Clarification
regarding formats to be used for filing property returns Assets and Liabilities
by CG Employees
G.I., Dept. of Pers.
& Trg. O.M.No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV-B, dated 18.3.2015
Subject : Declaration
of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and
Lokayuktas Act, 2013 – Clarification regarding formats to be used for filing
returns under the Act.
The undersigned is
directed to refer to this Department’s DO letter of even No. dated 29th
December, 2014 and the O.M. of even No. dated it January, 2015 regarding
furnishing of information relating to assets and liabilities by public servants
under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, 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., 16 th
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 (pl see proviso
under sub- rule 2 of rule 3 of the principal rules) by all public servants from
31st December 2014 to 30th April, 2015.
2. In this regard, it
is clarified that:-
(i) The first return
(as on l at August, 2014) under the Lokpal Act should be filed on or before the
30th April, 2015;
(ii) The next annual
return under the the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 for the year ending 3lst
March, 2015 should be filed on or before 31 st July, 2015; and
(iii) The annual
return for subsequent years as on 31st March every year should be filed on or
before 31 6t July of that year.
3. The following
Assets & Liabilities Return forms (both in English and Hindi) are enclosed
herewith as indicated below:
A. Declaration to be filed with Return of
Assets and Liabilities on First Appointment or as on the 31st March, 20……..
(Under Sec 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.) [Appendix-I of the
notification dated 14.07.2014].
B.
(a) FORM No. I – Details of Public Servant, his/ her spouse and dependent children[Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014].
(a) FORM No. I – Details of Public Servant, his/ her spouse and dependent children[Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014].
(b) Modified FORM No.
II – Statement of movable property on first appointment or as on the 31st
March, 20…[Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014 as modified vide
notification dated 26.12.2014].
(c) FORM NO. III –
Statement of immovable property on first appointment or as on the 31st March,
20…. (e.g. Lands, House, Shops, Other Buildings, etc.) [Held by Public Servant,
his/her spouse and dependent children] [Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014].
(d) Modified FORM No.
IV – Statement of Debts and Other Liabilities on first appointment or as on
31st March, 20…. [Appendix-II of the notification dated 14.07.2014 as modified
vide notification dated 26.12.2014].
4. It is requested to
ensure that all officers and staff in your Ministry/ Department/ organizations
file the said declarations/returns within the prescribed time-limits, in
the aforementioned forms.
Authority:
www.persmin.gov.in
