GOVERNMENT OF TAMIL NADU
2013
FINANCE (PENSION) DEPARTMENT
G.O.No.6, Dated: 9th January, 2013
( Margazhi-25, Thiruvalluvar Aandu 2043)
Pongal Festival, 2013 – Grant of Pongal Prize to Pensioners / Family Pensioners and Ex-Village Officers - Orders - Issued.
Read the following:-
1. G.O.Ms.No.2, Finance (Pension) Department, dated:02.01.2012
2. G.O.Ms.No.5, Finance (Allowances) Department, dated:9.01.2013.
ORDER:
The Government sanction a lumpsum Pongal Prize amount of Rs.500/- (Rupees five hundred only) to all pensioners including adhoc pensioners of all categories and family pensioners of Government including All India Service, Aided Educational Institutions, Local Bodies and Ex-Village Officers.
2. This order shall be applicable to all the existing pensioners / family pensioners mentioned in paragraph 1 above. This order shall also be applicable to provisional pensioners. The Pongal Prize amount shall not be admissible to those employees who retire on or after 09.01.2013 and to the families of those employees who die in harness on or after 09.01.2013.