Submission of Immovable Property Return by Group ‘A” officers for placing in public domain

Government of India 
Ministry of Defence 
Office of the Controller General of Defence Accounts 
Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110 010

Tele: 011-25674854

Fax: 011- 25674781

File No: AN-I/ 1479/IPR/2014

Dated:15/01/2016

To
(i) All Principal Controllers/ Controllers
(ii) All Principal IFAs/IFAS
(iii) All IDAS Officers

(Through Website)

Subject:- Submission of Immovable Property Return by Group ‘A” officers for placing in public domain.

Reference:- This office most important circular no.AN-I/1479/5/IPR dated 22/11/2011

It is observed from the immovable property returns for the year 2015 submitted by the officers that IPRs for the year 2015 (as on 01.01_2016) of some officers did not reflect the complete details of the property and reflected terms such as ‘Same as previous year’ or ‘ No change.

2. In this connection it is pertinent to mention that in compliance of DOP&T order no.11013/3/2011-Estt.A dated 11/04/2011, Immovable Property Returns of all Group A officers are required to be placed in public domain, by respective cadre controlling authorities.

3. It is therefore, requested to furnish Immovable Property Return (IPR) for the year 2015 (as on 01.01.2016) on or before 31.01.2016 specifying details of the property so that the same may be scanned and uploaded in the website of this office. In case no immovable property is owned then ‘Nil’ is required to be made against the relevant column of the proforma and ‘No change’ or ‘Same as Last Year’ will not be accepted.

Property Returns to be filed twice every year, Government clarifies to bureaucrats

The Centre has made it clear that government servants will have to submit their asset details twice every year under the existing Conduct Rules and the new Lokpal Act until the former are harmonised with the latter. This means that babus will have to undergo the drill of filing their annual property returns twice each year under the two different provisions. 

"The requirement of filing returns regarding assets and liabilities under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act is in addition to, and not in derogation or supersession of the requirement of filing similar returns under the existing Conduct Rules. In view of this, the requirement of filing of property returns under the existing Conduct Rules is an independent requirement under the applicable rules and the same can be dispensed with, only by amending those rules," the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has said, releasing answers to a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. "In other words, the requirement of filing returns of assets and liabilities under the applicable Conduct Rules has to continue, till such time as the provisions of those rules are harmonised with the relevant provisions of the Lokpal Act and the rules framed thereunder, by carrying out appropriate amendments in them. Public servants are generally required to submit annual property returns as on the January of the year, on or before January 31 of that year. The Lokpal Act, on the other hand, requires the filing of annual returns as on the March 31 of the year by each public servant on or before July 31 of that year. Thus, the requirements of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 and the relevant Conduct Rules are different in the manner of filing information also," the DoPT has said. 

The DoPT however said it has asked for the required harmonisation to be achieved by October 15, 2015 -- the date by which all government servants are expected to file their first property return under the Lokpal Act. "It is incumbent upon all Ministries / Departments/cadre controlling authorities to ensure that the relevant conduct rules relating to services administered/controlled by them are brought in harmony with the provisions of the Lokpal Act and rules made thereunder within an extended time limit of eighteen months (by October 15, 2015). All Ministries/Departments and other cadre controlling authorities have been appraised about this requirement separately through letters dated 8th September, 2014 and 29 December, 2014 issued by this Department," the DoPT has said. 

Under the Lokpal Act, a public servant is required to furnish to the competent authority the information relating to the assets of which he, his spouse and his dependent children are, jointly or severally, owners or beneficiaries; and his liabilities and that of his spouse and his dependent children. As against this, the general requirement as contained in most of the applicable Conduct Rules for government servants (AIS Conduct Rules, CCS Conduct Rules), require the public servant to submit a return, giving the full particulars regarding the immovable property owned by him, or inherited or acquired by him or held by him on lease or mortgage, either in his own name or in the name of any member of his family or in the name of any other person; shares, debentures, postal Cumulative Time Deposits and cash including bank deposits inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him, other movable property inherited by him or similarly owned, acquired or held by him and debts and other liabilities incurred by him directly or indirectly.

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Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits of Exemption of Assets in filing Returns), Rules 2014-Insertion of second proviso under sub-rule(2) of rule 3.

"Provided further that the public servants who have filed declarations, information and annual returns of property under the provisions of the rules applicable to such public servants, shall file the revised declarations, information or as the case may be, annual returns as on the 31 81day of March, 2015, to the competent authority on or before the 15th day of October, 2015".

