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Orissa State Financial Corporation Employees' Provident Fund Regulations, 1959
ODISHA
India
India
Orissa State Financial Corporation Employees' Provident Fund Regulations, 1959
Rule ORISSA-STATE-FINANCIAL-CORPORATION-EMPLOYEES-PROVIDENT-FUND-REGULATIONS-1959 of 1959
- Published on 1 January 1959
- Commenced on 1 January 1959
- [This is the version of this document from 1 January 1959.]
- [Note: The original publication document is not available and this content could not be verified.]
1. Short title and commencement.
2. Application.
- They shall apply to every subscriber:[* * *]Provided further that the Corporation may, with the previous sanction of the State Government and in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, enter into a special agreement or arrangement with an employee, with terms and conditions which may vary from the provisions of these regulations.3. Definitions.
- In these regulations, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context -(a)"Corporation" means the "Orissa State Financial Corporation";(b)"The Board" means "The Board of Directors" of Corporation and in relation to any powers exercisable by it, includes the Executive Committee;(c)"The Fund" means the Orissa State Financial Corporation Employees' Provident Fund;(d)"Administrators" mean the Administrators of the Funds for the time being;(e)"Year" means financial year beginning from the 1st of April each year and ending on the 31st March of the subsequent year;(f)"Emoluments" means pay, leave salary or subsistence grant as defined in the Orissa State Financial Corporation (Staff) Regulations, 1975, [including Dearness pay and Dearness allowance but shall not include any remuneration derived by any means outside his/ her ascertained monthly substantive pay, Dearness pay and Dearness allowance.] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 1369, dated 6.12.1995, w.e.f. 1.6.1989.](g)"Leave" means any variety of leave except casual leave recognised under the Orissa State Financial Corporations (Staff) Regulations 1959, applicable to the subscriber;(h)"Family" means -4. Constitution of the Fund.
- [A separate fund shall be created called "The Orissa State Financial Corporation Employees' Provident Fund' and a subscription by the employees and contribution by the corporation shall be paid in to said fund each month.] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 1369, dated 6.12.1995, w.e.f. 1.6.1989.]5. Administration.
- The fund shall be held by the Corporation or in any Scheduled Bank approved by the Board of Administrators and shall be administered by Board of Administrators consisting of the Managing Directors and two other Directors elected by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and one subscriber nominated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. These persons shall be called the Administrators of the Fund.Chapter-III6. Eligibility.
- Every employee in the service of the Corporation other than the following shall subscribe to the fund -7. Rates of subscription.
- The rate of subscription shall be fixed by the subscriber himself/herself and communicated to the Administrators in the form set forth in Schedule III to these regulations, the amount of any such subscription may be,any sum not less than [ten per cent] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 1369, dated 6.12.1995, w.e.f. 1.6.1989.] of his/her emoluments and not more than 16 per cent. Such subscriptions shall be deducted by the Corporation from the pay payable to the subscriber every month, the amount of such deduction being rounded off to the nearest whole rupee (fifty Paise continuing as the next higher rupee). The Corporation's contribution will remain fixed as provided under Regulation No. 9. The rate once fixed by the subscriber shall remain unaltered throughout one year thereafter.8. Subscription during leave .
- The subscription of a subscriber on leave shall, during the period of such absence, be fixed by him/her and it shall be any amount not less than [ 10 per cent] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 1369, dated 6.12.1995, w.e.f. 1.6.1989.] of his/her leave salary and not more than the subscription paid by him/her just before proceeding on leave :Provided that the subscription during leave either on half average pay or without leave salary will be at the option of the subscriber.9. Contribution by Corporation.
- Save as otherwise provided in these regulations the Corporation shall contribute every month a sum equal to [10 per cent] [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette No. 1369, dated 6.12.1995, w.e.f. 1.6.1989.] of the subscriber's emoluments drawn on duty or on leave, as the case may be, to his/her accounts in the fund.10. Subscriber's Accounts.
11. Interest.
12. Annual Accounts.
- (i) As soon as possible after the 31st March of each year, the Administrators shall send to each subscriber a statement of his/her account in the fund showing the opening balance as on the 1st April of the year, the total amount credited or debited during the year, the total amount of interest credited as on the 31st March of the year and the closing balance on that date.13. Prohibition against withdraws and assignments.
- Except as hereinafter provided no subscribers shall be entitled to draw money from the fund either of principal or interest or transfer or assign whether by way of security or otherwise however his/her interest or any part thereof in the fund, and no such transfer or assignment shall be valid and the Administrators shall not recognise or be bound by notice to them or any of them of any such transfer or assignment.14. Advances from the fund.
14A. [ [Substituted vide Orissa Gazette Extraordinary No.543, dated 23.4.1990.]
