(1) Issue of Last Pay Certificate.

(1) Issue of Last Pay Certificate. - The issue of a Last Pay Certificate should not be insisted upon before the payment of provisional pension. During the period of six months after retirement which has been provided for various purposes above, it should be possible for the Head of Office or other office concerned to issue the Last Pay Certificate to a Government servant. In cases in which the Last Pay Certificate has not been issued by the time the formal Pension/Gratuity Payment Orders are received (whether this happens prior to the retirement of the Government servant or after his retirement and after the grant of a provisional pension), the Gratuity Payment Order will in any case include a provision for withholding 10% of the gratuity or Rs. 1,000, whichever is less, pending the production of the Last Pay Certificate. [G.I., M.F., O.M. No. F. 11 (3)-E. V (A)/76, dated the 28th February, 1976-Paragraph 9.]