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel And Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 3rd July, 2015

G.S.R. 536(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1), clause (k) and clause (I) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 and section 45 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend 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, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Second Amendment Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In 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 in rule 3, sub-rule (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely :-

“Provided further that the public servants who have filed declarations, information and annual returns of property under the provisions of the rules applicable to such public servants, shall file the revised declarations, information or as the case may be, annual returns as on the 31st  day of March, 2015, to the competent authority on or before the 15th day of October, 2015.”

[F. No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)]

JISHNU BARUA, Jt. Secy.

Note.— The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 501(E), dated the 14 thJuly, 2014 and amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 638(E), dated 8 thSeptember, 2014, G.S.R. 918(E), dated 26thDecember, 2014 and G.S.R. 322(E), dated 27 thApril, 2015.

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Clarification regarding formats to be used for filing property returns 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].

(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.

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Submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants for each year – Dopt orders Feb 2015

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M.F. No. 11013/3/2014-Estt.(A), dated 17.2.2015

Subject: Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 and The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 — Submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants for each year — regarding

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department’ OM of even no. dated /16.01.2015 clarifying the provisions relating to submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants. As per this clarification, all Government Servants have been advised that:

(i) The annual Immovable Property Return (IPR), as on 31.12.2014, under the existing CCS(Conduct) Rules, 1964 is required to be filed on or before 31.01.2015;

(ii) The first return under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (as on 01.08.2014) should be filed on or before 30.04.2015; and

(iii) The next annual return under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, for the year ending 31.03.2015, should be filed on or before 31.07.2015.

2. The Secretaries of all Ministries/ Departments have also been requested that all concerned may be suitably advised to file the IPRs and the return under the Lokpal Act as per the dates indicated above. A compliance report in respect of the IPRs filed by Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Civil Services, as on 31.01.2015, has also been requested by 30.04.2015. It has also been requested that similar action may be taken by the authorities controlling services not covered by the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.

3. In this regard it has been directed that all preparatory steps for the purpose of filing returns under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, be put in place. An online system for filling the annual declarations of assets and liabilities by the public servants, as in PRISM (Property Related Information System) for IAS officers developed by NIC, may be adopted.

4. The Cadre Controlling Authorities are accordingly requested to please take immediate steps for putting in place all preparatory steps.

5. Hindi version will follow.

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ASSETS AND LIABILITIES UNDER LOKPAL – REVISED FORMAT NOTIFIED

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 26th December, 2014.

G.S.R. 918(E).-In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (1) of sub-section (2) of section 59, section 44 and section 45 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 (1 of 2014), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Return) Rules, 2014, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Return of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) Second Amendment Rules, 2014.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in of the Official Gazette.

2. In 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 (hereinafter referred to as the principal rules), in rule 3, in the proviso to sub-rule (2), for the words “on or before the 31st day of December, 2014”,the words “on or before the 30th day of April, 2015” shall be substituted.

3. In the principal rules, in Appendix II, –

(a) for Form No. II, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:–

“FORM No. II

Statement of movable property on first appointment or as on the 31st March, 20…

(Use separate sheets for self, spouse and each dependent child.)

Name of public servant/spouse/dependent child:_________________________________

S. No.	Description	Remarks, if any
(i)*	Cash and bank balance:
(ii)**	Insurance (premia paid):
	Fixed/Recurring Deposit(s):
	Shares/Bonds :
	Mutual Funds(s):
	Pension Scheme/Provident Fund
	Other investments, if any :
(iii)	Personal loans/advance givenTo any person or entityIncluding firm, company, trust, etc. and other receivables from debtors and the amount (exceeding two months basic Pay or Rupees one lakh, As the case may be):
(iv)	Motor Vehicles(Details of Make, registrationNumber, year of purchase And amount paid):
(v)	Jewellery[Give details of approximate weight(plus or minus 10 gms. In respect of Gold and precious stones; plus or minus 100 gms. In respect of silver).]
	Gold:
	Silver:
	Precious metals and precious stones:
	Composite items:(indicate approximate value)***
(vi)	Any other assets [Give details of movable assets not covered in (i) to (v) above](a)    Furniture(b)   Fixtures (c)    Antiques (d)   Paintings (e)   Electronic equipments (f)     Others [Indicate the details of an asset, only if the total current value of any particular asset in any particular category (e.g. furniture, fixtures, electronic equipments, etc.) exceeds two months’ basic pay or Rs. 1.00 lakh, as the case may be.]

Date ……………….             

Signature …………………………………….

*Details of deposits in the foreign Bank(s) to be given separately.

