall subscribe after continuous service of one year. Provided that no such servant as has been required or permitted to subscribe to a Contributory Provident Fund shall be eligible to join or continue as a subscriber to the Fund, while he retains his right to subscribe to such a Fund. After completion of one year continuous service by an employee, joining in this scheme is compulsory. The GPF Account Numbers of Group ‘B’ and ‘C’ & ‘D’ employees are allotted by the Office of the Principal Accountant General (A&E), Meghalaya, Shillong. However, in respect of Group ‘A’ Officers, GPF Account Number are allotted by Office of the Accountant General (A&E), Assam. Subscription to the Provident Fund Should not be deducted from the pay bills before the allotment of account number. For obtaining G.P.F. account number application for this purpose in prescribed format should be sent to the Office of the Principal Account General (A&E), Meghalaya, Shillong, a few weeks before the completion of one year service. If delay occurs in obtaining G.P.F. account number from Principal Accountant General (A&E), Meghalaya, Shillong, arrear subscription is to be deducted. One installment for each month’s arrear subscription is to be deducted along with the present G.P.F. subscription.

E-GPF Portal ( https://megonline.nic.in/agegpf ) has been launched on 7th February 2020 wherein subscribers can view and download their GPF information from the Portal.

Verification and authorization of Regular Pension, Family Pension, Commutation, Gratuities and all other Pension related miscellaneous types of works pertaining to the retired Employees of Govt. of Meghalaya, AIS Officer retired from Meghalaya, High Court Judges, Members of Legislative Assembly.

An important responsibility of a Head of Department (HoD)/Drawing and Disbursing Officer(DDO) is to ensure that the pension papers of Officers/Staff under his administrative control are submitted to the Accountant General Office twelve months before the date of superannuation (Rule 67 of MCS (Pension) Rules 1983). Coupled with this responsibility is the duty of the HoD/DDO to ensure that the pension papers submitted to this office are correct and complete in all respect.

Procedure for Submission of Application by the concerned Pension Sanctioning Department (i.e. Head of Office/DDO) and the Process involved in authorization for payment of pensioner benefits