Declaration Assets and Liabilities under Lokpal

OM issued on filing of Annual Returns – Amendment to the Lokpal & Lokayuktas (Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2014. The first return (as on l at August, 2014) under the Lokpal Act should be filed on or before the 30th April, 2015

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Personnel and Training issued an OM vide Ref.No.407/12/2014-AVD-IV-B dated 18.03.2015 regarding Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by Central Government Employees under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 enclosing necessary formats to be used for filing returns under the Act. The first return (as on l at August, 2014) under the Lokpal Act should be filed on or before the 30th April, 2015

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NO.407/12/2014-AVD-IV-B
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi-:110001.
Dated the 18.03.2015.

Office Memorandum

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 13th 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 26111 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 ( pi 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 1st 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 31st March, 2015.should be filed on or before 31st July, 2015; and

(iii) The annual return for subsequent years as on 31s1 March every year should be filed on or before 31st 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].

(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-1I 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-1I 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/ Departmental/ organizations file the said declarations/returns within the prescribed time-limits, in the afore-mentioned forms.

Enc:- As above.

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