**Investments above Rs. Rs. 2 lakhs  to be reported individually. Investments below Rs. 2 lakhs may be reported together.

***Value indicated in the first return need not be revised in subsequent returns as long as no new composite item had been acquired or no existing items had been disposed of, during the relevant year.”;

(a) for Form No. IV, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-

• for Form No. IV, the following Form shall be substituted, namely:-

“FORM No. IV

Statement of Debts and Other Liabilities on first appointment or as on 31st March, 20….

Sl. No	Debtor (Self/Spouse orDependent children)	Name and address of Creditor	Nature of debt/liability and amount	Remarks
1	2	3	4	5

Date ……………………

Signature ……………………………….

Note 1: Individual items of loans not exceeding two months basic pay (where applicable) and Rs. 1.00 lakh in other cases need not be included.

Note 2: The statement should include various loans and advances (exceeding the value Note 1) taken from banks, companies, financial institutions, Central/State Government and from individuals.”.

[F. No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B)]

JISHNU BARUA, Jt. Secy.

Note.—The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide notification number G.S.R. 501(E), dated the 14th July, 2014 and amended vide notification No. G.S.R. 638(E) published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, dated 8th September, 2014.

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Dopt Orders on submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants

"the last date of revised returns of assets and liabilities by public servants has been extended to 30th April 2015."

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M. F. No. 21/2/2014-CS.I (PR), dated 7.1.2015

Subject: The Lokpal and Lokayktas Act, 2013 — Submission of declaration of assets and liabilities by the public servants

Ministries/ Departments may refer to CS.I Division, DoPTs OM. of even number dated 31st July 2014 and 9th September 2014 on the subject mentioned above.

2. The Government has since amended 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 under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 vide Notification No G.S.R. 918(E) dated 26th December 2014. in terms of which, the last date of revised returns of assets and liabilities by public servants has been extended to 30th April 2015. The Notification is available on the website of this Department. Further, the Govt. have also modified Form No.11 and Form No.IV for filing of the returns. The  revised formats are attached herewith. Accordingly, all the CSS Officers shall be required to file the revised declarations, information as on the 1.8.2014 by 30.4.2015.

3. The extended date and the modified formats for filing of the returns may be brought to the notice of all CSS Officers. Ministries / Departments are also requested to forward the declarations, information, returns submitted by US and above level officers of CSS to CS.I Division, DoPT for records.

Immovable Property Return for the year 2014 (as on 31.12.2014) – submission through cscms.nic.in – regarding

Govt. servants will be required to file annual property return as per existing provisions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 also. Accordingly, all CSS Officers are directed to file immovable property return by 31.1.2015.

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M. No.25/1/2015-CS.II(C), dated 16.1.2015

Subject : Immovable Property Return for the year 2014 (as on 31.12.2014) – submission through cscms.nic.in – regarding.

The undersigned is directed to state that, as all are aware, CS.II Division, Department of Personnel & Training is the custodian of Annual Immovable Property Return (IPR) in respect of CSS officers of Under Secretary and above levels.

2. As Ministries / Departments are aware that all Government servants are now required to file information and returns regarding movable and immovable property under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. In this regard, queries have been received as to whether there is any need for public servants to file property returns under the CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964, in addition to information and returns under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. The matter has been examined in this Department and it has since been clarified vide O.M.No. 407/12/2014 –AVD –IV (B) dated 13.01.2015 (Para 7 (b) of the OM refers) that Govt. servants will be required to file annual property return as per existing provisions of CCS (Conduct) Rules, 1964 also. Accordingly, all CSS Officers are directed to file immovable property return by 31.1.2015.

3. As already informed, IPR should be submitted by all CSS Officers through the Web Based Cadre Management System which is hosted at cscms.nic.in Print out of the IPR submitted online in respect of US and above level officers of CSS should also be submitted to CS.I Division as it being the custodian of IPR of these officers. The procedure for filing IPR is reiterated as under :

(i) Login to the system at cscms.nic.in by using the userid and password. In case of any difficulty in login please contact the nodal officer of the Ministry / Department for assistance. The generic Userid is eight digit date of birth followed by first four letters of name. Userid is also the employee code assigned to individual officers in the web based system. If the password is blocked, nodal officers can reset the password of individual employees by using the ‘reset password’ facility in the Tools Menu on the top of the screen. They can also provide ‘Employee Code’ from the system to individual officers to enable them to login to the system.

(ii) Verify whether personal details are reflected in the system correctly. To verify the details click on the ‘Employee Details’ button. If the details are not correct, first have them rectified through Admin. Division of concerned Department before processing further.

