No. 407/12/2014-AVD-IV(B) Government of India

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Department of Personnel and Training

North Block, New Delhi, 12th April, 2016

Office Memorandum

Subject: Declaration of Assets and Liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 —filing of Returns by public servants - Extension of last date — regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's O.M. of even number dated 28th March, 2016 on the subject mentioned and to say that the last date for furnishing of declaration/information/annual return as on 01.08.2014 and 31.03.2015 relating to assets and liabilities by public servants under section 44 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 has been extended unto 31.07.2016. This would result in aligning the furnishing of all the three returns ( as on 01.08.2014, 31.03.2015 and 31.03.2016), on or before the 31 st July, 2016. In this regard, a copy of Gazette Notification dated 11 th April, 2016 is enclosed. Now the timelines for filing these returns are:-

i. The first return of assets and liabilities as on 1st August, 2014 under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 - on or before the 31st July, 2016

ii. The next annual return of assets and liabilities as on 31st March, 2015 under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 - on or before the 31st July, 2016.

iii. The annual return of assets and liabilities as on 31st March, 2016 under the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 should be filed on or before 31st July, 2016.

iv. The annual return for subsequent years as on 31st March every year should be filed on or before 31st July of that year.

2. All Ministries/Departments and cadre authorities are requested to kindly issue order towards ensuring compliance of above timelines by all officers and staff in the respective Ministry/Department/Organizations/PSUs etc. under their control.

Encl: As above.

(Rakesh Kumar) Director

Tel. 23093180 To

1. Secretary All Ministries/Departments of the Government of India (as per standard mailing list)

2. The Chief Secretary All State Government/Administrators, UTs (as per standard mailing list)

Copy, for information, forwarded to:

(i) Secretary General, Lok Sabha (ii) Secretary General, Rajya Sabha (iii) Comptroller and Auditor General of India (iv) Secretary, Election Commission of India

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MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

(Department of Personnel and Training)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 11th April, 2016

G.S.R. 414(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) read with clause (k) and clause (m) of sub-section (2) of section 59 read with section 44 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) Amendment Rules, 2016.

(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, in sub-rule (2),-

(a) in the first proviso, for the words and figures "on or before the 15th day of April, 2016", the words and figures "on or before the 31st day of July, 2016" shall be substituted;

(b) in the second proviso, for the words and figures "on or before the 15th day of April, 2016", the words and figures "on or before the 31st day of July, 2016" shall be substituted.

[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 subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R. 638(E), dated the 8th September, 2014, G.S.R. 918(E), dated the 26th December, 2014, G.S.R. 322(E), dated the 27th April, 2015, G.S.R. 536(E), dated the 3rd July, 2015 and G.S.R. 776(E), dated the 12th October, 2015.

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