"A final withdrawal of the Provident Fund by the subscriber may be made while he is in service after completing 20 years of service (including broken period if any) or within 10 years of retirement or superannuation whichever is earlier, for the purpose and to the extent specified below.| Sl. No. | Purpose | Limit |
| 1. | Higher Education of Children | ½ the balance of the subscriber's contribution |
| 2. | Marriage ceremony of daughter | 6 month's pay or ½ the balance of the subscriber'scontribution, whichever is less. In special case 10 month's payof the subscriber. |
| 3. | Marriage ceremony of son | 3 months' pay or half the balance of the subscriber'scontribution, whichever is less. In special case 6 months pay ofthe subscriber. |
| 4. | To purchase or construct house | 12 months' pay or half the balance of the subscriber'scontribution whichever is less. |
| 5. | Repayment of outstanding amount on account of loans expresslytaken for the purpose of building | 12 months pay or half the balance of the subscriber'scontribution or Rs.10,000 whichever is less. |
| 6. | Purchase of house sites for construction of houses thereon. | ¼th the balance of the subscriber's contribution or actualcost of site whichever is less. |
| 7. | Addition and alterations of house | 12 months pay or half the balance of the subscriber'scontribution or Rs. 10,000 whichever is less. |
15. Advance utilised for different purpose.
- Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations if the Administrators are satisfied that money drawn as an advance from the Fund under Regulation 14 has been utilised for a purpose other than that for which sanction was given to the drawal, withholding or withdrawal of the money, the amount in question shall with interest at the rate provided in Regulation 11 forthwith be repaid or paid, as the case may be, by the subscriber to the Fund or in default, be ordered to be recovered by reduction in one sum from the emoluments of the subscriber even if he/she be on leave. If the total amount to be repaid or paid, as the case may be, be more than half of the subscriber's emoluments, recoveries shall be made in monthly instalments or moieties of his/her emoluments till the entire amount recoverable be repaid or paid, as the case may be by him/her.Note - The term 'emoluments' as used in the Regulation does not include subsistence grant.Chapter-V16. Nomination.
- (i) A subscriber shall at the time of joining the Fund, send to the Administrators a nomination conferring on one or more persons the right to receive the amount that may stand to his/her credit in the Fund, in the event of his/her death before that amount has become payable or before the amount having become payable has been paid. Provided that if at the time of making the nomination, the subscriber has a family, the nomination shall not be in favour of any person or persons other than the member or members of his/her family.17. Time of payment.
- The sum standing to the credit of a subscriber shall become payable on the termination of his/her service or on his/her death, provided that there may if the Board so directs the Administrators, be deducted therefrom and paid to the Corporation-18. Payment on Death.
- On death of a subscriber.| Name and address of nominee | Relationship with subscriber | Age | Contingency on the happening of which thenomination shall be invalid | Name, address and relationship of the person, ifany, to whom the right of the nominee shall pass in the event ofhis predeceasing the subscriber. |
2. Signature of Two witnesses-
1. Name
Address2. Name
AddressForm No. II(When The Subscriber has a Family and Wishes to Nominate more than one member thereof)ToThe Administrators,Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund.Gentlemen,I hereby nominate the persons mentioned below, who are members of my family as defined in Regulation 16 (i) of the Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund Regulations to receive the amount that may stand to my credit in the Fund in the event of my death before that has been become payable or before the amount having become payable has been paid, and direct that the said amount shall be distributed among the said persons in the manner shown below against their names :| Name and address of nominees | Relationship with subscriber | Age | Amount or share of accumulation to be paid toeach | *Contingencies on the happening on which thenominations shall become invalid | Name, address and relationship of the person, ifany, whom the right of a nominee shall pass in the event of hispredeceasing the subscriber. |
2. Signature of Two witnesses-
1. Name
Address2. Name
Address*Note - This column should be filled in so as to covet the whole amount that may stand to the credit of the subscriber in the fund at any time.Form No. III(When the subscriber has no family and wishes to nominate one Person)ToThe Administrators,Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund.Gentlemen,I having no family as defined in Regulation (16)(i) of the Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund Regulations, hereby nominate the persons mentioned below to receive the amount that may stand to my credit in the Fund, in the event of my death before that amount has become payable or before that amount having become payable has been paid :| Name and address of nominees | Relationship with subscriber | Age | *Contingencies on the happening of which thenominations shall become invalid | Name, address and relationship of the person, ifany, to whom the right of the nominee shall pass in the event ofhis predeceasing the subscriber. |
2. Signature of Two witnesses-
1. Name
Address2. Name
Address*Note: - When a subscriber who has no family make a nomination, he/she specify in this column that the nomination shall become invalid in the event of his/ her subsequently acquiring a family.Form No. IV(When the Subscriber has no family and wishes to Nominate more than one Person)ToThe Administrators,Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund.Gentlemen,I having no family as defined in Regulation 16 (i) of the Orissa State Financial Corporation Employee's Provident Fund Regulations, hereby nominate the persons mentioned below to receive the amount that may stand to my credit in the Fund in the event of my death before that amount has become payable, or before the amount having become payable has been paid, and direct that the said amount shall be distributed among the said persons in the manner shown below against there names :| Name and address of nominees | Relationship with subscriber | Age | *Amount or share of accumulation to be paid toeach | +Contingencies on the happening on which thenominations shall become invalid | Name, address and relationship of the person, ifany, whom the right of a nominee shall pass in the event of hispredeceasing the subscriber. |