(iii) Click ‘IPR’ button on the top and then click on ‘Immovable Property Returns’ icon;

(iv) Click ‘Add button’ and select IPR Year ‘2014’ ;

(v) In case the officer does not own any immovable property in terms of CCS (Conduct) Rules, click ‘Submit NIL Report’ button ;

(vi) In case the officer owns any immovable property click ‘Add New Property Details’. If the officer owns more than one property the procedure has to be repeated till all the property details are added ;

(vii) After adding property details as mentioned above, click ‘Close’ button ;

(viii) Then click ‘Final Submission of IPR’ to submit the report ;

(ix) Select ‘2014’ under ‘IPR Year’ and click ‘View’. The report as submitted by the officer will be viewed. Then click ‘Print Report’ at the bottom of the screen to take a print out of the report. Sign the hardcopy of the report and submit to Admin Division / Vigilance Division of the Department who will in turn forward the same to CS.I Division for records ; and,

(x) In case IPR is already submitted online last year, first click ‘Add button’ and then click ‘Copy Property Details from Last Year’s IPR for Current Year’ button. Thereafter click ‘modify’ button and submit it, if there is no change in the IPR details furnished last year. In case IPR is submitted online for the first time, then do not click the button ‘Copy Property Details from Last Year’s IPR for Current Year’ instead click ‘Add New Property Details’.

4. Ministries / Departments are requested that the contents of this O.M. may be widely circulated to the notice of all CSS officers working under their control. They should also ensure that the IPR for the year 2014 (as on 31.12.2014) is submitted by all officers within the stipulated period of 31.01.2015 without fail. Only the print out taken from the IPR module of the web based cadre management system in respect of Under Secretary and above level officers CSS should be forwarded to CS.I Division for records.

5. In case of any difficulty, please contact CMC officials who have developed Web Based Cadre Management System at Telephone No.24629890.

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CCS (Conduct) Rules – Filing of annual Immovable Property Returns – Dopt Orders 2015

G.I., Dep. of Per. & Trg., O.M. F. No. 11013/3/2014-Estt.(A), dated 16.1.2015

Subject: Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964 — Filing of annual Immovable Property Returns – regarding

The undersigned is directed to state that as per various notifications issued by this Department, relating to the Public Servants (Furnishing of Information and Annual Returns of Assets and Liabilities and the Limits for Exemption of Assets in Filing Returns) under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, the public servant who has filed declaration, information and annual returns of property under the provision of the rules applicable to such public servant, should file the declaration, information and return indicating his/her assets and liabilities, as on 01.08.2014, to the competent authority on or before, 30.04.2015. The notifications are available on the Department’s website at http://persmin.gov.in/Lokpal HomePage From CCIS.asp.

2. The Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, are being amended to align them with the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013. Presently, as per the Rule 18(1)(ii) of the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964, every Government servant belonging to any service or holding any post included in Group ‘A’ and Group ‘B’ is required to submit an annual return regarding the immovable property inherited/owned/ acquired/ held on lease or mortgage either in his own name or in the name of any family member or in the name of any other person.

3. It has, inter-alia, been clarified by this Department vide Office Memorandum No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B) dated 13.01.2015 that the requirement of filing returns regarding assets and liabilities under the Lokpal Act is in addition to, and not in supersession of the requirement of filing similar returns under the existing Conduct Rules. In view of this, all Government Servants may be directed as follows:

(i) The annual Immovable Property Return, as on 31.12.2014, under the existing CCS(Conduct) Rules, 1964 is required to be filed on or before 31.01.2015;

(ii) The first return under the Lokpal Act (as on 01.08.2014) should be filed on or before 30.04.2015; and

(iii) The next annual return under the Lokpal Act, for the year ending 31.03.2015 should be filed on or before 31.07.2015.

4. It is, therefore, requested that all concerned may be suitably advised to file the Immovable Property Returns (IPRs) and the return under the Lokpal Act as per the dates indicated above, Further, in accordance with the instruction contained in this Department’s Office Memorandum No. 11013/3/2011-Estt.A dated 11.04.2011, IPRs (to be submitted by 31 st January of each year) shall be placed in public domain by 31 st March of that year. A compliance report in respect of the IPRs filed by Group ‘A’ Officers of the Central Civil Services, as on 31.01.2015, may please be furnished to this Department by 30.04.2015.

5. Similar action may kindly be taken by the authorities controlling services not covered by the Central Civil Services (Conduct) Rules, 1964.

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